They heard his unspoken challenge to Bryce Lawrence, loud and clear: You want secrets? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Shasta thought that beyond the hill there must be some delightful secret which his father wished to hide from him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It’s as though we were all sworn to the same secret covenant, so secret we don’t even know what we belong to. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like the sort of note Elsbeth and I used to pass, composed in secret behind our textbooks and handed off as we passed in the hallway. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The fire department suspected arson; police theorized that whoever set the fire had wanted to destroy the secrets still embedded within. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Because the people who left their secrets on the walls thought that this was some ordinary place, something for garbage and graffiti. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It opened on a secret, high-tech laboratory hidden in a cave. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

My spot against the wall is cozy, the perfect place for licking honey in secret. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though she had a secret and would never tell it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She probably thinks we’re having some secret adventure straight out of a Doctor Who episode. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Keeping a secret in this town isn’t easy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has to be a secret because drinks are not allowed before the interval. It’s a Theater Offense. Cognizable,” he added after a pause. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some part of me wanted Terry to talk, to spill whatever secrets he carried. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It must be. And it sounds like the other students don’t know much about what the Messengers do—they don’t get these ‘secret privileges’ until they become top students. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like most parents, Nok's were terrible at keeping secrets from their children. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

This is another secret from his past; I can hear it in his voice, feel it through our Link. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Apollo warned me that Asclepius was being held under guard. Zeus didn’t want him sharing his medical secrets or something.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I sat stubbornly in my seat, arms folded, feeling a secret twinge of smugness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She raises her eyebrows, almost imperceptibly, and shoots me a tiny, secret smile. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I can tell by the way they talk to her, kind of loud—like folks do with crazy people—with a smirk on their face, like they know a secret she don’t. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I imagine if you were a kid with a friend, you could make a paper boat and write a secret message on it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She could only recall climbing the stairs, then concealing the secret door behind the tapestry— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Despite his claim that I am a secret, they may discuss me the way Josef and I used to discuss Susie. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon,” I said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But Khalid was really curious, I could tell, so I told him about that secret universe he dreamed up sometimes. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

If there is a secret to happiness, I should have it. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yolanda was so embarrassed that she tried to keep her readings a secret from her mother, but somehow the mother always found out about them and appeared, first row, center. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“So now this sinner comes before you with a humble heart, shorn of secrets and concealments, naked before the eyes of gods and men, to make her walk of atonement.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I squirm, trying to shed my ruined body and unlock the secret to growing flawless wings. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He had supposed for years that he had no secrets from himself. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then solemnly pressing pinky upon pinky, she said, “Swear unto death that it will be our secret no matter what.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Our mother had a logical reason for whatever she did, whatever secrets she kept,” Emma said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Above the ceiling of the main waiting area was a cluster of secret apartments that had been built for the people who ran the train station years ago. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Another secret to add to the collection in our household. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The study was a secret history of the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He said he didn’t know much about breast cancer, but he did know that ice cream is the secret to feeling better when the treatment makes you feel sick. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was quite clear that the alethiometer was involved, and the identities of the alethiometer specialists in Oxford were no secret. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

