"I was saying that up here we know that the policemen didn't care about Clifton's ideas. He was shot because he was black and because he resisted. Mainly because he was black." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact it was an immense relief to them all to have a little work, and they took hold with a will, but soon realized the truth of Hannah’s saying, “Housekeeping ain’t no joke.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I don’t know. Sort of. Murrow sent him this memo saying that I’m in a handicapped program, a program for the visually impaired. He freaked. He said he’d lose his insurance policy or something.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled through it, and before he had time to glance up and see where he was, he heard a voice saying, “Look who’s here!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I mean no, he has not died. He is saying strange things. He asked for you.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I've been tolerating my grandmother's time in the deep end without saying much, but that changes on Sunday morning. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hear my classmates now, the things they’re probably saying about me back at the temple. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Heard the subtle undertones of what everybody was saying back then, even though nobody else was in the lobby with me this time. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I do. Yes, I do. It is easy out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, ‘I couldn’t help it; the way was set.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On their walk home from the restaurant, she brought it up, saying that his comments had upset her, why hadn’t he told her these things? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth went pasty and bitter-tasting as he recalled Mr. Curtain’s saying that the Whisperer could perceive thoughts. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Emma returned all her attention to her father, saying in secret— Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Plus, I wanted to make sure I was ready to really help Momly when she came home, even though Uncle Tony kept saying he had it covered. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“No, Ryan Dean. I’m just saying. You think every girl you ever see is ‘hot,’ right? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They go back to eating their soft boiled peanuts, saying stories among themselves. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear Gale saying, "How different can it be, really?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sam hugged her close, saying, “There, there ...” It made no sense that Sam’s body was functioning in any capacity. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying which tape brings you into the story. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I would cover my head up because I didn’t want to hear the awful things they were saying about us. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He sat there on the couch listening to me, not saying a word. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He’s saying there would be no school without Euclid. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was putting her face in his chest and beginning to cry, and without saying more, they turned and walked off the dock together, the crowd carefully not touching them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The nurse declared her severely shortsighted and sent Mom a note saying she needed glasses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

This questioning on the part of the prisoner was too much for the major, and he stomped out of the room, saying, “Mandela, you talk to him.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gulp again, swallowing my guilt, when I think about the things the kids in my class were saying about Malala's story. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Without saying another word they executed Maneuver #21: stand your ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After saying that I was going to ask a Cavendish machinist to make models of the purines and pyrimidines, I remained silent, waiting for Bragg’s thoughts to congeal. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

One was from Martin’s, the department store at the Pagoda Mall, where, at best, I’d be stuck behind a cash register all day, swiping cards and saying “Debit or credit?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He saw her waiting at the door for him; he put on his coat and cap and they walked slowly down the stairs, saying nothing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Repetition teaches the donkey, as the old Iraqi saying goes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, I left a note for Dad saying my engine was broke, and went back to bed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“All I’m saying is drastic times call for drastic measures.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But now I think it is because people can’t bear saying good-bye. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sat for a while without saying anything. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I told you, I—” “Yes. You said were looking for the deserter. And I’m saying there’s nothing wrong with me. Now it’s all clear and in the open.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t stop saying cryptic things, I’m going to slap you,” I say, getting to my feet. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“At first, you see, at first I didn’t think you even existed,” he was saying now. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Surely not again, was what many people were saying. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“So Starnes is out there to mow the lawn,” she was saying. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t anything important He just wanted to discuss the possibility of saying prayers in the briefing room before each mission.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She adds, “You know people are saying it about her now, too, right?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She started saying something else about the dots, and I glanced over at Summer’s table to distract myself. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Kaede could not understand what she was saying, for the words made no sense. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And the next second, Summer, without saying anything to anyone, just picked up her lunch tray and walked over to him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I got that he was telling her to stop saying that. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was turning into Dad, always saying the wrong things, hurting everyone’s feelings. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“In what manner was she beautiful? I realize that I cannot say enough. So. Since I cannot say enough, at least I will avoid saying too much. “Say this, that she was dark haired. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“As I was saying, since the orphan children are not legal. Zola steps forward. “ The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I kept silent, sensing that Jarvas was provoking me into saying something that might give him an excuse to stab me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guzzo jogged ahead of me, not saying a word while he washed his face and grabbed a couple paper towels. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was all he said, all he seemed capable of saying. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He put it very nicely, saying that he did not want to wring my confidence from me, but only to know, because if a woman’s heart was free a man might have hope. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Like near-deaf people, she screamed, half not hearing what she was saying and partly hoping her listeners would reply in kind. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his dreams, there was a voice saying, “No one will ever love you because you’re worthless.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I have no problem saying he’s going to make it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe was driving the horses and saying “Gee” and “Haw” and everything. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

In many ways she felt like she was constantly saying “I’m sorry” for something she didn’t do. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Somehow, without saying anything, it had turned into this. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When they reached the grave, there were many people milling about, calling out in sorrow and saying how sad they were that the chief had gone. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The whole time, in my head, I kept thinking the same thing Abel was saying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“But, as I was saying, Hathaway, there’s nothing on Jupiter, nothing at all for men. That includes Saturn and Pluto.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, out of the blue, she asks, “Do you think what everyone’s saying is true?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I must not touch you,” he said, with extreme constraint; saying that he looked away. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of them saying they hadn’t done any murdering at all. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really believe what I was saying. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I offered her my hey, I'm just saying half smile, but she pushed past me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Just for a minute I felt I'd got somewhere. Got, as it were, the clue to the thing. It's gone now. Go ahead with what you were saying." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The voice was saying, “He can’t talk to you. He is invisible. His words are formed with an invisible tongue, they have no sound.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be fine,” I finally say, and thankfully, like a miracle, she leaves without saying another word. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He tries intently to read his father’s lips but can’t seem to pick up on what he is saying. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Just when I thought my days were numbered, we heard Mr. Kleiman’s voice saying, “Open up, it’s me.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Gracious, I’m drunk. “. . . look back, now,” her uncle was saying. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But when she did speak of him it always began with reverence and ended with sadness, with her saying, “I never knew how sick he was.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t say it happens every time, P. K., but I am saying it could happen at any time. The Lord works in mysterious ways.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for saying so. I think he’s quite a stand-up guy myself.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was like he was saying, Are you coming or not? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I closed my ears to whatever Father was saying. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They complained to their bosses in Berlin, saying that Germany needed to court friends in South America, not start bombing campaigns. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was right, but didn’t speak as I ought, and he marched home, saying he wouldn’t come again till I begged pardon. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a survivor,” the girl at the party was saying to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

What is she saying to Max about me when I’m not there? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For some reason, though, when it came to Sahil, it was getting really hard for me to hold on to what my brain was saying. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You don't owe me an apology. But thanks for listening. It’s kind of weird saying that story out loud.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She kept saying that till I got bored as hell, and I said to her, "Why don't you go on over and give him a big soul kiss, if you know him? He'll enjoy it." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He kept saying, ‘You just sit tight, Amari, and watch all the TV you want. I’m gonna talk to you later.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Big Creek kept winning, and the people in charge of high-school football up in Charleston kept saying it didn’t matter—there was no way we were going to be state champs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pa saying, “There’s so much blood,” like he spoke from his sleep. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“So what you’re saying is that I look horrible, but the alternative would be much worse?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Can you believe this? It’s horrible. What are they saying on the news?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She would sit out her two weeks home in polite detachment, saying nothing, asking nothing, blaming not. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Without taking her pulse or touching her, the nurse asks Keav a few brief questions about her symptoms and hurries away, saying she will return later to check on her and bring some medicine. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember, Janna? How we heard him saying to McConnell that he’s got to make a new exam now that some kids accessed the site? He’s talking about these goons.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Dicey strained to hear what they were saying, but the motors drowned out their voices. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I often forget my role and find it impossible to curb my anger when they’re unfair, so that they spend the next month saying I’m the most impertinent girl in the world. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then she screams at them half the day because they don’t understand what she’s saying. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traditionally, with rare exceptions, members of the media don’t applaud at press conferences, since it would be considered an endorsement of what the speaker is saying, rather than just reporting the information being given. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But a little voice kept saying, Both, both, I want both. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like your mouth being more familiar with saying yes than no. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

If you ask her again a month later, she’ll be back to saying that she wants intelligent and sincere. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Scott keeps saying that I don’t need to worry about working, that I should just rest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat silently for a long time and then I started saying silly things, because I didn't know what else to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the tiger kept following, and he kept saying, ‘Give me some of your food and I won’t eat you.’ Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Tara tells her sister little about her visit to Vienna, saying only that Ethan asked after her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I remembered him saying once, “Only a foolish man will wed her who comes easily to his bed.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Coach is always saying we shouldn’t chase personal records, but we all know there will be a huge celebration when Terrell scores his one-thousandth point. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was crying and saying it was her baby, the Lord had given it to her, he’d sent her a sign, I felt sorry for her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father was covered with his son’s blood, and as he ran he kept saying, “I will get you to the hospital, my boy, and everything will be fine.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You know what? Never mind. You want to break up, you’re going to say it to me. I’m not saying it to you.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He asked me then to read his badge; which I did, saying that it read as all of ours did, Liberty to Slaves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“When you’re unsure of yourself,” she said, “when you start pulling back into doubt and small living, she’s the one inside saying, ‘Get up from there and live like the glorious girl you are.’ The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whichever it was, he wasn’t going to go on saying it to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Is he saying the right things, or is he letting all his doubt and existential angst shine through? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about what I was saying and then nodded. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like it, but I liked him saying that to me and I nodded. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Toby could barely hear what Luke was saying when Ms. Hildebran came to the door, but he knew the script well enough. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I was just saying that the Nigerians who keep complaining about the oil companies don’t understand that this economy will collapse without them,” Dapo said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Both of my parents texted me, checking in to see how I slept, if I’m settled in, and saying to give them a call when I get up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They all stood for a moment agreeing with each other, Longstreet saying nothing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s wrong with saying that? You say it all the time.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The words tumbled out of my mouth before I knew what I was saying. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying Khalil didn’t make it to heaven—I don’t know—but Pastor Eldridge tries to make sure he gets there. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"I don't say I woulda been a star or anything. I don't know what I'm saying." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear the whoops and hollers and splashing as soon as we walked up the driveway to a wrought iron gate standing ajar as if it were personally saying, Come on in. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Mother wanted to have a place on the charts for saying prayers, but Dad said as far as he was concerned prayers were voluntary. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if he thought I was saying he looked like a moose? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

You'd keep saying to him, "You mean Joe Blow's a flit? Joe Blow? That big, tough guy that plays gangsters and cowboys all the time?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

What the people of Ossian are saying is that they care, they care about her, not what she is guilty of, and she exhales. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“So, what you’re saying, Miss,” Tommy said, “is that everything we did, all the lessons, everything. It was all about what you just told us? There was nothing more to it than that?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom kept saying, “This isn’t right Didn’t anybody plan for this?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll be hearing Philip’s voice saying the words “return on investment” in my nightmares for the rest of time. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear my dog saying that it was one thing to think incorrectly, but acting incorrectly was a completely different universe, and I hadn’t gone there with Julia Bishop. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then we heard what was definitely Madame’s voice coming down the stairs, saying: “Yes, you’re quite right. Quite right.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I look back on that head-to-head with the Pastor, I’m pretty sure the only untruth I told was saying I didn’t know where I was headed after I left him hollering up Water Street. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Storch was saying, cracking the poor goose’s bone with his large teeth. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

They start out safe enough with Momma saying, “Starr baby, call me as soon as you get this, okay?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Everyone wants you here. We have a saying in Farsi. It translates ‘your place was empty.’ Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Several times Nancy chided her husband, saying, “Jose, you got to give that poor boy back his guitar.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Julia has been saying how dumb the dance will probably be, I’m excited. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Why do people keep saying that to me?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

The Professor read it over gravely, and handed it back, saying:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Celaena’s hand burned when it touched the water, and she thrashed, but the princess held her firm, saying words in a tongue the assassin didn’t understand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Take as simple a matter as saying “Good morning” to an inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swore me to absolute silence, saying above all else those men must not connect us with their ugly deed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To keep my focus, I began saying the Lord’s Prayer. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grant Burch's dad was saying how Gypsies steal dogs for fighting and then eat the evidence. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying that to be cruel and insulting,” he continued with cruel and insulting delight. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was talking loudly, but I could not hear what he was saying. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Conor asked, setting the words free before he even knew what he was saying. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had feared that my teacher would leave me, but it had never occurred to me that I would be saying goodbye to my sister. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Kids are saying it was a prank,” Ira said. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not saying I’m not going to try. To get you home, I mean. But if I'm perfectly honest about it...” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m regretting saying yes to this mentorship program. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My dad shoveled rice into his mouth, probably to stop himself from saying anything else. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Arraaayy, beta. Who is saying anything about marriage? We want you to finish your studies. But I was married when I was only a few years older than you.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t pay her any mind, but he did start saying he had to hire somebody. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They went through a toll booth where Stewart paid a quarter, and then after a while saw signs saying: BRIDGEPORT. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know because Mom said that three times before saying I would just have to go to the church “as is.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I remember an old lady, grinning and saying to my father, “You’re scaring these white folks to death!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying that 145th is weird or anything like that, but it’s, like, intense. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know your countrymen do not agree with me about this, and I hear them saying, “You exaggerate.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“No, no. I’m not saying that. I know . . . Well, Anna says that they argued a lot. That Megan sometimes seemed a little afraid of him.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I saw a dark wooden sign saying welcome to turners station in the parking lot of a fire-scorched bar with pink tasseled curtains. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Cecilia said, “What do you mean by that? What are you saying?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I know Grammy likes her metaphors, and I think back to her saying “Joseph is my rock.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

My mother had concluded our conversation the week before by saying, “An old friend told me that he’s very sick. I asked my friend to pass on your number to his wife.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I want to see Sesame Street,” Sonia had said, believing that it was an actual landmark in the city, and she had cried when Gogol had laughed at her, saying it didn’t exist. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood drawing lines in the dirt with my big toe, saying nothing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It would be like saying a Scottish terrier and a greyhound were littermates. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I didn't hear what you were saying anyway,” she murmured. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I knew that I could react in one of two ways: I could scold them for their impertinence or I could listen to what they were saying. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newcharlie put his head down and walked out the door without saying anything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mom, who supported Lori’s New York plans and kept saying she wished she were going to the big city herself, suggested that Lori apply to the Cooper Union art school. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The words left my mouth before it even dawned on me what I was saying. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm not saying everything's okay," Bruce said, "but I don't think it's as bad as it looks." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she could live here when she comes back,” I said, and in saying it I realized what a fantastically great idea it was. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I kissed Yuki goodbye and handed her over without saying anything else to my mom. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Marly saw their looks saying “why not?” and scrambled out for her own boots, using the tramped places Joe had made. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Ms. Wyman’s hand on my shoulder and her voice in my ear saying, “Well done, Bobby,” that wakes me up to the fact that the place is going nuts. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I saw her, I couldn’t believe what she was saying: “I’m Anita Banana and I’m here to stay.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“What are you even saying? It’s not your fault. You can’t apologize for racism.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But then I heard the Colonel’s voice, distinct and very annoyed, saying, “Because it narrows the list of possible suspects by twenty- three! Why couldn’t you just follow the plan? Christ, where is everybody?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Let’s start by saying, ‘Dear Nancy, you touched me very much with your story about your mother. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand out there shivering for a second while she talks to her mom, saying, "I'm gonna have dinner at Will Grayson's house. . . . Yes, his dad is here. . . .They're doctors. . . . Yeah. . . . Okay, love you." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She stared at the two rivers in the darkness, one big and one small, and remembered Shay saying that pretty symmetry was silly, because she’d rather have a face with two different sides. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t the least bit uncomfortable saying the words. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He joined others in saying that equal, if not more, credit also goes to another person who had begun to turn tragedy into redemption. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the voice was too far away for them to hear what it was saying. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

A few days after saying farewell to Luke, my mother asked to see only me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It's like saying that come Christmas, a magic dustpan flies in from the North Pole, led by eight flying cinder blocks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He could have gotten mad or defensive, but instead he just laughed and nudged me on the shoulder, saying, "One day you won't be so critical when it comes to girls." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying it now because I might not have time later. I forgive you for not washing the dishes when it was your turn.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had no conception of what saying yes to politics might mean for us later, once we’d added two children to the mix. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He could be saying that to win your trust.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I kept saying the words over and over again. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“She sure did. She left me a note saying she was leaving, but she didn’t say where she was going or how long she’d be staying.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the thing is pressed,” Grant quotes Sheridan as saying, “I think Lee will surrender.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Because it can be hard sometimes, saying what you mean. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying that I understand why that happened. It was the last straw. We are tired, sir, and what you saw was a reaction to that.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Why did you do that?” he found himself saying. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Powell gives his name as Lewis Payne and makes up an elaborate story, saying that he has come to Mary Surratt’s at her request, to dig a ditch. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now it seemed to him that he was always saying or thinking that he didn’t deserve some bad luck, or some bad treatment from others. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Truthfully, I don't know. It was hard to tell from what they were saying, but...” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She teased him, saying, “When are you going to bring me a daughter-in-law?” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I know what she’s saying even though I’m not wearing my hearing aids and she doesn’t move her mouth. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“At any rate, I’m knackered,” Henry is saying now. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“What are you saying? We are not to be at war. I will let you have your little factory when we are married. But first, the weapons.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Miz Ellis,” Trotter broke in loudly, “was just saying how it’s up to you.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When I first went there he was sitting by the window staring down in the alleyway, not saying anything. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re—” And I stopped myself from saying not skinny, but that’s the whole point of you; the point of you is that you don’t look like a boy. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

All day long the song been saying, “Tender affection is the vitamin of life....” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the nurse sent another note saying Lori couldn’t attend Emerson unless she wore glasses, and the school would pay for them, so Mom gave in. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She does the same test and surprises me by saying, “I agree. Feels like a baseball.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying—if she doesn’t go, you will be okay.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’s still saying things to her—putting her under his spell. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One of the girls at the masjid complained that her mom basically used it as a nice way of saying no—“Mom, can I go to the movies tomorrow?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As if saying okay twice really makes everything fine. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Look, Lucy. He is saying yes,” said Bull. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Love always, Charlie November 12, 1991 Dear friend, I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if Farmer had built himself an alarm system that, with any extended free moment, set off a recording saying, “You’re forgetting Haiti.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Jazz looked at me, crunched on the ice in her mouth, and smiled, because she knew she had won without even saying anything back. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I could tell that Katie was actually relieved that she wouldn’t have to work with anyone else, and I silently congratulated myself on my gift of saying the right thing to the right person. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up in my bed when I hear Mrs. Malloy saying, “Let me take her off your hands, Ollie Mae. I don’t mind at all. She can live here with us.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The woman ignored him and looked at the broken and empty cake box on the bar, saying, “Somebody’s been having a picnic in here. Goddammit. I already told you people about ants and rats.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I remember him saying about it was, “Next time, it could be us.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“No, but he also has not died, so I assume he still loves having the proper names of things even if he isn’t saying them.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The red enamel blood is a shade much, if you don't mind my saying. Tell me, my lord, did you drive the spear into the man's back yourself, or mdid you only give die command?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Each day one of the corpses would speak, saying, “Does he burn? Does he burn?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you were talking in your sleep. You kept saying, ‘Ask Fiver, ask Fiver.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He keeps saying that plane is our ticket out of here,” Mom said derisively. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"So, what you're saying is, these last few days and then I guess . . . back in the arena . . . that was just some strategy you two worked out." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, throwing my backpack over my shoulder, suddenly wondering if I should go back on my promise to myself about not saying anything. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Why do you keep saying that?” someone responded. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jeff refused to wear one, saying it looked too much like a dress. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She waited until he had left the kolba, before snickering and saying, “The children of strangers get ice cream. What do you get, Mariam? Stories of ice cream.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mama’s saying one word over and over again: please. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I remember Mitt pointing at the gnarled trunks of my father’s tanned bowlegs bared beneath his shorts and saying, “Grandpa’s a bulldog.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked even worse than usual, which is saying a lot. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We met her in the sand, Mama breathless, small in front of him, looking up saying, “Ko! Ko, it’s a boy!” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All I’m saying is, Tall Man went off to live in the woods for a reason,” Cal said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In essence, the tribe was asking us whether we shared its feelings; if we refused to join the church, it was equivalent to saying no, to placing ourselves in the position of moral monsters. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stevie’s saying exactly how I feel about you, my baby girl. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They didn’t care what the people were saying about their family, or that the village officers had a meeting one time and talked about running Sis off the reservation for good. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So...are you saying we can go out after Midsummer Night?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In South Africa there’s a saying that to be black is to be at the end of the line when anything of significance is to be had. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he was saying was, “Cover up for me. Don’t let the others know.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew what he was saying and I wished to God he was someone else, someone who didn’t have to say things out loud. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like you saying that you’re jealous of me,” Sandy tells me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The adjutant general wrote to Tom’s captain, saying that Tom had “proved an excellent officer” and that he would “regret to see him quit the service.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Luke was still saying the words as he stepped around the plane, noticing how the leaves had blown around Toby’s body like he’d been in that spot for weeks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Just saying those words was like clawing open a wound. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I just keep saying to her “No problema,” and I keep hacking. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many doctors testified before the Board of Regents and in the media on Southam’s behalf, saying they’d been conducting similar research for decades. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Sounds like you’re saying I’m obsessed with other people. Is that it?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Hearing her scream made me burst into tears, but Caleb just ran for my father without saying a word. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I pushed my mind back to the game and what Goldy was saying about dealing for myself when things weren’t going that tough. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Why else would they open a large play area for children, hang up a sign saying “Giant Kid’s Playground”, and then wonder why everyone stays away from it? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“And I can’t forbear—because I am an impertinent fool—saying, ‘I was to guess her mind from the weather, sir?’ The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My father gave a little yelp, and all around people were automatically saying, ‘Oh!’ and ‘Amazing’ and all that. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Everyone else kept saying I was crazy, or “mental,” but he got it. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I’m groggy, and what he’s saying doesn’t register. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

With a twinkle in his eye, and a smile on his face, he handed it to me saying, “Save some for your sisters.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was strange because he was calling, “Christopher . . . ? Christopher . . . ?” and I could see my name written out as he was saying it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. King told the mourners, “and he is saying to us that we must substitute courage for caution.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I say, “no offense, but it’s hard to like someone who is always saying mean stuff to you. About my eye. My hair. Really, everything.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Nor did his insider knowledge of interest rates ever tempt him to take personal advantage: “But you remember the saying with regard to Caesar’s Wife,” he wrote to Henry Lee. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I politely declined, saying I had other things going on. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Then what you're really saying is that if we stopped in my dad's deli, I could get you a Coke, right?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But now, by saying what his future was going to be like, he had created it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came over and straightened my suspenders, saying, “That was a very nice question for my little Daniel Boone to ask.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a bummer, all right,” George was saying gloomily to Fred. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It drops away and she rubs where it was tied, still staring at me, still not saying nothing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But in truth they are saying good-bye to their mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls seldom passed her without her saying, “Move faster, you black gip!” at the same time giving them a blow with the cowskin over the head or shoulders, often drawing the blood. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

What he was saying, instead, was something very similar to what Nisbett and Cohen argued after their hallway studies at the University of Michigan. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As the boy talked, the man who had been looking on yawned and turned away, but not before tapping Jonathan on the head and saying, “Don’t you worry none.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pastor is saying something about Charlie’s vivacious and intense personality. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

That crazy woman woke up this morning, squoze into the tightest pink sweater she has, which is saying something, and hollered, “I’m going to Elizabeth Leefolt’s. Right now, while I got the nerve, Minny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I struggled to open them again, and then the next thing I knew Father was shaking me and saying, “Come on, Tim, time for bed.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” she says, and then she hesitates before saying, “It looks like a great party.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I needed a voice speaking to me like I’d heard yesterday in my room saying, Lily Melissa Owens, your jar is open. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a strange and unexpected way Ob’s saying this exhilarated me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around her, the buzz of high school life continued unchanged, and after school she went home, saying she didn’t feel well. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s true, of course. I remember Grandma saying you couldn’t bring things out of the ground until they were ready.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How could I know those barrels were hot?” he was saying. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squirmed away and went to the restroom to avoid saying good-bye to those who were not coming to the adoption proceedings. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to come back and check on my tree,” he was saying. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"It is an old saying: see the bear in his own den before you judge of his conditions." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I left without saying a word to her and went to my room, slamming the door behind me, waking the Colonel, and stomping into the bathroom. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

As we went through the doors, most people were nice, smiling, saying hi. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And what this letter seems to be saying is that I can put aside the number now, too. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like my brain can’t take in everything Christoffel is saying at once, so it latches on to loose phrases, here or there. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Erik and Arthur don’t have any friends. Not since we started rounding up all of that stolen jewelry. No. Nobody but Arthur Bauer, Sr., is saying it was a fair fight.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stared at him for a moment or two and then headed home, saying they'd never seen anything as crazy as that talking Volkswagen. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He's also hard of hearing, which when my mom used to say this, I always thought she was saying "harder hearing," which made no sense at all to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I clamped my lips tight to keep from saying something that would make things worse. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“So what are you saying? What do you mean to do?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The old sayings had a purpose in village life, but they were completely meaningless in modern Harare. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We drove away down Seminole, past our neighbors’ houses, already saying farewell to Indian Village. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then he would speak a few identifying words of Navajo into the mike, saying that he was either ready to send or receive in code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another expert took a different view, essentially saying there wasn’t enough money to treat MDR, no matter how encouraging Farmer’s results. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But when Ocean started saying goodbye, he looked at me like he didn’t actually want to leave, like he was sorry he had to. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Tony’s inside wounds are the ones that will be harder to heal,” Mama was saying. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He repeated it over and over again, his lips moving slightly, as if he could make it come true by saying it a thousand times. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s saying something about washing my face and swishing some water around in my mouth, but her words sound muffled, like I’m inside a giant bubble. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And soon enough, T stopped saying "never" and started saying "if." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Without saying a word or giving a backward glance, Roosevelt gave Julio his answer. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I said to him, “What is Dennis saying? I don’t think about these things anymore, so you better tell me.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t ever get over that, saying good-bye to a child. No matter how it happens. That’s your flesh and blood.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But. . . are you saying Karkaroff put my name in the goblet? Because if he did, he’s a really good actor. He seemed furious about it. He wanted to stop me from competing.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I thought about saying we oughta roast that duck and make omelets from the eggs, but sassy as Biddy done got, I figured she might stab me with her fork. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They went through the motions of the contest on Friday, but when it was over and Leslie had won again, everyone sort of knew without saying so that it was the end of the races. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. The overnight express business is just booming. Now, as I was saying—” “You have snakes on your phone.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can only imagine what they were saying about me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And I heard one witch at the end of the front row saying aloud, "All of them! We can't possibly wipe out all of them!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her line was marched away toward that plume of smoke in the distance, and she was crying for me...she was saying, 'Lev...help me...don't leave me...” What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Because I’ve always heard about them,” the boy answered, saying nothing about his dream. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying I’m going to dig through the trash. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There was this saying that my Muslim classmate, Rukia Marshall, had taught me: If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must come to the mountain. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was in something of a bind, for I really could not say—could not allow myself to be stampeded into saying—that I was a Christian. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s that,” they could hear him saying in a relieved tone. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were some titters in the audience, so I figured it was safe for me to start out by saying to the minister, “I was his girlfriend.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“What a terrible mess,” observed the Humbug, with his knack for saying exactly the wrong thing. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear him talking to her in English, but I couldn’t discern what they were saying. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The way he said that, get a boyfriend, reminded me of Heather saying it wasn't fair, why did she have to put on a happy face and pretend like she wasn't in pain. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was crying like a baby, and I kept saying, ‘Hush, it’s all right,’ when I wanted to scream my mind and heart out. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He’d planned on taking Petey back to his house to meet Calamity’s kittens, but he couldn’t imagine saying that out loud. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I regretted saying it—I really did—but I think even if I hadn’t, our happy little interlude would have come to an end. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If you folks at the City Hall don’t even know what penguins are, I guess you haven’t any rule saying they have to be licensed. I will do without a license for Captain Cook.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Sammy,’ he said to Sam Adams, ‘my coming interrupted something you were saying ... “We will fight,” you had got that far.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she borrowed a few more choice words from sayings coined by rickshaw pullers to insult riders who gave no tips. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

But most of the time nobody was sure just what he was saying. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘Gandalf has been saying many cheerful things like that,’ said Pippin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She carries on in Italian, but what she is saying is, “I am happy to meet you” and “Me too!” and “Will you live with me?” and “Do you snore?” and “Only a little.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re saying it was Red Dalton, the football star, right?” the police officer asked. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid could hear Tad’s mother breathing hard and saying “Oh, my God,” over and over again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I could tell Twig was thinking, wondering what I wasn’t saying, but she didn’t ask. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She didn’t blame Joe in the least for being scared—who wouldn’t be? —and she didn’t mind saying she was scared either. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“If a Muggle looks at it, all they see is a moldering old ruin with a sign over the entrance saying DANGER, DO NOT ENTER, UNSAFE.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My sisters, I repeat to myself, saying these two words together for the first time. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was it?’ and Jones looking at the demon, groping too, sober too, saying, ‘I dont know, Kernel. Whut?’ each watching the other. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke was just as guilty as everybody else, never saying a word whenever Jimmy started talking about wrestling. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

All of the Ojibwa would be safe on their own land farther west, Albert was saying. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bas would have said, Obviously you’ll decide to help her, too; the girl I love would completely agree with everything I’m saying, because Bas wouldn’t know anything about the kind of girl I am now. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“All I’m saying is there’s something off about her. She’s not like the others, is she?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As a doctor, with his finger against a pulse, is able to feel the heart rate, when I am up there speaking, I can feel the reaction to what I am saying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charity don’t go around saying ‘I give you food and I give you clothes and by rights you ought to thank me.’ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elena Richardson had always been like this, she thought, charming and generous and always saying kind things, and then when she wanted something she was sure you couldn’t say no. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

However hard Meggie strained her ears, she couldn't make out what the pair was saying. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Crispin, there’s an old soldier’s saying: ‘If you have to choose between alertness and worry, being alert will bring you more days of life.’ Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying another word,” Chuck replied, a new authority filling his voice. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was saying it was good but I could see she was looking at it like she was front-rowing a freak show or something. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

You may be familiar with an old business saying, “think outside the box.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I hesitated a moment, like a diver on the brink, then lost my nerve and my tutored self-possession, saying, “Yes, I believe so—he comes into the restaurant for his meals.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

What I’m saying is that we were all of us struggling to adjust to our new life, and I suppose we all did things back then we later regretted. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy had been reasonable—• at any rate, she had not argued—and now, before saying good night, Mr. Clutter secured from her a promise to begin a gradual breaking off with Bobby. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent the rest of the afternoon spitting into the river, and they had to keep laughing because he kept saying, “Ugh! Awful! It tastes like poison!” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Men that saw them whispered saying: ‘Belike the old tales speak well; there is Elvish blood in the veins of that folk, for the people of Nimrodel dwelt in that land once long ago.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Instead of saying, “Mackenzie’s mother lets her go to dances,” in which case my mom would say, “You are not Mackenzie,” I would say, “It’s normal for kids to go to dances.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And Mama actually signed the paper saying she agreed! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The soldiers are often heard saying women have their duty to perform for the Angkar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And about what I was saying before—about the way you react. Even though I find it frustrating, it's still a million times better than not having you in my life.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not as though expressing disagreement—more as though trying to make her ears a moving target for what Dill was saying. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no, no, no,” Ben was saying, half under his breath. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I'm saying that you were a little extra in there.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Most of all, I want to see Thaya Jaan smiling as he watches all of us together, somehow saying so much with so few words. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Folks is saying you birthed a set of twins ’round a year or two pass. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

And a message came back this afternoon saying you was to be arrested and taken to Bywater, not direct to the Lockholes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The client was complaining, but I could hear the driver saying, “I’m sorry, sir. Emergency. I’ve ordered another car for you.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was nodding her head and smiling and frowning and saying, “Hmmm,” and “Is that right?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

No clue what she was saying, but whatever it was, it was loud. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He looked straight ahead, saying nothing, holding his body more rigid than an arrow. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You're saying you need a uniform to get the camera,” I say it finally. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I looked at Wishbone and thought about Bertha saying how dogs love you no matter what, and my heart nearly burst. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“He was just being funny. Know what I’m saying?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, the thing Lorraine and I liked best about the Pigman was that he didn’t go around saying we were cards or jazzy or cool or hip. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In spite of what he was saying, his eyes were considerate and friendly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The irritating thing was that in the racket of voices Winston could hardly hear what Parsons was saying, and was constantly having to ask for some fatuous remark to be repeated. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For example, the “elephant in the room” saying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of Big Ma saying “Welcome to the family” to Miss Hendrix, my grandmother put her foot down about Miss Hendrix coming along with us. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