At the far end was a nearly invisible door, wallpapered over like the entrance to a secret passageway. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By such lessons did I become acclimated to scientific calculation in even the meanest function, so learning the secrets of tare and gross. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The secret is that he has a girlfriend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clancy had been perfectly still the entire time Chubs had torn into him, but now that Chubs was finished, Clancy leaned in close, as if he were about to whisper a secret to him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“But once his secret is out, his reputation as this...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sitting around dreaming while the secret police hunted you down! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate games. What do you say? Care to share your secrets?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I have some really bad secrets to share with someone, and it might as well be you—a stranger, a reader of books, but most of all, a person who can’t hurt me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Matt had spent a lot of time in the secret passage behind the music room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 21, 1917, they made a secret trip to Chicago, where a rabbi married them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Virginia,” he says, “we’re perfect for each other! What do you say? About being my girlfriend? The Doctorita doesn’t have to find out. I’ll just come to see you in secret.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this secret music, I could tell those tales I was denied, and, there being no text, none could read whether I spake of docility or insubordination. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One night, a short time before their first child was born, Fernanda realized that her husband had returned in secret to the bed of Petra Cotes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And for the next few days, whenever I saw the secret guard conferring in a corner or as they walked across a field, I’d feel a flush rising to my cheeks. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion smiled; whatever happened here tonight, he did not wish it to happen in secret, and there was no one like a singer for spreading a story near and far. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sure, I felt bad about snooping, but if people here insisted on keeping things secret, well, I’d just have to find stuff out for myself. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If he could have secrets, so could she. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She felt moved to read the book in secret and solitude, though none of the others had done so—to hide it from view at the sound of approaching footsteps. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it felt as if nothing had changed except that we had to meet in secret. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Luno had shown up at the trailer, Lice naturally assumed that Dusty had found out about his secret deal with Dad—the bonefish skiff in exchange for Lice’s testimony. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Other times it is dark, and Mama and Father are saying secrets. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he sat, hour after hour, so intent that often his lips moved, and two spots of color burned in his pale cheeks, as though some secret excitement sprang from the pages. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to imagine that Sandy is poor, living in a neighborhood like this, but I guess you never know what the truth is, when someone wants to keep a secret. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m just checking for hidden shelves. This building could be filled with secrets we haven’t even imagined, you know?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She felt that he was taking huge risks to help the United States and that the stress of his secret life was beginning to show. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A village has no secrets, and no more did Castle Black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But if it had been a few years ago, Matthew would have found a way to make something simple like that feel like a secret spy mission. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe there’s been some secret division of the world’s women into breeders and drones, and those at the maid level are no longer supposed to be reproducing at all. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The identity of the prospective bride was no secret to the parents of our young men, and no family was willing to shoulder so blatant a risk. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"You seem," I say, "to know all sorts of secrets. Please, Sister, share them with us." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They lived there in secret, with two telephone lines so that her parents would never know. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke about her secret hopes and fears and longings. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

James held up a piece of paper that showed their secret code. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As a boy, he’d been so quiet that adults must have thought him timid, but he had a secret bold stripe. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He could barely restrain himself from sharing the secret of Gupta’s hunt. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Which means we’re all left smiling and nodding as she talks at a secret telling level of volume. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He knew she was religious, and he was consumed by the fear that his secret idea would go against her beliefs. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the wealthy West Side women kept secret candles to burn for good luck, even though it was against the law. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But I was glad that with high school just around the corner, I was deemed mature enough to know my cousin's biggest secrets. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You think there’s going to be another secret, coded clue on the back of the cards?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He so old and sweet, and we have secret. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sees the look on my face and smiles, sure that he has ferreted out the secret desire of my heart. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was careless in keeping her new magic secret. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

People, hearing them, hinted they might be secret Tories. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I had a secret: 1 wished no one would watch. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Martin insisted on taking his turn, too, rocking and whispering boy secrets into the little printed blanket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now here I am, telling him my other secret. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He left notes and candies in their secret spot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was whispered that I was trying to lead a secret group in opposition to the party. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come out, come out, Wraith! We have secrets to tell!” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In spite of her secret hostility toward the colonel, it was Fernanda who imposed the rigor of that mourning, impressed by the solemnity with which the government exalted the memory of its dead enemy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And yet I knew, as angry as she was, she wouldn’t reveal my secret. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was clear this photograph held some secret about Mia, and she promised herself that she would unravel it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in here was the hidden history of her grandfather’s weird secret society, she was sure of it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Not only did I tell Emily’s secret and watch her be humiliated in front of the entire grade without doing anything to help, now I was actually letting her apologize to me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe my own mother with her bad nerves was part of a secret plot! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Imagine what unholy things a lesser man must hold within his secret heart.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He exchanged a deadly secret glance with himself in the mirror and stood motionless. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That Barack was a good person with a big mind and serious faith in democracy was no longer any sort of secret. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“She must think one of us took part in the deception. Someone had a secret pact with Mr. Benedict to help get the others on the island.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai felt a tremor of misgiving for having opened the door to her secret. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My secret is our lives in Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We kept it secret and at first she understood—even said it was romantic and star-crossed. Yeah. Star-crossed. Then one day she said, ‘Let’s make a statement. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I say, “That...that sounds...I don’t know. Disturbing. Sounds like they think someone has a secret. Dark one.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