After a minute and without saying nothing more, she hands me the binocs and I get my first look at Haven. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“But I’m trying to be realistic about this. It isn’t that simple, is what I’m saying. There are all these other things.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Without saying any more he took his seat, and the Professor began to resume his statement:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“All I’m saying,” said Billy, “is your mama would be better off if she kept one eye on her husband and one eye on Aileen.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You don’t want to risk your position over a friendship you have no business making. That’s all I’m saying.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Am I really saying what I think I’m saying? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When Hamlet reached my side, Horatio took his leave, saying, “In faith, Ophelia, I remain your servant” The kindness in his eyes consoled me briefly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Days would pass at the beach without Dad saying anything about the coal mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Jose,” I said, and I wasn’t just saying it to be nice. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was saying, at last, that he was sorry. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Himmelstoss saw that we meant it and went off without saying a word. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon left me the key in an envelope under the mat, and a note saying Blessings, which is a measure of how much he’s softened, or mellowed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It got her dander up, my saying that. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We sat there like that for a while, staring out over the block without saying anything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I was pretty proud of myself for saying, "You were being entertained." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Ms. Hussey listened closely to what the kids were saying, as she always did. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he asked the man for his name, he couldn't understand what the man on the phone was saying. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Apparently she was oblivious to my mouthful of food, because she kept nudging me and saying, “Well, Luke, what do you think? What do you think?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I can count on Soojin to end the conversation by saying that I’m better than most of the people on the show, and that I deserve to be on it someday. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We all sat there for a long minute, not saying much else. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“All that stuff she said about your dad, though,” he says, “makes me kind of hate her. I can’t imagine what good can come of saying such terrible things.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Momma and Sweets wouldn’t understand me saying nothing like that. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gregor wanted to answer in detail and explain everything, but in these circumstances he confined himself to saying, "Yes, yes, thank you mother. I'm getting up right away." The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

That look on his face says more than he’s saying. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She’s taken to saying stuff like, “Look at the trim color on that Lancaster. That’s not a regulation trim color. It looks like pea soup.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Dad—I told you, I’m just saying hi.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t so bad,” Hazel found herself saying. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He knew it was going to crash, but he didn’t want to make a fool of himself by saying so. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Fabian doesn’t give a pig’s nose about my business or what I’m saying. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Lyra was humming, or saying something to Pantalaimon, or just expressing her pleasure in the soggy biscuit. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

My father, I remember, made a point of saying that sex was and should be fun. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“And she kept yelling the same thing: ‘You’re saying it wrong. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Everything was pretty much saying, Buy a whole new model, ya big dummy! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But I’m afraid you have it backward. It is better to live on one’s feet than die on one’s knees. That is the way the saying goes.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And I have to bring a note from Momma saying the cut is OK with her. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Taking his hand and saying I deserve this. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

All eyes went to my father, who chuckled, saying only, "Well, I guess you have a point." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Seeing the look on my face, he said, “I’m not saying no. I just don’t understand what you’re getting at.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He handed me the key, saying: “Will you keep it? You had better be assured.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Her ghost is still here, for sure,’’ he kept saying. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I told her sorry, and she smiled, saying, “No worries.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eratosthenes, in a lost work quoted by the Roman-era geographer Strabo, wrote that of the kingdom of the pharaohs “there was a common saying: ‘The way to Egypt is long and vexatious.’.. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I imagined a mob of Black Panthers saying it with me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

If Hisao wasn’t present, he told himself, he’d ask her flat out what she was trying to say by looking at him with such detached severity and saying nothing at all. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a little predictably, I did so by saying: 'I was just thinking earlier, Miss Kenton. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she got her month or something, I don’t really know. You hear what I’m saying?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He kept saying he would drive me to Rochester to see my mom and dad. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

June is saying, halfway through a cucumber sandwich. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It felt strange saying Fozia’s name in this estate, remembering how frightened she had looked. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But when she tried to engage him in conversation he seemed uninterested, taking my hand and backing away, his gestures saying, “Thanks, but no thanks.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the whole class was crowding around us and saying, “So cool” and “Oh, gross.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I think his closing words were: “I hope you understand I’m saying this because I love you.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But it was really more like saying things to herself than words said to them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

What if the Limerick was saying that the tomb was hidden right here, on Ludus? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Harry suddenly realized that the spider that had dropped him was saying something. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m just saying. They aren’t scrawny and weak like me.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was the first time some of my own people were saying a public thanks to us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m adorable, too,” she seems to be saying. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Stop saying the name!” said Ron in a terrified whisper, as if he thought Voldemort could hear them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The whole rest of the day, Salva went around saying, “A, B, C” mostly to himself but sometimes aloud, in a quiet voice. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was like someone else was saying my name. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

By the end of Joe’s first week, Cootie called Day saying somebody had better come get Joe before he killed someone else or got himself shot. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But her face is fierce with pride, as if Papi is a hero for saying what he thinks. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t think I’d let you go without saying good-bye,” said Emilia, coming out of the cockpit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I did not like him either, I took the liberty of saying that we thanked him, but we didn’t want seeing home. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I should not be so afraid of saying anything, because honesty will make me feel lighter. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Petty would be saying, “New number, who dis?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I hardly realized I was saying the words until they were out of my mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I mentally chant a saying my grandfather taught me the day he met me, when I was six. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mong turned to dude, said: “You shouldn’t talk about people’s races like that, sir. Especially when the people you’re saying it to don’t have nothing to lose. Like us three.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you understand what he is saying?” he asked Haldon in the Common Tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nathan struggled to maintain enough distance so the horned toad couldn’t hear him but so he was close enough to listen in on what it was saying. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He also objected to the fact that I would make my bed in the morning, saying it was his responsibility to do so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course. Some day you’ll be saying, 'Lizza, bring your head over here a minute. I want something to lean my elbow on!’ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Chou and I follow suit, though we do not understand the propaganda of what Met Bong is saying. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's harder to hear what he's saying from here. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We sit in the room, not saying anything. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vegas was lifting his arm, saying that he had fought a good fight. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francis Poulenc neatly summed up the prevailing French ambivalence towards Wagner by saying that, after listening to him, it was necessary to cleanse one’s spirit and ears by listening to Mozart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ali had just finished saying a bunch of stuff I hadn’t even heard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I'm not saying it doesn’t happen a lot, because there’s this hidden emotional subtext with Leah, and I’m always missing it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Of course they weren’t, so I marched up to the bathroom without saying a word. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say, even though it’s weird saying that. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

No one knew where "Hodor" had come from, she said, but when he started saying it, they started calling him by it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was so busy saying goodbye to Gran, I only half remembered. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

How on earth could he learn not to say yessuh and yessum to white people in one night when he had been saying it all his life long? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had shame and hatred of what she might say, but she could not help saying it She was like a person swimming in a rough sea. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple didn’t want to admit how much what he was saying resonated with her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Finch: So you’re saying I can carry you when we wander. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The twins climbed up the slope and said their good-byes to Wash, but Naomi turned away without saying anything. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fritz’s girlfriend was talking to him about women’s rights, and he kept saying, “I know, baby.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

One woman from Pennsylvania resigned from the National Woman’s Party, saying, “I am an American before I am a suffragist.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It’s also worth saying that most books are a little bit of a lie—even when the story they’re telling is true. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s like he’s saying, ‘Wait until you hear this wild and crazy story...’ but then there’s nothing else.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying his heart isn’t in the right place,” said Professor McGonagall grudgingly, “but you can’t pretend he’s not careless. He does tend to — what was that?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And then, as if out of nowhere, he said, “Now—forgive me if I’m saying this incorrectly—but is it—Sharon?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cat made no reply, but Coraline could imagine its voice, dry as a dead fly on a windowsill in winter, saying Well, where do you think they are? Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He calmed them, though, and looked at me for a moment without saying anything. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Right off, Lee Roy commenced saying how hungry he was, though it was only ten o’clock. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My great-aunt Cecile's all the time saying dead don't have to mean dead and gone, and I like to believe that. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mami’s going to be mad, one of them was saying—I couldn’t tell which one. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

From the living room we heard the low tone of the deputy’s voice, politely saying, “No, thanks. Really, I’m ' fine.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s like saying you’ll get one hundred million dollars at the end of the year. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting for Rondell to turn and ask me a question about my night with Flaca, or about why we were leaving without me saying bye, but he never did. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He seemed so determined that nobody should hear what he was saying that he was barely opening his lips; it was as though he were a rather poor ventriloquist. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When Dad was within listening range of the story, he added to it by saying the house stunk for days afterward. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Link impatiently pulls abreast, saying, “I have to see who she is.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“By the way,” Ben added, “nice call saying that Radar’s folks are overprotective.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I realize, because Jared S. said so, that I never “explained Dubai,” which is like saying, “explain Canada,” but whatever I’ll try. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I can barely make out what they’re saying half the time, but they work hard, and the pay is good. And I’ll tell you this,” she said, leaning closer and lowering her voice. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about saying the words out loud made me nervous. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s saying his questions over and over and over. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yet again, it seemed to be saying: How stupid you two are! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying that Mrs. Atanabi wasn’t nice, by the way. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But then one of the men grabbed Alice by the neck, and he was shouting, and Malcolm was shouting too, and he didn’t know what he was saying. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The house seemed silent, and in the living room she found a note saying that Mama had taken Akira next door, where they’d been invited for tea. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And she had held my wrist and said thank you each time, and one time she had not even bothered saying it out loud but had just lip-synced. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in a way, what I’m saying is true. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought you might need some help,” he said, as matter-of-factly as if saying “Good morning.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

In Montgomery, students stopped one another at bus corners and by their lockers, saying things like “Have you ever heard of Claudette Colvin?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I sometimes went out to sit with him, even though Mother held it against me, saying he needed his solitude. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, with half the spokes knocked out of Operation Cartwheel, lots of Marines were just saying, “Here we go again!” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just think of all the millions of people all saying to themselves: It doesn’t matter, it’s just me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then after you have made up your mind about the one you want to take, you protect yourself by saying you aren’t going far. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace lost track of how long she sat on the floor and cried, but after a while, there was a knock at the door and someone saying, “Grade?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I will paint the way she used to smile down at me, the love in her eyes saying “I only do this for you.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the game was over, the president left without saying anything to us. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stomped into the garden and right past his mother without saying a word. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They spoke to him and he looked at them without recognizing them, saying things they did not understand. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Evy settled it by saying one could wash it one day and the other, the next day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alexia stormed past Mr. Terupt without looking at him, and without saying a word. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

This case, he was saying, happened on a razor’s edge. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a while Strawberry ended by saying, “We’re nearly at the great burrow now, but we’re coming in by a different way.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A machine that could talk and play music was, as Grandpa kept saying, a dang marvel. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Moreover, I could not refrain from adding a sentence saying that I had just devised a beautiful DNA structure which was completely different from Pauling’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

On top of that, saying you’re sorry for being wrong is like opening up your arms and letting yourself get hit in the face. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He kept telling me to ignore what people were saying about me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It only takes Kayla saying, “This already smells divine, Mrs. Jackson,” and Grandma’s head practically doubles in size. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And I wondered why I was saying it, boasting, maybe lying. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They kept saying it, on the phone, or to each other: “Stunned.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I just had to pretend it wasn’t so, even though some part of me kept saying I truly had to fend for myself now. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh yes. Then about the fire. I say this again. I've been saying it ever since we dropped in." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But instead of saying how disappointed he was, he said, “Maybe a different spokesman would have made a better choice.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He watched me a second, then saying, “Remember!—No conversation,” he left the room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm going to get the e-mail address. It's not too early for you to send a message saying you are interested. It's temporary. Just until we get this all straightened out." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She locks the door and leaves without saying goodbye. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V returns to me and helps me change the original welcome message from the very mechanical- sounding “Welcome to Medi-Talker” to Trish’s voice saying, “Hi! I’m Melody. Talk to me!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Chris says, “Thanks. You too,” but it’s so robotic, like he’s saying what he’s supposed to and not what he wants to. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Let no one else use you, Mr. Ai,” the king was saying. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Zara, I’m not saying that at all! This isn’t about love, or like; this is about them bothering me!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Because everyone picked on me. So I stayed where I could throw perfume on myself all day and drink ten thousand malts and eat candy without people saying, ‘Oh, that’s full of calories!’ The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about saying no, except it could cause me trouble later. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Probably? I feel bad for saying it, but if they got into a car accident I’d be relieved. At least that’s a reason to ditch your kids for two days.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Jake never knew what Mr. Lyons was saying when, all of a sudden, he dropped a little Spanish. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying it’s possible as an idea, even necessary as an idea, a final cause in the whole structure of causation.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was saying that seven o’clock would be a reasonable time to— 9TH JUROR: The reason I asked about that was because you were rubbing your nose like . Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Henry says you’re talking about coming. But Tino and Victor and those guys are saying some bad stuff. So you had better not show your face at Luis’s funeral. I’m calling to tell you that.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Look,’ people will say—are already saying—‘he can’t handle his own son. How can he possibly handle a church?’ Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

After a minute or so she figured out that what I wasn’t saying was not a happy ending. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Outside, people were excitedly saying that the Hiroshima baggage had arrived. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying you’ll publish it? If I can write it by—” “I said nothing of the sort,” she snaps. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“She look more like my mother’s people,” Ma Charles said, which was her way of saying “plain old Negro.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m used to saying I’m sorry for doing stupid stuff—like for spilling nail polish on the bedspread, or for hiding a bad grade I got on a math quiz. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

On the shore was a canoe rental operation that was closed for the season, but I left a stack of golden drachmas on the counter and a note saying IOU two canoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“As I was saying: We are going to use the scientific method to test these hypotheses. After every experiment, you will be required to write up your results.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Take that with you the next time you’re in the kitchen, is what I’m saying. It maps the way out.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We yelled across the room at one another, came in and out of our one room house without saying “excuse me” and “may I come in,” or even knocking. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you, Mustafa! What were you thinking? I’m so disappointed in you,” Imam Malik is saying, his voice distressed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I know your countrymen do not agree with me about this, and I hear them saying, “You exaggerate.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I mean it’s obvious this kid was leading a double life,” the guy is saying. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He said, “I hope you know you can never date Charlie,” and claimed he was saying this to save me from a destiny like his and Mom’s. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then the army boys will come a-marching down the road saying a song in French. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood where I was and pretended I had no idea what they were saying. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t mind saying I want more, but Anatole laughs and rubs his knuckles into my hair, pushes me playfully out of the bed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying I think the school handled this right,” he said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Lindsey saying that reminded me again of Irene, always Irene, and I got even more nervous than I already was about what might happen, what felt like it just had to happen. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then Florence introduced them, saying: “Elizabeth, this here’s my brother I been telling you so much about. He’s a preacher, honey—so we got to be mighty careful what we talk about when he's around.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She tried to sound all nonchalant while she was saying this, but I noticed her trying. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When the mounted archers rode back crestfallen, saying that they had been unable to shoot the boy, Sir Meliagrance knew what was going to happen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t be interfering by taking him for special coaching sessions,” the man was saying to Frank. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“What are you saying, impudent boy? That I will be a beast in the next life?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I was saying I have the new Madden,” Alex went on. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t seem right,” said Milo helplessly, for, with the bird taking everything the wrong way, he hardly knew what he was saying. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of also saying “Darling!” and holding out his arms, the Savage retreated in terror, flapping his hands at her as though he were trying to scare away some intruding and dangerous animal. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know what he was saying. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

His hands were shaking slightly out of anger, but he kept his eyes down, as though he couldn’t hear what Snape was saying to him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Over and over again they were saying how they were going to come and get me, and what they would do with me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying that as a supportive friend or because you’re not ready for a test?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She smiled and waved to Wilbur and to the audience, as if she were saying hello to the world. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He kept saying they were too new and bourgeois. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Moss asked Martin for help to stand up; then Moss adjusted the chain around his waist and tried his best to listen to what the man was saying. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Grandpa had sense enough to know what folks were saying. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Just his saying so would have made it better, whatever it was. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going back and saying the things he needs to say. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That was a formal and strong way of saying “I’m sorry.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at Mom like he couldn’t believe what she was saying. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Armpit could only follow about half of what she was saying. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“The Nobody Owens I knew wouldn’t’ve run off from the graveyard without saying so much as a fare-thee-well to those who cared for him. You’ll break Mistress Owens’s heart.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I mean, if it’s true that he ran away,” she says, “that’d be a whole lot better than—you know, the other things people are saying.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And because I feel like saying no will ruin her good mood, I say, “I'll think about it.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then came his favorite saying; it wouldn’t have surprised me if he had it tattooed across his chest. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“All those people saying all those wonderful things, and Irv never got to hear any of it.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let's just say when a little cute finds a little cute, well, the world doesn't look half bad. You know what I'm saying?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard two things at that moment: Father saying “Never forget this lesson” as he looked on grimly; and the bleating of the goat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How can you keep saying that he’s a man and you’re not? Just because of some stupid birthday? If you were where I came from you’d already be fourteen and a month!” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I have to do something. If what you’re saying is true, we have to tell people. I don’t think people on the outside will tolerate this if they know.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Wick was standing in that corner, talking to himself. ‘It’s not enough,’ he kept saying. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The inspector looked at me without saying anything. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

You are not understanding what I am saying, are you? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know she’s waking me up and it’s hours later and my head is completely confused till I hear her saying, “Noise, Todd, I can hear Noise.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I would apologize, but texting “I’m sorry” combined with every emoji in the world isn’t the same as saying it face-to-face. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Just before I started down after you, while I was still up there, I could hear you saying something but the words were indistinct.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He just nodded, which was his way of saying, Can I take your order? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Finding my mother in my father’s story and saying good-bye before I have a chance to know her better. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” Isabella says, and we walk to the overhang area without saying anything else. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t even want to repeat the words they was saying to that umpire, but they was cussing him good. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But whatever his reason for saying it, it was part of the story now. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Without saying a word, the guard put a notepad in front of me, and I thanked him by nodding and smiling in his direction. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices sounded angry and excited—oh, why couldn't she make out what they were saying? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He takes a seat to the left of his father, who is saying something that Cullen cannot hear. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps she wishes to present herself to Prince Aidan as a possible bride,” Ana said sarcastically, and Clara looked down at her embroidery, saying nothing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As days went by, she would meet me at the door and before I had a chance to ask, she would imitate me, saying, “Did I get any mail?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

‘He is saying, “I has never done any harm to the human bean so why should he be eating me?”’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I remember her saying that, Dad laughed this strange off-center laugh and said, “Okay, Grandma.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying—?” the Keeper stopped, as though he couldn’t believe what he was hearing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The physician's mouth was moving and she could hear what he was saying, but it didn't mean anything because this wasn't happening to her. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“As you know,” Mrs. Brown is saying, “the United States has now joined the embargo.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s just an old saying: Laughter is the best medicine.''’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know whether she was saying what she believed or was just trying to keep me from thinking that my father was dead. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also knew that by never saying anything, she would never have to admit or deny it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young priest came in and started saying the rosary with everybody. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stay next to her as we walk to the car, neither of us saying anything, while the setter-upper and the boyfriend stealer walk behind us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And I hated it because if you went into a shop or a restaurant or on a beach you couldn’t understand what anyone was saying, which was frightening. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Mirjam said they liked to joke that they were like sisters. And royalty. To be honest—and I feel badly saying this—she was a little irritating about it.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

That was the last time she would see her daughter—Emmett figures she knew she was saying goodbye. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t blame her, but it was hard to feel too upset on a nice day, with her next to me, knowing that I wasn’t really saying good-bye. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Remember the world right before smartphones?” the announcer was saying. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Edward Lee Howard later regretted not saying more to Mary. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You asked me, that day we met, if we could kiss. I said no then, but I am saying yes now.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa handed Papa his gun, saying, “You’re getting to be a pretty good shot with this thing.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got back to the barn Mother was saying, “Sam, we don’t even know if he’s alive. You have to come home now. We need you.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered Freddie sitting in Sonny’s Shop just before Christmas, saying, “None of my people would take me in.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Characters from stories, like the ones she’d been told all her life, were taking off their masks and saying, I was never a tale, but a truth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Soon everyone’s around me, saying great work and such, but a sudden sickness falls to my stomach. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He kept blushing giddily in shy embarrassment and saying he was sorry when Yossarian came over to apologize for hitting him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But even when I thought that, I was always aware of some other part of me saying, there is more. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Before the door shut, 1 heard him saying to her, “You couldn’t hear that, Vi, could you? I’m sorry. I’m sorry. You didn’t hear that. . . ?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian managed to convey all that without saying it, simultaneously calming the senate and sympathizing with them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Usually it was with just a single sentence, saying she was too busy to reply. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The overseer now came forward, bowing and scraping, and the red-faced one spoke to him rapidly but so low that we could not hear what he was saying. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now they know that we know what they tried to do to us,” I said, hating myself for saying it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Baxter stared at me, not understanding anything I was saying. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He put an arm around each of us and guided us toward the front, saying, “Let’s do this the right way. Huh? Let’s go in the visitors’ door.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘That goes without saying. We Romans invented parties.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The moment the bell rang, I saw a fist, then the canvas coming up, and ten seconds later the referee was saying “Ten!’’over me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What you are saying is simply — they are simply tales told to children.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a white person is saying a neighborhood is diverse, they mean nine percent black people. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But they were all saying the same thing: “Here once walked Bodega; these were the things he left for us.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But then I stop and think about what David is saying. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

That little bit of snap was gone and she was back to sweet Momly, even though she was still saying no. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And to almost everyone’s surprise, the Coast Guard agreed—but only if Dad finished his anger-control therapy and got a letter saying he was all better. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Two years ago our neighbor sent a letter with a coded message saying that my uncle was tortured and died in a gulag.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She knew the blind shopkeeper who sat on a stool in front of his shop nodding and saying, “Sabah-al-khair—Good morning”—to the air. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The room started to spin as she understood what they were saying. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

He’s been saying on the radio that the economy was improving, when anyone with two eyes could see the only thing getting better was my mother’s ability to patch holes in pants. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote to his mother that he was feeling “real fine” and that everyone was saying that he looked good because of his daily training. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone who chooses not to believe what I am saying doesn’t know the Muslims in the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

So by the time Tata Ndu gets around to saying something, you can be pretty sure the whole village is talking to you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moore signed a consent form saying the hospital could “dispose of any severed tissue or member by cremation,” and Golde removed his spleen. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My grandmother kept saying things like “What’s the matter with her? She don’t look sick to me. Just don’t want to worship the Lord.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam was no longer keeping track of who was saying what. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Baxter walked in and, without saying a word, took off his coat and hat, like always. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered Papa saying that we got paid three cents a pound, so I mixed dirt clods in with the cotton to make it weigh more. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think this means “bells, bells, bells,” and I do not know why he is saying this. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I am not saying I don’t love our president, because I do. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His triumphant look saying I’m better than you, better than everyone. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

With its rolling, relentless rhythm, it seemed to urge her onward, saying, Go down, go away, go now. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We listened to the hospital sounds without saying anything. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s got everyone calling her crazy. Gillian too. Some of the girls are saying you can’t trust a thing she says.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We turned into the left-hand path, not saying anything and presently I looked over my shoulder and saw that Jasper was following us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He opens and closes his mouth two times before saying, "Yes, all right." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I think he’s drunk because I can’t understand what he’s saying. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Instead her stepmother turned the key in the lock and woke her, saying, “Beatrice is ill. She won’t be here today.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have yet to establish whose was the voice that was heard saying, “Go, go, go, Boo-Boo!” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was like saying she couldn’t stand to be around him for the length of a stupid project. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘Heil Hitler,’ he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, ‘Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.’ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

The idea that those Goyem thought him man enough to be capable of thinking about any girl, Gentile or Jew, staggered him and he went his way saying gol-lee over and over. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lidewij crouched down next to me, saying, “You are at the top, that is it,” and I nodded. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He gazed out over them for a moment, saying nothing, letting his attitude silence them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s a pretty nice thing,” said Mack, “and I don’t mind saying when the surprise kind of wears off, I’m going to tell Doc who thought it up.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would like you to wear your Cloak, please,” said Dumbledore, and he waited until Harry had thrown it on before saying, “Very good. Shall we go?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Shin corrected the boy, saying he had not served in the Korean People’s Army. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“He has lately taken to listening at doors, I don’t know what he means by it... You were saying, Narcissa?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The room felt stuffy, the way it does when people go too long without saying anything. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He saw the look, knit his heavy eyebrows, rubbed his hands, and marched abruptly away, saying he’d be back directly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

So saying, he went to lie down, for he was quite exhausted from all the unusual exercise, while Captain Cook had a shower and took a nap in the icebox. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What? His only mode of speaking is yelling, and sometimes he barks orders in French and I have no idea what he’s saying.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“He said to pay close attention to the news because he got a call today saying Melba’s been assigned to go to Central High with the white people.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was one of the many sayings he made me commit to memory. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I said to him, “everybody is saying that you’re dead.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“They’ll be scratching their heads and saying nonsense such as, ‘Is it OK to take seven shots at him or is the limit six?’ The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

"As I was saying, our battles are well drawn up. Why wait for daybreak? Sound the advance." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then he focused on one girl from the audience, held her gaze, pointed at her, then continued on up the stairs, saying nothing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was his way of saying: Now you know. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I feel like it's my way of saying I’m sorry for being such a pain all the time. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s a saying. It means a lot. Actually, something like fifteen million birds will fly through here. You’ll see how people from all over come to see them. It’s like a people migration, too.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying this very well. I’m sorry for earlier. I wasn’t thinking straight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She went outside to the bathroom, saying “Good morning” and “Did you come out well this morning?” to some neighbors as she went. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They departed one by one, until a sole figure remained, a black father, who stood in front of me with his son, saying, “Don’t worry, your mother is coming soon.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all understood without ever saying much about it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t take your father’s jokes too literally, Ari. All he’s saying is that he thinks President Reagan is too heavy-handed.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mom always pretended she was getting a work call, but I could hear her saying things like I don’t know, Jim...No, The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The words his brother was saying, the emotions, none of them were logical. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If what you mean is, Mom reorganized my closet brilliantly, don’t water it down by saying, Moms reorganization of my closet was brilliant. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Izzie buzzes around, saying, “Can I show them? Let me show them!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t my uncle rattling around, but Big Ma saying, “My son, my son. Give me back my son, Lord. Bring him home.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I tap my foot impatiently, and instead of saying anything I want to, I do a bunch of nodding. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

This also means that Boy21’s in all Advanced Placement classes, like me, which isn’t saying much because our school isn’t very academic. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie apologized for his ignorance, saying he wished he could rewind the tape, give back the lives of “these great men.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When this was agreed upon, Mr. Botha rose and shook my hand, saying what a pleasure it had been. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They even applaud after the Eugene Field band plays its annual concert, and that’s really saying something. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jaime would listen to them without saying a word, respond in monosyllables, and then turn his back on them, but he would not rest until he had solved their problem. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “You sees it, don’t you, boy? You sees what I’m saying?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When I can’t think of anything else to say, Jasmine slips from the bench, stands up, and walks right by me without looking my way or saying a single word. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He made arrangements for the sale of his office equipment, broke his lease, and settled the matter of refunds to clients very simply by saying, “Let ’em sue me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he didn’t say anything for the longest time, and then he shrugged and said, “I’m used to kids saying mean things about the way I walk.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“This is not what we signed up for,” Dina is saying. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But it was getting late and he finished his report, saying, “Discontinued on case 11 P.M.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t get ready in two weeks,” Mama was saying. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He’s hurting bad but we ain’t saying anything, we just staring into each other’s eyes, me with his spit running down my chin. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A prominent leader of this elite black middle class was even quoted in a Johannesburg daily as saying that he didn’t believe many blacks wanted one person, one vote in South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It goes without saying that nearly all those victims were black. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Without saying anything else, the man hurried out the door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each boy seemed to be saying, “I have a name and a face and a laugh and a cry. Can you see me? Can you hear me?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was serving Baby’s porridge when the deputy president spoke briefly on the radio, the voice understated, as if he were exhausted from the effort of saying, “The government is handing over to the military.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A felony is a modern way of saying, ‘I’m going to hang you up and burn you.’ The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He is a little loud about saying that. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I’d been saying it wrong, she told me, and I couldn’t do that in front of him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And she laughs, ’cause she knows I’m not saying nothing but the truth. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what she was saying ’cause I look for Robert and that ole car. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Yellow can be bad news, is all I’m saying.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After reciting this to the others, Constance went straight to bed without brushing her teeth or saying good night. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I expect yelling and cussing when I get inside, but all I hear is Daddy saying, “It don’t make no sense, man. For real, it don’t.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t pay attention to what they were saying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The engineers just got tired of saying no. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying, do you even know what it’s like to be in love with someone like that?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Was he saying, “Religion is darkness,” the way he sometimes said in class things like “Mammals lay eggs,” to see if someone would correct him? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You were saying something about your art. How art bares the soul of the artist.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helena is denying it, or saying I rode on a cart, and then comes the clear sound of a smack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, everything, we found them all in the house, in the most unusual places,” he heard Twinkle saying in the living room. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Even before I got in I could hear Momma saying that Birmingham wasn’t anything like what she remembered. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't understand much of what the two men were saying, but she tried to memorize every single word of it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused, saying that he'd miss a lot of business if he did. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Oh, I wish I’d been brave enough to creep closer so I could have heard what they were saying. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I begin to get the feeling that I will never know what they’re saying. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Never happened, and instead it ended up being me saying to myself, Oh God, I'm tired. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

A man and woman in their fifties are shaking hands with my father, everybody smiling and saying, “Ah! Ah!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So what are you saying?” said Ron, looking very tense. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Think about what you are saying. This door has been locked since I left the ward ten minutes ago. Madam Pomfrey, have these students left their beds?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I ran back down the 105 stairs, past Stan, who was still saying “You’ve got mail!,” back up the 72 stairs, and into Grandma’s apartment. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kaprice got a call from a teacher the next morning, saying one of her children wanted to be excused from class. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The gang, whenever he bumped into them, kept saying, “See ya Saturday, Snots. Six o’clock.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Without saying anything, April put the letters down in front of her. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A priest I once heard in a white middle-class parish defended the reformed liturgy by saying that it had become necessary to ‘de-Europeanize’ the Roman Catholic Church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“We can go and look for the cat. All I’m saying is that you don’t understand how the world works.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He studied them and then handed one to Jamie, who was saying something to Linds, something she did a half smile back at. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Who what, Djo? Don’t try to talk. Wait! Let me get you some water or something.... There. Now, what are you saying?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without saying a word, he got up and gave me a hug. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I would say, You think I would agree with everything you’re saying? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Everyone is saying you had help—that it was Charlese’s idea to destroy my classroom.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the doll business, we have a saying: there is real time and there is doll time. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The man turned without saying anything, and started back up the white road into Spain. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ma and Dad don’t even once mention his name out loud, as though saying it makes him ours, which he ain’t. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I countered by saying that in fact nonviolence had failed us, for it had done nothing to stem the violence of the state nor change the heart of our oppressors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handed them their drinks dully, saying little; I changed the records on the gramophone, I threw away the stubs of cigarettes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I pause and rewind to the beginning, turning the iPad to myself The intro blares out again, a mix of drumming and a man’s deep voice saying something in Arabic. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The squirrel sat looking at him, its paws folded in front as if it might be saying its prayers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think T noticed me today, a proper noticing, not just accidentally stepping on my foot, or handing me my pencil after I drop it next to his desk, or saying. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Byron had a way of saying stuff in a few words that made it seem like he was saying a whole bunch more. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We weren’t looking for anything, Mrs. Baylor. Lily’s just saying that. We were curious. We just wanted to see what your room looked like.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Supreme must realize I’m not saying much because he glances away from the road long enough to sneak a look over at me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying I’m considering it. But...do the interview and I’ll let you know if it’s worth pursuing.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Coach went around saying that we had made a strong comeback and telling everybody not to feel bad. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe say something—anything—that would prove to her he wasn’t the unthinkable criminal people were saying he was. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Though shocked at first to hear that Karkaroff had been a Death Eater, by the time they entered the Owlery Ron was saying that they ought to have suspected it all along. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She paused, surprised at herself for saying so much. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Emma felt they were friends again; and the conviction giving her at first great satisfaction, and then a little sauciness, she could not help saying, as he was admiring the baby, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying I have your permission, then,” asked Joon, squinting at Jinny and the sunlight behind her, “to try a different way?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to keep saying that all day?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The man was saying something about how he loved her and how could she have done this to him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He capped the whole talk off by saying, “If we was back home, I’d have you cat-hauled if you mess this up.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Remember the other day when we were at the café and you were saying how you wanted to be in New York and were sick of being so different here? I got that.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Even if Mom was up there saying the most un-Mom-like things ever. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She looked nervous even saying the name again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They sat together for a long time saying nothing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard her saying, "Why hello, little man. How lovely to see you. You have come for your chocolate bars, have you not? They are all ready for you. Do come in." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Good sense stopped me from saying it, but the man smelt worst than something warm that dropped out the south end of a sick northbound goat. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson heaped praise on all three crews and ended by saying, to cheers, “With support like this we’ll win at Poughkeepsie and then it will be on to Berlin and the Olympics.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Chris and I wasn’t saying too much at this point, just because Chris was way too occupied with all the texting he was doing to talk to me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At one point, one of the social workers interjected, saying to the group, “Eighty degrees and sunny!” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It seems quite clear what they were saying,” Ranofer said finally. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was kicking against his grip, but he was persistent, holding her tighter, saying, “Baby, stop. You don't understand.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Folly, folly, his heart kept saying: conscious, gratuitous, suicidal folly! 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But what vexed me most was his saying that every man should be master of himself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Our side. We on our side. Just be careful, Sierra. That’s all I’m saying. Do what you gotta do, but don’t run your mouth about everything. Just keep that stuff to yourself.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But what happened was she would forget what she was saying. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So remember today you were saying how there’s a different number of steps to your room and to the bathroom and all that?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t happy when I decided to wear an Afro, saying that it isn’t professional-looking. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was saying, “Hm” and tracing the lines of my palm with his finger. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He’s saying this as though it’s fact: not a question, not an accusation, not a theory. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about saying good night to him in an effort to be more kind. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Many times, then as now, an agent gives his spymaster an idea, and then the spymaster turns it down without saying why. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma took to telling me about hidden blessings, saying I should be thankful Doc Kelly had come to town to tend to his dying father. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