They broadcast from so-called wildcat stations, which were secret and unlicensed and kept odd hours. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The palace of the King of Elfhame has many secret alcoves and hidden corridors, perfect for trysts or assassins or staying out of the way and being really dull at parties. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m just like them—an ordinary drone dressed in secrets and lies. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was made very clear that the entire contents of the study—the very existence of the study—was to be kept secret, even from the president. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Let you in on a little secret, Sam,” she whispered, leaning toward him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I study the brain, the weird coiled blob that holds everyone’s secrets. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I had a secret obsession with them that predated my days at Lynbrook. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

That night, a man let Kaztauskis in on a little secret to success. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s a miracle we kept it a secret from you.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The new spy was a gold mine of Soviet secrets. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As for said alchemist, if he was having any luck with his alkahest, he was keeping it as much a secret as his key ingredient. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As she reads the documents, she pieces together lives of heroism, power, and secret identities. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Amity keeps a number of secrets,” Johanna says, and she sounds proud. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She spat on the spectacular pile of coins, put them in three canvas sacks, and buried them in a secret place, hoping that sooner or later the three unknown men would come to reclaim them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I always felt like Sarah, Jack, and I all shared this secret. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

To see the clues and secrets and truths that he’s locking away behind his tight jaw. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What about the secret files they keep on all the kids? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But tonight it will be something special I do. I am only person in world who know this secret.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tries to keep this a secret, but it’s a small community, and soon his parents find out he hasn’t broken up with the woman. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Jenny was a good companion, a keeper of secrets, a giver of secret loans. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew me a secret about that judge. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was the only way to keep Dasch's involvement in their arrests a secret. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

That was why planning the runaway had been such fun; it was a secret. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They say he has kept his identity a secret to guard against assassins. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the ocean finally gave up the secret of immortality, the gods tricked the asuras and took all the nectar for themselves. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Unlike the general’s guarded and diplomatic manners—he didn’t correct me when I continued to call him “General Sahib”—Khala Jamila made no secret of how much she adored me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I totally understand. I mean, I get it. Not the punishment part, but the part about your mom. My secret is sorta like that too." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m going to tell you this secret because it might be good for you. It might make you glad.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But if the secret Mexico trip was the defining test of my loyalty, I really earned my stripes when my sister and her best friend turned me into a legitimate stalker. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I don't want to have to think about secret rooms or letters written in code or the fact that we were down to having only one parent, and now she's gone, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were waiting to be called out by an Executive—called away for their “secret privileges.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe that was part of the secret. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Was she retreating into the living room, to the fireplace and her secret staircase? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Once at the farm, I did not have time for rest and reflection because the following night we held a secret meeting for me to brief the Working Committee on my trip. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have, like, secret security cameras in the hallways?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Now he adjusted the pillows behind his back and opened his computer to his secret file. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A fat man with a red beard, Barbarossa had an antiques shop where he sold cheap trash to the tourists, but he also did secret deals with more valuable, and usually stolen, items. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He mentioned Fela casually, intimately, as though it was something they had in common, a secret they shared. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She patted my cheek and went back to looking for anyone she might know, while I grimaced and wiped off her sticky residue and wrestled with secrets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to know the secret of my success?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He listened with secret, egotistical mirth to the husky breathing of the two doctors. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Later he had showed her how it all worked, the secret marks and folds, the way he distracted her eye. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Let our love be a secret for only us two right now.’” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She kept her real dreams in a notebook, where everything was a complete secret. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He can’t keep secrets at all, so as soon as I walk through the door, he says, “I have something for you, but I haven’t wrapped it yet, so don’t go into my bedroom.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If students stayed on the paths and walkways as they were supposed to, they would never spot an Executive using a secret entrance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had noticed one day a group of young boys playing some kind of spy game in which they exchanged silly secret passwords. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the war of sun and dryness against living things, life has its secrets of survival. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a secret, narrow and bright and alone, glittering in the blue sky. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Angel cried then, not for Jordan, but for herself and for lost dreams and for secrets in the night. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They finally found the general and were sent by him to his signal officer, Lieutenant Hunt, who had also been cleared to know about the secret code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And that address you got, Grandmamma, that must have been the secret Headquarters of The Grand High Witch." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