G’ma obviously loved him enough to marry him, and Dad’s always saying, “William, your grandmother is a queen. Never forget it.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Now that I had broken down my reluctance at saying Rebecca’s name, first with the bishop’s wife and now with Frank Crawley, the urge to continue was strong within me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The person’s probably thinking the exact opposite of what they’re saying but says something nice in case Jesus is listening in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, he was satisfied here, he had said so, and men disliked change, or so Old Rit had told her, saying also that women thrived on it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, sir,” Luke was saying meekly, “who is planchette?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor gave me a long, hard look before saying, “What?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the third day of his not saying a single word to her, she packed a small bag and left. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The man watched him leave the room, saying nothing, frowning a little. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he handed them to Hauke lid, saying, “Do you recognize them?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid that I would say the wrong thing, that somehow I wouldn’t be able to stop myself from saying Megan’s name. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was full of surprises: Andrew, TaShon and Spot, and Miss Johnson saying I could be an engineer. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t actually know what she’s saying because she’s talking in Spanish, but I can tell by her tone, and by Isabella’s face, that it’s definitely a lecture. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Horace sounded weak and defensive, ashamed to have been cornered into saying this. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My officer friend Miller had, half facetiously, cautioned me against vacation, saying that in his experience, taking time off almost wasn’t worth the nausea of reentry. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That saying comes from scripture. Do you know what it means?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When Mama drops me off at school, I climb from the car without saying goodbye. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I go for long periods without saying anything at all. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

And yet here was my mom, she was right in front of me, and she was saying these words. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was saying all the things Mom would say, in a shaky voice that sounded like anything but Mom. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying we necessarily went around the whole time at that age worrying about the woods. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will and Lyra followed the stream into the wood, walking carefully, saying little, until they were in the very center. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Count himself left my luggage inside and withdrew, saying, before he closed the door:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand any of this. Are you saying my parents hurt—” “No!” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they won’t search ours,” said Njemile, but Moss could hear it in her voice: She didn’t believe what she was saying. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone is looking at me, saying, “Pay and go, dude.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I’m saying, incidentally, that it was wrong, not just illegal, because it isn’t a question of whether it was legal or illegal, that isn’t enough. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But now I think the scary thing was not saying it before it was almost too late. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He gave the kid a nickel for bringing the note and a message saying he would be around. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a slight scuffle of feet behind the door, followed by Annie’s clear voice saying, “I’m sorry! Please don’t!” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mother saying, “Well, for goodness’ sakes...Imagine that...How awful, Dale! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then he saw what he was saying. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He should be kicked off the Council for saying something so stupid.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“And rather than say she was kidding or whatever, she exploded in front of everyone in the caf and said I did say that and that I was lying about never saying it.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Try saying the rhythm syllables and clapping on the 1st, 5th, and 13th beats, and waving on the 9th beat of the cycle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“If my instructor is talking about me,” I say, as firmly as I can, “I want to know what he’s saying.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She was late for work every morning and excused herself by saying that she had overslept, and she complained of mysterious pains, although her appetite was excellent. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He pretended not to hear what she was saying but leaned over and then knelt right down on the ground. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She won’t stop saying Ye, and now Malachy is helpless with laughter, spewing out his bread and tea, his face turning red. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Social isolation? Hostile atmosphere? Are you saying that Julian was the only kid who wasn’t nice to this boy? Or are you suspending every kid who stuck his tongue out at this kid?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And people are always saying, ‘Speak English! Speak English!’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And now she would be making fun of the Jewish religion by pretending to be Jewish and saying she was a member of Temple Beth Am on La Cienega. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When she glanced at me, I knew that she didn’t believe a word Dusty Muleman was saying. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What you’re saying is that young boys are always falling in love with their teachers, and that emotionally I’m still just a boy.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She suffered severe beatings when she was sold, because she did not understand what her English-speaking owner was saying. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a hole that leads right into my mom and Lenny’s bedroom, and my hunch was right: I can hear what they’re saying from here. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I thought I told you I didn’t need your pity,” Crystal is saying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying that—” “The story will take three days,” Kote interrupted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She just stood with Kin by the bridge, saying nothing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sana’s speaking too softly for me to hear, but whatever she’s saying must not be working, because even through the screen, I can see the Tribesman shaking his head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And he concluded by saying the mysterious word: “Maktub” “You should pay more attention to the caravan,” the boy said to the Englishman, after the camel driver had left. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stewart left after saying something about how good we had done. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said something—but I couldn’t translate what she was saying. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

DeeDee had one song she called "The Milkman" and everybody kept saying she ought to get it published, it would be a hit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying, the Beiderman should be a man and show his face to us at least one time before he evicts us. We need an explanation!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He said that when I was ready to leave Kansas, to telephone him saying when I would arrive back in New York, and if he could we could get together. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know Mrs. de Roo was saying, See, you can read aloud without stammering. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Could they actually believe what Gaily was saying? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“To understand history,” Chacko said, “we have to go inside and listen to what they’re saying. And look at the books and the pictures on the wall. And smell the smells.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What had I meant by saying that I had become "more human"? Was it a phrase that I had picked up from some preceding speaker, or a slip of the tongue? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife followed some Red Guards back and forth, saying something and gesturing in supplication. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are waving their hands and saying, “Carry on! Carry on! It is well with our souls.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, I am an agnostic; however, I am quite an admirer of St. Francis of Assisi from a distance, it goes without saying. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“All right, all right. I’m not deaf, I’m thankful to say—no need to shout,” he heard her saying calmly. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“What matters is not the menu,” Mami is fond of saying. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This means that what is probable changes over time; but Locke never nerved himself up to take the further step of saying that knowledge itself changes over time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A letter went off saying that I found Cambridge intellectually very exciting and so did not plan to be in the States by June. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He called Florah, George and me to the table, saying he had a big surprise for us. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept saying to myself: “At least he didn’t have a tantrum. At least he kept hold of that temper.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Surprise! Guess what, Lou? It been ten years and I hates saying it, but ’em years ain’t been kind to you, my darling. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Seems Pop Pop’s little saying ain’t got no merit to it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Princess Vasilisa swept down hallway after hallway, saying nothing but leaving a trail of sizzling wrath in the air behind her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She nodded, set the picture down, and, without saying another word, headed to the kitchen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Not far now,” she kept saying, but they did not seem to be aware of her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She’s mouthing off, saying if she gets suspended, I better, too. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or is he saying he’s older now and pictures himself saving little kids? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re saying that now,” she said, waving a soapy knife at me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

What is simplistic is saying “It’s so complex.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone immediately started saying how they supported him, and he nodded and smiled, but was looking past all the women to me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“But I think what my grandmother was saying is that it feels good to know someone knows your story, that someone took you in,” Maxine says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I do not know myself, not with any certainty, how much I really am saying when I profess Catholicism. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Israel Israel could be an important part of the power structure during times of distress, the voters seemed to be saying, but he was not welcome there when things returned to normal. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

You kept saying how much you wanted to make it work. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t like this food, but Abuela gives me a look, saying, “Eat.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t understand what she was saying, but I could see her eyes were moist and she was biting her lips to keep from crying. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to hear what they’re saying, so I go into my room and close the door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Neither of them could remember anymore what show it was from, and sometimes it seemed silly to still be saying one-two-three-zoot, but neither wanted to be the first one to stop. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

At other times he would respond to a question by staring straight at a reporter with a blank expression for as long as three minutes, saying nothing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s who I am. Without stating it overtly, I felt Lou was saying to me, ‘You can go somewhere with this. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was saying that the teachings should be spreading further than they had, and temples needed to be established in other cities. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us kind of adjusted and readjusted our clothes, saying goodbyes, all long and drawn out, because we wanted to leave, but we also weren’t ready to go. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, they’d closed down the girls’ schools, saying the schools would reopen when stability and safety had been restored to the country. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying that happens to everybody, but I just get so upset when I think about it I could die.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

At that moment a group of people passed just behind him and he caught a few words of what they were saying. “— packed with Muggles, of course —” Harry swung round. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as the words are out of my mouth, I regret saying them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying I’m as brave as Saint Rene—I mean, he got kidnapped and everything—only that I’d like to be like him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Not only for me but for my mom, too, because she is always saying, “Never thought I’d be here forever. But that’s how things turned out.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Why did I sign my name to the paper saying I lived near Central and wanted to go, without asking their permission? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The company’s given you a good job, a house, and a decent life, Dubonnet,” he was saying, “and all you want to do is tear it down.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was seventeen when I first met you,” Katie was saying, and I was working in the Castle Braid Factory.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annie proclaimed it a wishing circle and told us if you walked it all the way in and then all the way out without saying anything, you’d get your wish. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he located another almost-empty bottle and set it up on the stool and retreated behind the bar, saying “Whenever you’re ready, maestro.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom. I get what you’re saying. But this bonobo would be dead or missing another finger by now if I hadn’t bought him. He needed to be in your sanctuary. And now he is.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Young ladies have a remarkable way of letting you know that they think you a “quiz” without actually saying the words. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Laughing out loud saying, “Look at Hilly’s house,” “Look at those things.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My mother graciously thanked the unknown benefactor, saying, “Too good. Cost too much.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d prefer I go through a metal detector while saying the pledge of allegiance before entering the gym? Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Major Shannon wrote a letter saying they spoke fluent Navajo and insisting they should immediately be made sergeants and given the job of telling the Navajo code talkers what to do. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles and whispers when saying men, as if they are a special, thrilling joke. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was not caused by what Dustfinger said, but by what he wasn't saying. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In my imagination he answered me, naming the flower, saying it was the queen’s favorite and that he'd be happy to give me seeds. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And I look after Kindra. She don’t know what she saying.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It can be as hard as saying goodbye to a person. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And just at that moment, for no reason at all, I remembered the old lady at Chambers Street saying “Death is coming.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

They keep asking, and I keep saying no. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I mumbled into his vest, “People are always saying ‘one day’ to me, and I’m sick of it.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He has a habit of staring at you without saying anything, and, it seems, without blinking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I asked him about that. He says the people are used to saying Bourbon. They haven’t gotten around to changing yet.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Montana Fish and Game Department registered strong opposition to further spraying, saying it was “not willing to compromise the sport fishery resource for programs of questionable necessity and doubtful success.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Soon she’d be saying it was just like having a preacher live with them to hear Johnny Tremain read Holy Writ. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying that at all. It’s just that you should be careful about things like this.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Our whole family crowds into one elevator, and the bellboy waves, saying he will meet us on the eighteenth floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But tonight is different. the food’s good, as usual— fettucine alfredo with jumbo shrimp, corn on the cob, garlic bread sticks— but, get this, no one’s saying a word. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Saying it felt like a betrayal somehow, like saying it made it true. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So I started writing my prayers down instead a saying em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You see, I was already getting popular,” Shay was saying. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But Alice gave a short, bitter laugh and wiped her eyes again, saying nothing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“So what you’re saying is after a lifetime of getting picked apart because of my skin color, I should dismiss the girl I love because of hers?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily if anybody was saying hush up around here, it was Aunt Loma, despite she was fourteen years younger than my mother. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Claire took Will’s hand, and they walked that way for a long while without saying anything. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“All I’m saying is, this is what you get.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“How could they sneak off like that without even saying good-bye to me?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a long time to realize what she was saying. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In bygone days, you might have had your knuckles rapped for saying “It’s me” instead of “It is I.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma was always saying the wrong hurtful things for half the day, then she spent the other half of the day apologizing. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now the first thing that makes this different from Ace Period debate club is the tournament that’s at the end,” she’s saying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I still felt weird saying the word out loud. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Father sat in silence for a moment, maybe saying a prayer. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She got back to me right away, saying that she never had a garage sale when she lived in Brookline. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“My first order, and only one day to complete it,” the woman was saying, almost as if she were talking to herself. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m surprised that instead of saying something back to me, she just stomps off. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He rose clumsily and bowed in dwarf-fashion, saying: ‘Yet more fair is the living land of Lórien, and the Lady Galadriel is above all the jewels that lie beneath the earth!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She says, “Drum! Do you hear what he’s saying to me?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We walk out of the shoe store, none of us saying a word. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was sort of pitiful for Tony not to know he couldn’t make a speech without saying that. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They’re always saying how nice it is with the four of us, and that we get along so well, without giving a moment’s thought to the fact that I don’t feel that way. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Before she got up the courage to ask the woman to leave, she turned away from the photograph saying, “I’m not the one you need to be scared of.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee defended himself to Adam, saying, “You have plenty of money. It would be a shame not to enjoy it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s wrong with saying good morning to the teachers? They teach you and you should respect them,” An Yi fired back before I could stop her. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for telling me that, Courtney,” I say, just to be saying something. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mudge Rose saying no to Bickel because of his “antecedents” was like the Chicago Bulls turning down Michael Jordan because they were uncomfortable with black kids from North Carolina. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was very late, and the house quiet, when Tyler stood from his desk and pushed play, saying this was the last time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We all laugh and scold him for saying such a thing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knows what she wants, and she isn’t shy about saying it. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t understand all of what he was saying, but the words I did understand made my blood boil. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When these same leaders were quoted as saying that Durham had “good” race relations, a black tobacco worker retorted, “I guess things are pretty good for them.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tossed and turned under the woolen blankets, and Mama told me the next day that I was muttering in my sleep, though she couldn’t understand what I was saying. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“No idea. I got a message from my boss saying he needs me down there.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I'm scrambling for her stuff, and I feel like an idiot, and I'm saying, "Jeez!... Sorry. Are you okay? I'm really sorry. Here you go. I've got everything." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picture her saying, with that characteristic wave of her hand. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It was the soldiers who saved us,” the first man was saying, as if he felt he had to tell his story in exchange for the bread he was eating dipped in tea. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Darwin liked to quote that saying, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From what that announcer is saying, it’s because of your father that we're in this mess.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I lied, saying that no, I never had. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t understand a single word of Tsonga, it seemed; yet we understood everything they were saying in Afrikaans. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could still hear him saying, “Maybe it’s just not your time yet, but your day will come. You’re that good, Simone.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to pretend, is all I’m saying. I know Mr. Tushman talked to some kids before school started and told them they had to be friends with me.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nick gave me a look like he didn’t like what I was saying. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every so often, he’d hand me the latest copy of Jet magazine, smiling proudly and saying, “I got you covered, Mrs. Obama.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I hear Dad saying my name but he is in another world right now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She included a copy of the George Gey tribute written by McKusick and Jones, saying she thought Lawrence would like to see an article about his mother’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When Mandela Ziaty walked into his apartment after getting kicked off the Fugees, he walked past his mother, Beatrice, without saying a word and went upstairs to his room. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And hardly had he settled himself when he stared at my desk, saying, "What you got there, Brother?" and pointed toward a pile of my papers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must not,” said Silas, more gently than Bod could remember him ever saying anything. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But sometimes he achieved his ends by engaging in a dialogue instead of simply saying no. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, I got back a short message saying everything was okay, but he was sorry, he really didn’t feel like talking about being sick. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It knew that the earth goddess intended on razing all human civilization, and this city, which had stood for thousands of years, was saying back to her: You wanna dissolve this city, Dirt Face? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I think,” Pinmei said, “the emperor was saying that the Luminous Stone is at Sea Bottom.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘There you is!’ cried the BFG, whose wonderful ears enabled him to hear what the Sultan was saying to the Queen on the telephone. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita’s voice cut through us all, saying aloud the one thing that worried us more than Mamá finding out about this. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I motor out of there without saying a word. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself away from him, and all the while he was saying filthy, unprintable words, words which I will not repeat. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was fond and proud of me—it is what no man besides will ever be.—But where am I wandering, and what am I saying, and above all, feeling? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

No. I’m saying it gave him an excuse. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His son, too well bred to hear the hint, rose immediately also, saying, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

So, as I was saying, the ball was losing speed. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Michael is small but he’s always saying remarkable things like that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Augustus Waters-style, I read him the letter in lieu of saying hello. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

To try to trap him into saying something revealing, to lead him into dangerous territory? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even if I had been frightened by such sayings, I couldn’t have denied the mighty shaman. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is Papa Legba’s way of saying this is good. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“If he ever hears you saying that, he will never speak to you again.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra led the way, avoiding the city center, and Will kept watch all around, saying nothing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not want to give my parents the choice of saying no, so as soon as I entered the house, I said, “Are you ready? We have to be there by seven-thirty.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her mother hadn’t even bothered to leave a note saying good-bye. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some of the secretaries who’d seen the guy come in for his interview were saying that on top of this apparent brilliance he was also cute. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

To exaggerate a bit, the one-in-eleven figure is a little like saying that nine out of ten people will develop age spots, which doesn’t mean it should be a major preoccupation of thirty-year-olds. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They can be clerk-typists,” their father kept saying, but he would not buy them a typewriter. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s owned by Israelis, for heaven’s sake,” Naheed’s father kept saying. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Nan held a hand up to stop me from saying more. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, they came to church service most weeks,” Gloria is saying. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And, really, what could be said, what needed saying, when you’d shoved the barrel of your gun into your wife’s mouth? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Malfoy crossed the shop, looking lazily at the items on display, and rang a bell on the counter before turning to his son and saying, “Touch nothing, Draco.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Neither of them seemed to understand what they were saying when they talked about being number one and number two—that it would make me number three. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Lydia was saying something to Travis about how many calories a dragon would have to eat per day to be able to breathe fire. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

‘I never have whipped any of my kids yet,’ he kept saying. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Ophie mostly knew who it was by the words the men were saying: words that were unkind at their heart, the kind of words that bruised and jabbed just by being spoken. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We just sat there not saying a word, looking up at the sky and waiting for the docks to quiet down. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now that Leo could see him clearly, the guy was by far the weirdest creature he’d ever met, and that was saying a lot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But I knew not to even bother saying it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But Dad was looking at me with those Therapist Eyes, saying, “I want you to know: what’s happening with your mother has nothing to do with you.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But my family is not all here, I feel like saying. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She dismissed his efforts, saying that she could spend an amount equal to 60,000 pounds of gold on a single meal. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You are right in saying ‘if,’” Gwydion answered. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, a recording came on the line, saying, “This is a collect call from an inmate at the Massachusetts State Penitentiary...,” before another person chimed in. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” said Harry, “but he’s only saying that because Crouch disappeared near the Beauxbatons carriage.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He felt like dropping to his knees and lifting his face to the sky and saying: “I’m hungry!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, man, I’m not trying to say anything bad about Rashad. I’m just saying that spray painting ‘Rashad is absent again today’ on the concrete in front of school is like, I don’t know, extreme. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mini grabbed the Death Danda and tried to knight Boo, saying “Rise, Sir—” but Boo hissed and fluttered off to a different part of the museum. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Which is a fancy way of saying that I’ve got no idea at all.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Someone on the phone kept saying to me, “If you’d like to make a call, please hang up and dial again.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Good strong hair," he was fond of saying, "means there's a good strong brain underneath." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew without him saying it that he was missing his dad. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I hear everything Ms. Weber is saying, every lie and exaggeration. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She spoke out in favor of women’s suffrage, saying, “The right is ours. Have it we must. Use it we will.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And don’t make it worse by saying “fell between the cracks.” fewandfar between. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face would be set in a prim, conventional smile, my voice would be saying, “Look at that funny old man over there, I wonder who he is, he must be new here.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you saying? Are you telling me you will not go?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the world, in Europe, the Germans were saying similar things. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re more worried about me now than they are about Mike. You know what I’m saying?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow thought of saying something, but instead he helped them, one by one, up onto the ledge. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe after he made his point, he’d put a postscript saying that when he was dead it really wouldn’t matter to him what kind of funeral he had. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to tell her because saying it out loud—forming the actual words of what happened—is humiliating. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The second strange thing was Hannah’s coming into her mother’s room with an empty bowl and a peck of Kentucky Wonders and saying, “Mamma, did you ever love us?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I am not saying that I heard any talk of revolution in the South when I was a kid there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like how you remember the names of the planets by saying “My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nectarines.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He’s apologizing, saying that he knows this isn’t my favorite but it was the best he could do. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were saying— Me: I was saying— Kelsey: Why you called. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying the day I’m beaten just once more, your son is on his own.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bingley saw all this likewise; and, in the imprudence of anger, took the first opportunity of saying, with sneering civility: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

If a boy didn't care for barbecued chicken or potato chips, people would accept it as a matter of personal taste, saying, "Oh well, I guess it takes all kinds." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. I seem to remember that. Anyway, what I was saying was that you are such a bright young boy that I think we might need to reconsider your duties for this church.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Before I left, my father had been teasing Atal, saying he could be my secretary when I became prime minister. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I thought about saying something about being sorry about the fight before, but figured I would just let it lay. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then the three of us just sat there awhile, drinking and watching the fire, not really saying anything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Pentheus angrily ordered the soldiers to bind him and take him to the prison and Dionysus went, saying, “The wrongs you do to me are wrongs done to the gods.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. No, I mean you’re not eligible to play. I have a memo from Mr. Murrow saying that you’re in a special program for the visually handicapped. Is that right?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toni: He just kept me laughing, always saying little humorous things. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yep. There’s a whole TV show dedicated to this method,” Ernie said, all confident; he had a way of saying stuff that made Genie believe it, even if it really didn’t make much sense. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They had, but there was no point in saying so. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“What I’m hearing is what you saying,” Johnson said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she used to get high. That’s why she was always so funny,” they were probably saying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Which I feel safe saying because Alyssa’s between us—although he might make me pay for it later when no one else is looking. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Strauss was saying: “The problem, Mr. Raynor, is getting sufficient funds to work on projects like these, without having strings tied to the money. When amounts are earmarked for specific purposes, we can’t really operate.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were saying the same things Mr. Patterson and Coach O had told me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s like saying that the slaves didn’t have jobs until they built the plantations.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And he kept saying the same thing over and over: “I could kill you! I could just kill you right now! Do you even understand that?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so none of what you’re saying makes any sense whatsoever.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A crow flew into the aspen grove without saying a word. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and see him shouting something at me, but there's a solid block between us, and my ears are buzzing so I can't hear what he's saying. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In my admiration for Cradle, I hadn’t paid attention for a while to what people were saying about Mama. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, imagining Angel saying the poem with an attitude. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I am saying, rather, that control must be geared to realities, not to mythical situations, and that the methods employed must be such that they do not destroy us along with the insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He rushed up to me, saying in an eager whisper:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t hurt her by saying that I had no desire to see either New York or my sister. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All in favor of this motion please to manifest it by saying, ‘Aye’.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For example,” he said, continuing what he’d been saying, “I’m very curious about this instrument. Suppose you tell me how it works.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pats a small plant with tenderness, saying, “This little green one, one day she will feed us.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Long time past, my heroes,” Gawaine was saying, “before ourselves were born or thought of, there was a beautiful grandmother at us, called Igraine.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’s talking to Tyler and pointing at me, like he’s saying something about me, and Tyler, he sneaks me a look that says, just you wait, lobster boy, just you wait. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be saying that nothing from that place should be allowed to remain, though I’d never known him to be mean. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He refused the tract, saying, “I’m sure the money’ll be put to good use.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened? What exactly happened, Aunty? What are you saying?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know what loss is,” she said, and listened as closely to what she was saying as did the woman sitting by her ironing board in a hat in the morning. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were carefully phrased to suggest, without saying so outright, that he and Edlefsen had achieved the resonance they had been seeking. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I mean, some of the stuff she was saying sounded kind of...I don’t know. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

All I’m saying is, if you was to go over into Canada looking as you do at the moment, you might as well tie two signs ’round yourselfs. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Back to the ship, then,” he was saying. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"But Mr. Barnes introduced you as Mademoiselle Georgette Leblanc. Surely he did," insisted Mrs. Braddocks, who in the excitement of talking French was liable to have no idea what she was saying. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

At the stop before Bruce’s house, they would stop playing, wrap a rubber band around each pile, hold the stack under each other’s chin and spit on each other’s deck saying, “Thou shalt not shuffle.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re not saying there’s anything here, but we think there’s something there” is how Boeing’s chief engineer for airplane safety put it. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She came at once, after saying pleasantly to Mr. Renfield: “Good-bye, and I hope I may see you often, under auspices pleasanter to yourself,” to which, to my astonishment, he replied:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She looks up and stares through her little round glasses, saying nothing. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

And if you pass the tapes on, no one but those of you on the list will ever hear what I’m saying. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then, without saying a word, she placed a stick of butter, the wrapper half-open, on the counter in front of me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was saying, “Still no shower baths, though,” but it got choked off in the middle. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Snake language. You could have been saying anything — no wonder Justin panicked, you sounded like you were egging the snake on or something — it was creepy, you know —” Harry gaped at him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“No, no, I see what you’re saying. I do. I just don’t know if it’s that big of a deal. It seems a little over the top.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Harry had heard Fred and George Weasley complain about the school brooms, saying that some of them started to vibrate if you flew too high, or always flew slightly to the left. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I try to go back in my mind to a time before genetics, before everyone was in the habit of saying about everything, “It’s in the genes.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now he was standing there saying that he willingly, spontaneously, had helped an old white man lift a huge, heavy crate. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the woman told the boy to leave, saying she had already wasted too much time with him. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They are funny, the mice. They get things wrong. They got your name wrong, you know. They kept saying Coraline. Not Caroline. Not Caroline at all.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Then, feeling it was pointless to pretend that he hadn’t overheard what they had been saying, he added, “I didn’t see Madame Maxime anywhere, though, and she’d have a job hiding, wouldn’t she?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nothing altered in his voice or manner, or in the content of what he was saying, but suddenly the names were different. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Fell down years ago. I miss it so. We keep saying we’ll hang another, but we don’t. Too hard to hang a new one alone.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

All I remember after that is the judge saying something, Momma sobbing, and Daddy telling us he loves us as the cops haul him off. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It’s true that a passive verb makes for a wimpier, more roundabout way of saying something. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept hearing Sally saying she threw away her hairbrush. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, but I wasn’t sure if she was saying this to convince me or to convince herself. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She’s probably only saying it because she wants me to fall back under her spell anyway. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

By the light of a candle, he composed a letter, saying everything as briefly as possible. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Harry could tell he was trying to sound disdainful, as though what Moody was saying was barely worth his notice, but his hands gave him away; they had balled themselves into fists. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the young volcano there to northward has another word it thinks of saying. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember anyone saying they were going to be a movie star or anything like that. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They laughed and grinned over us, saying, “Ah, my boys! we have got you, haven’t we?” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Listening to persons who sounded eccentrically pitched voices, I usually noted their sounds for an initial few seconds before I concentrated on what they were saying. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And before I knew it, I was saying my conclusion, and Danny had begun his argument on why women could not make important decisions about war or about the prices of oil and gas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Or are you saying it’s okay that he punched Julian?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

After many pauses and many trials of other subjects, Elizabeth could not help reverting once more to the first, and saying: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

On Baba’s radio, they were saying that word, “republic,” over and over again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s like saying ‘I’m sorry you’re going to die but at least people are going to bring you flowers.’” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He is, as the saying goes, dancing with himself. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I killed McKinley because I loved the people,” he is quoted as saying. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I could not make out what she was saying, except that the voice was simply not hers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve oblong petals around a filled-in circle against the daisy-white paint, and daisies, white daisies, and I could hear her saying, What do you see, Pudge? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I knew that my readers would not let me get away with concluding GGS without saying anything about this obvious question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Strangling Figs shook and seemed to sigh deeply, as if saying, “It’s your funeral,” before moving aside and letting them in. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was exactly the kind of thing I’d been saying to Cap ever since he’d arrived at our house three weeks before. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He wanted to honor them all, but couldn’t go on saying their names. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying. I’m ranked eleventh in the class. And some of the people who did get into Georgia...aren’t.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

How many times do I have to say ‘No talking’? Now I’m saying, ‘Talk!’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You can’t be serious about this! Do you know what you’re even saying? Do you know how far DC is from here?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need the help, but I knew, without her saying, it was because she wanted to spend a little time with me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And then the ironic voice spoke again, saying: “Get up, John. Get up, boy. Don’t let him keep you here. You got everything your daddy got.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That part was all right. But saying we were sixteen, we had to be sixteen, and you treat us like thirteen-year-old children.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she was saying filled him with fear. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

These images would have nasty comments under them from people saying stuff like, Looks like he’d rob a store, and If he’d pull his pants up, maybe he would’ve gotten away with the crime! All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Kotler was deep in conversation with Gretel and whatever he was saying must have been terribly funny because she was laughing loudly and twirling her hair around her fingers into ringlets. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

Papa sat there staring off into space, sipping his coffee and saying nothing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started up in a great fright, but he found that he understood what two birds on his windowsill were saying to each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying. It’s the opera. It’s a big deal to my parents. Whatever. Let’s go.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Like so many things she found herself saying to him, it was absolutely true. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ironically, we can only know what they were saying to each other while together from the letters they wrote when apart. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As usual, policemen were clustered around the perimeter, armed with both guns and pencils, the latter to take notes as to who was speaking and what the speaker was saying. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even saying that Germany should surrender could draw jail time or the death sentence. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t seem to look at me and ends up loping away without even saying good-bye. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

People are smiling at each other and saying how cool that was. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded like a nice lady who was saying something true. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just saying it and thinking it made it come true. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also remembered Buddy Willard saying in a sinister, knowing way that after I had children I would feel differently, I wouldn't want to write poems any more. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Others quietly intoned: “I’m not saying it’s good, I’m not saying it’s bad. Let’s just wait and see what happens.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand what Pop is saying, but I nod anyway. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Classic Mom again: I’m not saying you should follow my precise example, but of course I really am. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Your mother shouldn’t blame your father. She might as well blame me for not saying anything.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I doubt he understood what Annabeth was saying any better than I did, but her tone was making him nervous. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she was laughing to herself, and saying it over and over, relishing the words. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

For a minute, we all ate without saying anything. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mom brings it up for weeks and weeks after, saying how selfish I am. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mr Cardinal was watching his lordship very keenly, but the latter simply went back to his food without saying anything further. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you keep on saying, ‘We are his children, aren’t we?’ ” my mother said angrily. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s so polite,” my mother kept saying to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

You could only half understand what she was saying, she was blubbering so much. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of saying the words out loud makes me feel so heavy I could break through the floorboards. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I liked, I could pull it in to me by saying I had to go to the toilet or by starting a fight with Bailey. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting tired of saying this: Don’t blow yourself up!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his .22 and fired, pap-pap-pap-pap, saying, “What was that? What the hell was that?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine what she was saying. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I heard my dad on the phone saying that the hospital bills were running about $2,000 a night, so I knew our financial picture wasn’t getting any rosier. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came around the bush, he was walking upright, saying, “Come here, you have to see this.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon Sass went off to the village to get medicine for Hari, saying she could not trust a girl my age to get what was needed. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Scythe Curie took two more spoonfuls of soup before saying, “I’ll consider it.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It did, though he would never dream of saying so. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He did not reply at first, saying, “I have few Desires, sir.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was no saying “Pweto saved our lives, so don’t attack him.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

So all of a sudden my mom had a six-year-old saying she was a Christian, which—if you didn’t know—was a crime in Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her saying, Oh no, she doesn’t see the mean doll moving behind her is enough to give me a tiny heart attack. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“At least forty. Maybe fifty. No sign of our friends, as far as I can tell. They all seem to be arguing about something, but I can’t tell what they’re saying.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She’d been close to saying yes, desperate for cash and terrified of the slavers who patrolled the streets. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Arturo looked at me as if to ask whether I knew what she was saying. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Toño lifts the thing high and, grinning gleefully, slops it in my direction saying, “Here is dinner, little brother.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So I’m basically saying I want to see you naked,” I said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of saying ba-ka-ta-re, a common insult meaning stupid, Terminal Islanders would say ba-ka-ya-ro, a coarser and exclusively masculine use of the word, which implies gross stupidity. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, once I knew what you were saying, I got worried that maybe I was feeding Henrietta all wrong. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I could hear the Odoms inside eating supper, everybody laughing and saying “Pass the butter” and stuff. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I think of Sophie’s cracked lips, think of her saying, Please, just tell me this isn’t real. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Without even saying more, he caught all of our attention. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It was a terrible accident,” the policeman was saying to Mom. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked about to see if there were signs saying: FOR WHITE—FOR COLORED. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Marc and I met through some friends in Haiti,” she was saying, her voice growing slower and slower by the second. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