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

I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them and find secret joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of my sisters—despite my insistence that everything be kept secret—told one of her friends that “her brother would soon be going to America,” and soon all Alexandra knew. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his ease filled me with a secret pleasure, as if he was allowing me into his very special club. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Only the blood of the dragon would ever know the secrets of the fortress the Dragonlords had built, he vowed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If Nick was here to reveal my secret, I could not bear to witness it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had no secrets, and it was comfortable. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

She’ll be just learning to talk now, all “Dada” and “Mama” and a secret language incomprehensible to anyone but a parent. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bekhir knew we were hiding something, but he was kind enough to let us have our secrets. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His eyes are a dark secret, black or brown or blue—I can’t tell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I came home from school one day and no one answered the door, so I went and found the secret key that we keep under a flowerpot behind the kitchen door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She agreed to keep his whereabouts a secret, knowing that Lonna would call the juvenile authorities if she ever found out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a lot of truth for me, and I felt this tickle of excitement, like I’d shared a deep secret. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He wrote in one of his secret notebooks “Children have an uncommon pleasure in hiding themselves & skulking about in shrubbery. When other people are about: this is analogous to young pigs hiding themselves.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chip told them more about the Washingtons, and the night of the tennis match, and even shared secrets about his father’s heritage. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Beak first, a dark and secret complex, a personality disorder let loose on the world, it plunges! How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, all right then. You wanna learn the secret to shooting foul shots?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And that one killed half the men and all the women, including my ma, and it made the thoughts of the men who survived no longer secret to the rest of the world.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s a secret weapon! Holy cats! Send a message to the Queen at once! The country must be warned! And give me my telescope.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Axel hates blood, but he hates secrets even more. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She used them to light her secret cigarettes, the ones she thought she was hiding from her daughters. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He worked for the government, too, with his secret assignments and all, but he has never talked about it all that much since we started living together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since then, he had been selling the NSA's secrets to the Soviets for a total of $37,000, money he used to pay off old debts. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It held a secret stash of Imperial gold torpedoes—until we rescued them and brought them back to Camp Jupiter.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The cut which Lancelot had given welled over with blood which looked black in the moonlight, and you could see sane of the insides of the stomach with their secret life laid open. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s much taller than anyone else, because he’s part of a secret patriotic experiment. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve looked for you too,” I said, the tent now snug around us like a secret house when we were kids. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had learned, for example, that Bien was a kind of secret weapon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He had access to all manner of top secret information, and as far as I was concerned, most especially on matters of national security, he needed no input from me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Because the more time that went by, the more likely your secret died with me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Pet was a loud secret in her, a wrong note in the usual harmony of her house, making it discordant, guilty. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You don’t? Well, it does seem that maybe this might be the secret of the whole thing. Look, I’ve never mentioned this—do you remember when you beat me up just before I went away?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the Nazis added a secret twist to the tables, which further confused the code breakers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The secret stories are the ones I be making up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Let’s dig a little deeper into the secret of Gottman’s success rate. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was, to use his own words, "an art of short, swift, and secret writing, by the which one may transcribe the spoken word as rapidly as it issues from the tongue." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it seems safest to guard the secret of my roots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freak blurts out, and he tosses down the purse and Iggy Lee catches it with one hand and he gives Loretta this secret look, like he's going to have some fun here. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