All over America, kids were saying the Pledge of Allegiance, saying ‘indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Their wings have a special pattern of interlocked feathers so they can fly silently through the air,” Kaylee is saying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Whenever I hear that sound, I think of roses, and of sitting together with someone you care about, and of Romeo and Juliet waking up somewhere and saying to each other, Weren’t we jerks? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They stand there, crying and saying very little to each other. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though someone had put up a big sign saying DANGER! The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came around, Erin was stroking my cheek, saying, “Wake up! Come on, Finley, wake up!” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The assumption was that everyone was working toward college, which meant that you never hid your intelligence for fear of someone saying you talked like a white girl. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I did what I had to do,” he was saying. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The reporters in the TV studio and those on location in City Hall are chattering, saying the same thing over and over. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Like, what were people saying she died from? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I kept smiling, trying to act casual, giving simple yes or no answers and saying I was fine. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This was everything I hated—that smug look on his face, saying his time was more important than mine. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What are you saying?” her mom asks, and there’s definitely concern in her voice. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, are you saying my pot pie’s not good enough for Dr. King?” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“That was the business,” he was quoted as saying in the Times. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Everything was decided, mysteriously, without anyone really saying yes or no. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even when Dad stopped telling me stories, he made a point of saying “I love you” every night before I went to bed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

‘No wonder,’ Rab was saying, ‘Stranger tore that letter up. It certainly let the cat out of the bag. Where you off to, Johnny?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Maurice gave no definite date, saying he thought he might make it sometime within the week. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, or spend all your time in the gym. All I’m saying is that it’s the same thing for guys. We got that pressure too.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe she should’ve just gone straight to Stanford, but she couldn't leave without saying a formal good-bye to this place. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All the while Char’s eyes are saying I better take the blame, or else. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“When someone says, Know what I’m saying? it’s not like a real question,” Julia explains. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

James wavered between saying something rude and being flattered. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was saying it like he knew me, but he was calling me Gregory instead of Greg, which is my name. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She shooked her head up and down and moved her mouth like she was saying, “Thank you, ma’am.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I hate saying anything to a group of people. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Beatriz and I look at each other, not saying anything at first. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was my way of saying that I did not intend to join their movement, either. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I would have taken better care of her than any field hand could. I wouldn’t have hurt her if she hadn’t just kept saying no.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It has been sixty-two days since she left Martinsdale Colony without saying good-bye to Luke Messenger. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then, without saying anything, he walked over to the picture of the sun, pulled one of the thumbtacks from it and hung his picture beside it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I was just saying,” apologized the smaller boy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deborah bolted upright and looked at him, stunned to hear a scientist—one at Hopkins, no less —saying such a thing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I can remember one morning around this time bringing Lord Darlington coffee in the breakfast room, and his saying to me as he folded The Times with some disgust: 'Frenchmen. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought our rockets were to help us get jobs someday with Dr. von Braun, but Quentin was saying they were for something much more immediate. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, but I don’t understand how a person can say they hate nature. It’s like saying you hate happiness or laughter. Or fun. I don’t get how someone could be so freaking vapid.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

No telling what shape she was really in, but there was no point in saying anything other than what was the truth. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He kept saying to me, my uncle told me, ‘Go get her. Please go make her wake up.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I realize that I’m saying this not just to Dee but also to my mother. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A low, soft hooting came from a dark shop with a sign saying Eeylops Owl Emporium — Tawny, Screech, Barn, Brown, and Snowy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I slap the tea tray down without saying boo or squat and left them women to fend for they ownselfs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Yet his saying it, or the way he said it, made me feel uneasy. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead of saying “Hello” she said, “Yes? Yes?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

A mixture of excitement and dread swept over him when he realized what Minho was saying. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was kind of like a voice in my head saying, “Come in, come in!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’m only saying this so she won’t worry, but I don't know if I believe it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

This nun kept hearing harp notes in her ears and a voice saying over and over, "Alleluia!" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’m just saying, maybe she doesn’t like me anymore. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

What I’m saying is who here is ready? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leaving without saying good-bye—I don’t know why I’m even surprised.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ice and me used to go around saying we were brothers. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Chiron closed his eyes as if he were saying a prayer. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He waited for only two or three blocks to go by before saying to Mr. Beale, “This is it.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems to be thinking of saying something about this, but changes her mind. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even as I said it, I knew what I was saying and I switched away and started off in another direction. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

My favorite saying in the whole world is “He who laughs last laughs best,” so I put my hand over my mouth and whispered, “Ha-ha-ha.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He must be a wight,” she was saying. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He slapped Papa on the back, saying, “I’m sure glad you could go with us. It’ll do you good to get out once in a while.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Emma, it hurts to look at that text message, Mom saying she’ll never see us again, ever,” he began, choking on his own words. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“No. But I will. And, Leah, God. You know I’m not jealous, right? I’m just saying—it’s weird.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

This is what Margaret asked: “Have you ever heard the saying ‘The cruelest lies are often told in silence’?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were obviously quite nervous about saying or doing the wrong thing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stop listening to what they are saying. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Mother is consoling Aunt Nina, saying over and over, “He's going to be all right. Just trust the Lord, dearheart. Trust the Lord.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I disregarded him and addressed Aucamp, saying I had taken this extraordinary action because our complaints were being ignored. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All-Holy, immaculate, most blessed and glorified Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin, do you hear what my son Milton is saying?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I know what I’m saying real good and I know how it sounds. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I turned them loose, saying, “Go get ’em.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying they don’t want warm beds and roofs over their heads?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She is probably saying: "I don't want to get involved." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Without saying good-bye, she pushed past Lexie into the front hallway, where she nearly knocked Serena over on her way out the door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Stuttering's where you say the first bit of the word but can't stop saying it over and over. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If they had known the various tender passages which had been nipped in the bud, they would have had the immense satisfaction of saying, “I told you so.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly remembered some of the pictures at home and Mother saying, “Yes, I used to draw a lot. But there doesn’t seem to be time anymore.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, well, don’t feel like you have to talk about it, but I’m just saying. If you wanted to...” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The administration was saying that the school would partially reopen in January. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They wrote a letter to the judge saying that my father was a raving lunatic and they were scared to be in the same county with him, which was ridiculous. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be talking, but I couldn’t hear what he was saying. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chevalier continued, saying that Eltenton had a contact with Soviet intelligence. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he didn’t want people saying he and his friends won because Mr. Lemoncello had tossed them an extra clue. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And Dad kept saying I just needed more discipline. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying that...that I’m going to leave in four years, and I don’t know how this could possibly end well for either of us. I’m saying I don’t want to think about the options.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You always been saying,” Florence said, “how the Lord would answer prayer.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Papa. Good evening,” I said, and then I wondered if he could tell that I had eaten after saying a too short prayer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody else was saying a whole lot.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad pretended to be saying good night to someone else, but I’m sure he heard. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An influential nineteenth-century manual on medical jurisprudence cited the saying “A medical man, when he sees a dead body, should notice everything.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Out of his memory Ethel’s voice came, saying, “Judge, I got to see you alone. I got to tell you something.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clara would smile without saying a word and Nivea would go on talking because she had grown used to her daughter’s silence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my ear to the closed door. “—grateful that he’s healthy,” Rahim Khan was saying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the ordinary way of saying she would refuse all other men. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I was only saying,” began Michael, meekly, “that we hoped you wouldn’t be going away soon.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And Father said, “Were you listening to what I was saying, Christopher?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jones kept putting Ellsberg off, saying the senator was still weighing options. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Kids weaved around, finding their parents and saying good night to their friends. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“If anything, I should be the one saying sorry. If I hadn’t yelled your name like that, you wouldn’t have been sucker-punched.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We pass the first checkpoint without saying anything further. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for not saying anything when I was Pierre and Hassan was Salinger.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He opens his mouth and keeps it open a while before saying, “I’m sorry about last night, Starr.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Jeanne spoke for Jacob, saying what he needed to say but could not. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“And what was it you were saying, Mr. Black,” she turned to the young man, who through the storms that had followed his news had maintained a discreet silence. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bacon was saying, “My husband has served on his school board for many years—” but Adam didn’t hear the discussion that followed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many wear signs saying, SOY UN GUSANO, “I am a worm.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I knew what they were saying. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

And she didn’t understand the saying, she didn’t understand how a person watched themselves in the first place. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It sounds unlikely even as I’m saying it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Simon looked at them both, saying nothing but nodding till his black hair flopped backwards and forwards: his face was glowing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Of course you have. Well, as I was saying, there was a man called Cardinal Newman. Ah, here’s the book.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I wish Merry was here,’ he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The last thing I hear as they enter the woods is Cato saying, "When we find her, I kill her in my own way, and no one interferes." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could hear voices in the parlor, but not what they said, and I could tell that nobody was saying a whole lot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not saying goodbye,” I pointed out. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

What was worse, she was speaking so quickly that I had no idea what she was saying. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The voice was behind him, saying the same word over and over . . . calling ... a name . . . and even then Maniac turned only because he was curious, wondering what everybody was staring at. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed so blasé about saying words she’d never even dared to whisper. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After bailing him out a few times, Deborah started leaving him in jail to teach him a lesson, saying, “You just stay there till your bail come down to where you can afford it.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Because did use is another way of saying used, just as did walk is another way of saying walked. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Use the white bathroom at Pinchman Lawn and Garden. Say they wasn’t a sign up saying so. Two white mens chased him and beat him with a tire iron.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Anything that starts with you saying ‘trust me’ makes me instantly suspicious.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Audrey had asked him where he went to school, saying she wanted to help me get to know him. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn't tell if he was getting it or not, but he kept saying he was. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The next time the four girls were all together, she took the opportunity of crying a little and saying that she had done the best she could by the four girls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He and Alice looked intently at the places they passed, because they were both aware, without saying anything about it, of the state Lyra was in. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Without ever saying so, he was propping me up. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do I do? Dad is saying I’m going to blow this thing out of the water, and I’m not even sure I can pass.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She turned and went across die yard into the kitchen saying: "Miss Brent and I are getting you breakfast. Can you—bring some sticks to light the fire?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to know Hagrid; they waved and smiled at him, and the bartender reached for a glass, saying, “The usual, Hagrid?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

You could be smart, he was saying, even if you looked peculiar. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here is the baby holding the hand of her beloved and saying yes, I love you, too. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“From Max saying you should meet him for lunch. You never showed. He is really disappointed.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“The Falcons have got a new guy this year. People are saying he’s something like one fifty.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When it was over, he helped me back to the center of the raft, saying, “Tis mos’ natural for you to do dis. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s almost like Isabella is saying it’s dumb to like Jace. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

When I realized what he was saying, I stopped in my tracks. “—assume he is dead,” Chiron said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Every time there was talk about living off the land, somebody ended by saying, “How did those people manage, in the old days, going right out into the wilderness the way they did?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t...just go, without saying anything, would you? Take the boat and leave?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And then he starts saying that I could really go somewhere with football, play in college and all that.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my hands tight together to keep from saying anything. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The smile was saying something, but I wasn’t sure what. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I told them about my plan, Dad stubbed out his cigarette, stood up, and climbed out the back window without saying a word. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And when someone’s asking you to do something in such a pleading way, everything goes against saying no. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear what they are saying, but the words get lost amid the sounds of wheels on the street, bare branches rubbing against each other, and the tramping of boots. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Their eyes saying a whole lot more than their mouths. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Koder was deep in conversation with Gretel and whatever he was saying must have been terribly funny because she was laughing loudly and twirling her hair around her fingers into ringlets. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was nothing at all, just the same old woman looking like herself and saying the things she always said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her face was pressed against his shirt, so it was hard to tell what she was saying. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as he had since the time of the pigeons, the iceman would hand her a lump of ice saying, “Watch it now, Mrs. Jackson. That straw’ll tickle your pretty neck to death.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I looked again at the young faces around the table, and looked back at Elijah, who was saying that no people in history had ever been respected who had not owned their land. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“She must give us the leftovers,” Brave Orchid’s children were saying in English. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I have wanted him to say every day and every night, I thought, and now he is saying it at last. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They were saying he’d come up the river in some kind of old boat and was down there unloading his family and what not. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The rice is nearly cooked,” the young woman was saying. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Uncle Pat keeps saying, This is my stout and I want to sing “The Road to Rasheen,” and everyone knows he talks like that because he was dropped on his head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Or do you just repeat what everyone else says because everyone else is saying it?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As the emcee is saying all this, we contestants are wide-eyed and mouthing, “Oh my God!” to each other. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But Harry was already hurtling back along the corridor and within minutes, he was saying “toffee eclairs” to Dumbledore’s gargoyle, which leapt aside, permitting Harry entrance onto the spiral staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Mikayla,” I said, but I couldn’t really comprehend what she was saying. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Also, when lunch was over, he went to orchestra without saying good-bye to me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of this roomful of staring little kids, not saying a single word. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Is he saying that my mother is consorting with demons? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I am telling Ade we should wait, sir,” the other guest was saying. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered Mom and Dad saying he seemed like a really nice kid, saying they were glad August had already made a friend like that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize I’d held my breath until John startled it out me, saying, “I seen a boy hang once. Stole a steak from Hankee’s Butcher Shop.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Shay shay! You mean, I am saying it right? Shay shay?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Chen questioned some of her other results, saying they made no sense in Cantonese. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t make out what she was saying, but it hardly mattered. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“We need to repair it soon,” Mother was saying. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Down St. Ebbe’s,” he said, naming a district in the south of the city, and surprising himself by saying it so calmly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They came quickly in and closed the door behind them, the former saying, as they moved along the hall:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Fixing her mouth like saying prune, she just went on studying the piece goods. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Joe grew into the meanest, angriest child any Lacks had ever known, and the family started saying something must have happened to his brain while he was growing inside Henrietta alongside that cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My mother was bending over me in the rear seat and saying, ‘Lean back and keep your head still. ’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Helmuth was insistent, saying, “I just want the German people to think. Don’t you think everybody in Hamburg is entitled to know the truth? They don’t all have a radio.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he nodded at them and left, without saying a word. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The lake seemed to wash away the troubles of the past, and the grand old mountains to look benignly down upon them saying, “Little children, love one another.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was saying it to me, but he was not saying it for me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They quoted one man saying, “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried. You lie there on your bunk knowing you’ve got cancer in your arm. . . . Boy, what you think about!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I know. My father is always saying this is a glorious country because it’s a free country.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I felt country enough in my wrinkled homespuns and I didn’t want to be saying that I couldn’t read. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat there for a long time, half-dozing, until I became aware that Charles was saying my name. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Danny and I said nothing to each other throughout the service, and though I prayed the words, I did not know what I was saying. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was the only person I knew who could get away with saying something like that to Baba. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He just kept saying that he was OK, and that everything would be fine, and that we shouldn’t worry.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if he were saying, You are speaking for the Biafrans? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Doctor was a semiretired physician, resting, as the saying is, upon his laurels. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Macon . . .” “And sit there lying, saying you didn’t know any better?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember maa saying the five rupees the picture cost would have bought half a kilo of rice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“All I can tell you is that I got a note saying that I shouldn’t expect Ashley back.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

‘I have been so taken up with the thoughts of leaving Bag End, and of saying farewell, that I have never even considered the direction,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I'm in a daze where I can't hear what she’s saying or how the other winners respond, even though I can see their mouths moving. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She kept apologizing to me, saying she failed me as a mother and provider. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stayed still, ready for anything: a whipping for staying out, a tongue-lashing for missing dinner, getting my mouth washed out with soap for saying a bad word. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the evening they shared the meal with Mary and Atal, saying little, and because the air was hot they thought they’d walk down to the sea, where there might be a cool breeze. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was a little revived, however, by his bringing back his coffee cup himself; and she seized the opportunity of saying: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Then, without saying anything, he put the bird into his pouch and they began the trip home. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Why would he ask a thing like that when she was already married and also had just finished saying how much she hated the man? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And there he remained so long saying, “Astonishing” at intervals, so often, that I began to think his senses were never coming back. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I guess we both have one mark against us. You walking where you shouldn’t, and me saying a bad word.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I tried hard to concentrate, tuning myself in to what the teacher was saying as she continued her discussion of diagramming sentences. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dante was saying something but I wasn’t really listening. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, him too. But they were talking about Herodotus saying there were giant ants and gryphons guarding gold mines, and how he made this stuff up.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Dr. William Currie completely rejected Rush’s bloodletting and the use of mercury, saying such methods “cannot fail of being certain death.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

War makes monsters of men, I hear Ben saying. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And here, the reality was that they sat ten feet apart, she at the window, crushing geranium leaves in her hand and smelling them, he twirling around on the piano stool, saying: The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I shall never be able to speak one lucid sentence to him again. “—happened all right,” Henry was saying. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Moths swarm out of my mouth, she imagined herself saying. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Already the nuns are saying that a miracle was manifested in Therese’s death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Deep lines etched his face. — things we can’t control,’ he was saying. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Can I ask you a question? What Lettie was saying out there, about magic—what did she mean?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The creatures we’ve seen,” Con interjected, struggling to make sense of what she was saying. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You think he’s saying something about the chow?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man kept saying the word “brilliant” after Papa spoke. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He said it like a point of pride, but to me, the saying was also a warning: “Don’t rely on anything coming to save us. We’re all alone down here.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be remembered for saying the wrong thing. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A teacher came to school hysterical one morning, saying she had had a nightmare about me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Our eyes looking ahead of us, we leave without saying goodbye to the mother or the children. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This moment, this here, this right now is my teacher saying, You're a writer, as she holds the poem I am just beginning. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I think . . . and if you ever repeat what I’m saying right now I will cheerfully beat you to death,” I threatened, “but I think that would hurt Jessica’s feelings.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight. You’re saying you just made it up this morning?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps someone overheard her saying she wanted to leave—and a newsie got wind of it? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You’re saying that the same goon who grabbed me at the marina kidnapped Lice Peeking and snuffed him? No way.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She walked down the street talking to tourists, sanitation workers, and homeless people, waving her cane at every person she passed, saying, “Hi there, how y’all doin?” again and again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom, ” Twig said, shooting Clarissa a what are you even saying look. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“First I want to make clear that being chosen section leader is an honor, but also a big responsibility,” Ms. Fender was saying. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew and they knew he was saying we got to remember which side our bread is buttered on down at the store, and who is buttering it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There was lots of folks like that and I wasn’t saying they were poor. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t like his sneaking off without saying,’ said Sam. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That laugh that Mamie got lasted about a good ten seconds when all of a sudden we heard another one of them big-eyed kids saying something about seeing somebody at a window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave the lad an acre in my will,” Buttercup’s father was fond of saying. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Toby didn’t immediately register what Luke was saying. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ma and Pa said it seemed pretty good to them, and when I told the words to Mr. Leroy he didn’t do nothing but grunt, which was saying a whole lot for him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Paul has a hard job, and sometimes he has to make tough decisions. All I’m saying is, please respect that, and who he is.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“He was drunk. He didn’t even know what he was saying.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They took the child and left a note saying to leave a hundred dollars in the cemetery and signed it with the black imprint of a hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A master showman, he urged bidders on with folksy sayings like “Come on boys, this old wildcat is liable to have a mess of kittens.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And I knew he was saying thank you. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“As I was saying, if anyone wishes to view the body, now is the time.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Rita Skeeter had reported him saying an awful lot of things that he couldn’t remember ever saying in his life, let alone in that broom cupboard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She responded like someone who instead of saying thanks when being served by a waiter only lowers her eyes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Wow...I just...wow. I know I keep saying this, but you two are really something amazing. I keep thinking of all the things you could do—how much help you’ll be to us. Incredible.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I should explain why I got so bothered by Ruth saying what she did. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Treasury hundred dollar bill, and the dentist is saying, sadly, in French, “I think we can save the molar, but I’m afraid that tongue will have to come out.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They were cursing and saying many things that would make his mom mad. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Without really following what he was saying, I heard him start asking me questions again. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He nodded, but his face was all blank and he still wasn’t saying anything. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dad was always saying we should buy the Hot Pot and develop it as a spa. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A calm mother, she’d be saying, makes for a calm and happy child. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he issued a terse statement saying, “We shall enforce the law equitably and equally for all people in the community.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Snell stood and with his glass at eye level returned the toast by saying, “Long live the United States, and success to the Marines.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm just saying we could have found a spot on the street," she said as she pressed the elevator button in the parking garage. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She took several deep breaths, as if saying just that much had sapped her strength. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

But now, in the tower, here is the Zola girl, and she seems not at all surprised to see me, and she is saying, “An angel?” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I stared at him, trying to understand what he was saying. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d ended up saying nothing, and Pearl had consumed a bowl of cereal in silence and returned to bed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So instead of saying anything, Ophie just bit her lip and followed her mother along the sidewalk, up the hill, in the direction of Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I got up without saying anything and he led the way to the door. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I scribbled a note on a pad on Hector’s desk, saying I had to go and leaving my dad’s e-mail address and phone number so he could let him know I was safe. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She is laughing now, nodding intently at something Blake is saying. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, a letter arrived saying that I had been accepted to a magnet school for gifted children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"He was very old. Five-and- sixty, I think. Too old for battles. He was always saying he was tired." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Arthur was saying that he felt since then as if they two had been really married and that she was his wife in the sight of God. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Negro scholars in front of me are also muttering, saying some not-so-nice things about me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

At that instant Bloom set Maria down in the dirt outside the men’s room and drew off her panties, saying, “Just go here, sweetie, the toilet’s broken in there.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At his saying that, everyone around the fire broke out laughing— a sort of sardonic laughter intended to convey deep-rooted rancor and hatred. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a trite saying among the faithful, goes like this: “God answers all prayers. And sometimes his answer is no.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the clock struck nine and Jo proposed bed, Meg suddenly left her chair and, taking Beth’s stool, leaned her elbows on her mother’s knee, saying bravely... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left messages saying that I really wanted to talk to him, that I had been doing a lot of thinking about us. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened so hard that I nearly differentiated it from the others, and it seemed to be saying, “Finny, give that bone the old college try.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was saying the words in his head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying. You guys have this epic beginning.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

While I was watching them I thought about Mr. Parrish getting on my case, and still saying that I was okay as a moviemaker. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He just tossed that line out there, like he was saying he got a text from a buddy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Aaron was saying, and he started to go into anatomical details, things about her that I didn’t need to hear; I tuned him out; I knew he was talking to himself. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We walked for a long time without saying anything. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ivy didn’t want to hear that right now because when anyone said it, she had to smile and nod and pretend like what they were saying was true. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“They are still passing before me,” Shaw remembered her saying. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We may never meet again, Mrs Benn, so I would ask you to take good heed of what I am saying.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I flashed to Pa saying, “Where’d you go after you cleaned the stalls, Nathaniel? Looks like a rat’s heaven in there.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear what you are saying about me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took them back to the Green, saying he wished he could stop the rain because he, for one, had had enough of it and he suspected they had too. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He looked right down his nose at me,” Smith remembered later, “like he was saying, ‘Who the devil are you?’ Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he got to his feet and began to walk away, saying, “Follow me.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I know all the words she’s saying—except I’m not sure what an “airport” or “united states” is—but they don’t make sense to me all together. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And my pop, who ain’t been to church in years, kept saying, ‘Please Jesus,’ and squeezing me so hard, I could barely breathe.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

During that summer of the seed selling we thought about the money, thought about the seeds, and listened with only half an ear to what people were saying. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, at the part where Pa was supposed to pat me on the head for saying the right thing, Miss Marva Hendrix said, “Why can’t Vonetta be in charge of saving?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ethan had insisted upon taking the odd seat, saying that he would be fine. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you really forgiven me, or are you just saying that you have because I’m about to die?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s too hot out here to argue,” Mama was saying to Doc. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The boys took to making up jokes then, saying things you wouldn’t want said about your grandpa’s wife even if you hated her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“That means it’s chicken that has a kind of red sauce and cheese on it. The ‘a la Quincy’ is saying made by Quincy.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My brother hasn’t called home in a few weeks now, and Mom just keeps talking about his grades and sleeping habits and the foods he eats, and my dad keeps saying the same thing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped his voice and I lost what he was saying among the general noise of the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So I said, like I’d just remembered: “By the way, what was that you were saying earlier on? About Miss Lucy telling you something?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

White observed the way Ramsey kept saying “the Indian,” rather than Roan’s name. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The neighbor men, a good twenty of them, were saying goodbye, clapping one another on the back, making their way out. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even though I know that the Allens live in an all-black section of town, I say, “So, Coach, are you saying Russell’s white?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is he saying he doesn’t want to be an outsider like me? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I understood him as saying she had stolen the seat, although it seemed an odd thing to steal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The report ends by saying that the matter was resolved, without military casualties. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

How am I supposed to do that when I don’t even understand what you are saying?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And that ain’t nothing but more proving of what I been saying all along, riding a mule’s a whole lot better than riding a horse. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Chip couldn't tell what Dub was saying, but whatever it was, it didn’t seem pleasant. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Though he couldn’t understand a word we were saying, he understood that we felt his pain. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not! I’m just saying you shouldn’t let those little jerks get to you, that’s all.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I blushed to be saying this out loud. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And without saying anything, I moved a pawn. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some people were dying, but others were saying, “The UN is coming, the UN is coming.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told Arize about the taxi driver’s comment, and Arize shrugged and said, “There is nothing that they are not saying.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ma sat next to me, not saying a word. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But he forced himself to focus on what Jen’s dad was saying. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She crouched low for her attack, placed her hands on the young woman’s desk, and leaned close, saying, "Oh yeah? And do you love your little war?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In the early 1980s, an advocate for the homeless named Mitch Snyder took to saying that there were about 3 million homeless Americans. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Here’s another pair of examples with completely different meanings: Augie quit saying he was looking for another job. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s all my stored-up hurt feelings, but no way am I going to let Julia get away with saying stuff like that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear what they were saying, but I did hope that she wouldn’t make him so mad that he’d hurt her too. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel very silly saying to you, Tell me all about yourself, but I wish you would. I want to get to know you.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was Our Lady talking with her eyes, saying things I could not make out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there in front, her eyes saying, “OK, friends, here I am,” in answer to their openmouthed stares while Mrs. Myers fluttered about trying to figure where to put the extra desk. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe the instructor was just saying he didn’t care either. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was from Father, saying he wouldn’t come home. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even know what he’s saying, but I know that’s gorgeous. Who wrote this, Sierra?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I know the breeding season’s over, but everything’s so topsy-turvy with us here that there’s no saying.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m comforted that everyone I speak to is saying that as usual the capital is the safest place to be. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some folks are unloading gallons of water from their cars; others, zombielike, instead of waving or saying hello when we pass by, keep staring at baby TVs or listening to boom box radios. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

They’d been saying for years that the ghostly Destroyer would take care of things in time. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Uncle saying in return, “Did I ask ye how old you were today? Get out of my face before I give ye a good clout to the ear. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They refused, saying there was no evidence against him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom kept saying she had this feeling, a feeling that something bad was going to happen. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

James protested, saying he wanted to wait for Edie, but Dicey told him he had to come with them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat with the heater on, saying nothing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Privately Ranofer wished lid, coffin and Lordship in the tomb already, but he refrained from saying so. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She tried to be more precise, however, saying that she was going to spend her last years with a first cousin who lived in Riohacha. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it rose to an aching chord that caught the throat, saying this is safety, this is warmth, this is the Whole. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, today I can safely quote the saying “Misfortunes never come singly.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, after this first real encounter, I totally get what Jupe was saying about how Rae Chin makes her want to “not be so guarded.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“There! Take your medal back, you insolent little pup. I’m not saying another word while that salad-eating cat is within hearing range.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Richard Feynman once wrote, “If you ever hear yourself saying, ‘I think I understand this,’ that means you don’t.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like saying any prayers that night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So it’s more of a place to hide, then,” Liam was saying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I catch Anthony watching me, but he looks away, saying he should get to the library before class. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The guy at the counter spoke to him in Spanish and Joaquin had to say, “No espanol,” which he had gotten used to saying whenever someone greeted him that way. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Your father loves his special treasures best of all, and he will cherish you,” the overseer was saying. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You will have all these knights in this order of youta saying that they are the best one, and wanting to sit at the top of the table.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her son saw my embarrassment and in his boyish way tried to ease the tension by saying that “Uncle Nelson” had always treated her as a sister not a worker. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I drag my chair right next to Mrs. Fisher’s messy desk without saying a word. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Zakariyya turned and walked to a bench in front of his building without saying another word. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“What was that he was saying about the doctor’s family?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The more grammatically correct versions—I'm saying this only once\\ This food can be called only swill— only sound unnatural. reason ... is because. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ended by saying that he was looking forward to resuming a quiet life of researching and writing, with much less attention from the press. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Without saying another word, they proceeded to strip the house of furniture, seizing the wardrobe, chairs and table, saying that the goods were payment for a mysterious debt of honor my father owed them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and that’s saying a lot.” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A gargantuan thing, with striped tents, they are saying when he reaches the pub. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But this one day, every time he opened his mouth, the truth came out and he found himself saying stuff he hadn't meant to say. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was persistent and at one point came to Bubeh’s apartment and knocked on the door and stood in the hallway saying, “Come out, Ruth. I know you’re home. Come on out.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying we should talk about it. Not everyone has private islands. Some people work on them. Some work in factories. Some don’t have work. Some don’t have food.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I think about Mr. Gore saying basketball means nothing to him now. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he was saying possessed an intrinsic logic which he had no means of halting; it had to grind to its own conclusion. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It went without saying that this was a strong argument for taking retribution into your own hands, but the prosecutor pleaded that we not do so. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father would come home from work, patting my head, saying, “How’s my big girl,” but always looking past me, toward my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I know what you're saying, and I'm trying to figure out how to help. We're just so overextended—" I didn't know what to say, and a long silence fell between us. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I could not see them from the dining table, but while I ate, I tried hard to make out what they were saying. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he kept saying it to give me time to get brave enough to pick up. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying you reckon Ludo Bagman conjured the Dark Mark?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He shrugged his shoulders, saying, “Don’t rightly know. She was a skinny little thing; could have been three months and she was already big with child for aught I know.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I recalled Bear saying people would come a great distance for the market day. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

But she left without saying a word in response. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Those weren’t just words he was saying, they were the truth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“What am I saying? Rook Hill was such a small village; nothing in the City — even a superstitious Yule bonfire — is comparable.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you will forgive my saying so, Your Radiance looks ... weary. Are you sleeping?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m still not saying I believe you,” he told Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Shut up for a second. Tell me what you’re saying about Jules.”I wasn’t sure why I couldn’t just come out and say it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This makes the teacher so happy she is clapping and smiling and saying, “Goo, goo!” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“A little extra forgiveness never hurts,” said Matt, quoting one of Celia’s favorite sayings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, my brother Khushal was saying that for once he wished he were a girl so he didn’t have to go to school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying I want to have a bar mitzvah.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was asleep and dreaming of her mother, the queen, who was holding out a spoon to her and saying, “Taste this, my sweet Pea, taste this, my darling, and tell me what you think. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

That is too weird to handle, West, and I'm not saying it was your fault or anything. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He felt so good he could not help saying to the black child, ‘Mind that horse doesn’t trample our flowers.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had two miscarriages, and people began to whisper, saying that if she couldn’t have children, it must be due to witchcraft. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I missed you, he kept saying, God, I missed you, and he kissed me again, so deeply, and my head was spinning, and he tasted, somehow, like pure heat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t tell them she was saying goodbye. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Imagining so hard, I can almost feel you patting me again, see you beaming, hear you saying, Rukku loves Viji, right back. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

I slip back out of his window without saying good night, making my way back to the room by the light of Summerland, and with a heavy heart. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The other boys run over and crowd around me, saying what a good catch I made. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His nice way of saying, Leave me alone. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We continued on without saying a word to each other. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I didn't even know what I was saying. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Whether he believes what they’re saying or not is unclear, and I am afraid to ask. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was an odd power in saying it out loud. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was exactly what she’d been saying for the past six months, but this time it sounded less convincing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“By saying the slave should eat honey," he explained, “he means that we should find a little pity in our hearts for one who was driven by despair to do something he will always regret." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This lamp doesn’t even work!” the woman was saying. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept saying that again and again in my head. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The way the man drew out the last word told Jon that he had been considering saying something else. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I listened, amazed, not that he was saying what he was saying, but that he would share such thoughts with me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The excitement all seems to be over, doesn't it?” she said; “they are saying down on the cliff there the ship will be there for days.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that what they are saying at the Inn of the Green Eel?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They look us over without smiling or saying hello, and the old man seems very unhappy. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Go to the principal, talk to him, take his speech and say it. I’m saying the one he wrote. So why can’t you? What the hell? What can you lose?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel dread coursing through me now, but I laugh as though Haymitch is saying something completely delightful because nothing is covering my mouth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All I was saying amounted to a frantic self-defense. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, I guess that’s what I’m saying. It’s not just one thing she did. It’s everything. Don’t tell me you never noticed. Remember a certain tomato?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Kevin had learned long ago to translate whatever she was saying into gibberish. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without saying anything else, he turned and set off again down the track. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He said it in a very cold way, as if he were saying Have you talked to my lawyer? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She kept saying, “I’m go’n get even with Love Simpson if it’s the last thing I ever do.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

With neither of us saying a word, we were having an argument. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I said something that I wasn’t planning on saying, and didn’t even want to say. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You gotta watch his face, though. You know what I’m saying? His face when he’s fighting, it’s...” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was saying this quietly, almost as if it were a litany. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, you don’t. You don’t get to insert yourself after saying no.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He studies Werner awhile without saying anything, wearing a look not of disappointment but tired amusement. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The men were talking rapidly, but Baker couldn't hear what they were saying. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z