In late November 1954, CIA director Allen Dulles emerged from a meeting with President Eisenhower with orders to develop a top secret aircraft. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bacon was interested in secrets of many kinds, including encryption, but his cipher wasn’t a typical cipher. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nadia Vole had told him not to leave, but if there were any secrets to be found in Sayle Enterprises, he wasn’t going to find them here. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They sounded like some other secret cult thing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was a part of that secret fire which came out in fighting, taking chances— and dancing with girls! Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I learned your deep, dark secret.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The gauze back would split, and I could see the disk with six holes, the secret of the sound. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their gods were the gods of the forest, stream, and stone, the old gods whose names are secret. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And if that was true, what about all the thousands of pages of secret intelligence gathered by the CIA through the tapped cables? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Keeper is forbidden to share the secrets of the forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

If they were normal Noisy people, it wouldn’t matter how far back on the trail I was, we could all talk together and nobody’d have no automatic secrets. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

That she was so very good at remaining unseen made her an excellent thief of secrets, the best in the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Not the secret police trying to murder us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It carried America’s secret weapon, a single atomic bomb. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The BBC keys him up, makes him hate Hitler and the Nazis and their secrets and lies all the more. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I don’t know because I’ve, like, seen your deepest, darkest secrets or anything.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Basque established their secret sacred fishing grounds off the coast of Newfoundland twelve hundred years back. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There have been repeated attempts to bomb it to bits and it’s not really a secret. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t forget his look of horror when he had seen her in the doorway, but nor could she understand why he’d kept her secret. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Private” he thought was something secret, and he wondered why they looked at him and called him a secret. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The secret language I used to speak with just Amma in jail is spoken everywhere here. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Our code was only one of the many secrets I kept. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just one thing,” said Harry, and still they circled each other, wrapped in each other, held apart by nothing but the last secret. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It didn't show up on any maps because the Soviet government wanted to keep the isolated, desert-like location a secret. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not all the legends were popular, and many of them lived secret lives in a single family or a small community of believers, who whispered among themselves so the stories would not be forgotten. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The secret of Madam’s linen chest was the only key I held. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis used Enigma everywhere, and if they switched the way it worked—or, still worse, switched to another machine—the Allies would lose their secret advantage. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But I could not keep it a secret forever. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Sadie was holding back a few secrets of her own. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before I died, I hid my secrets in the Master Oak. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘I should not make use of it, if I were you. But keep it secret, and keep it safe! Now I am going to bed.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Like, somehow, in the midst of all of her anger, El might have revealed every little one of my secrets and insecurities. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It is so secret they don’t even write it down—just use the initials “NN.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Last night, during her talk with Hazel, Piper had realized that the secret of charmspeak was a lot like using the Mist. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I pictured both Yoshotos coming to me in the morning and asking me, begging me, to hear their secret problem out, to the last, terrible detail. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Gerald was showing her all of the secrets of his backyard, while she obliged him by being genuinely impressed with his rock collection, his “fighting sticks,” and even his treasure box. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sighing, he took leave of her, his heart full of misery and secret fear. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait and see if it doesn’t bring you something worth having,” replied the boy, laughing at the thought of a charming little secret which he fancied he knew. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first phase of Hitler's secret attack on America, code name Operation Pastorius, had begun. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I shut my eyes and make myself a promise: I will defy the Doctorita, every day, every chance I get, in my own secret vmsima way. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew better than to reveal government secrets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Doubts assuaged, Butler returned to his copy of Guns & Ammo, leaving his employer to unravel the secrets of the universe. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He thinks he and I have a secret together but I do not know what it is. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The flesh, heavily despised by the brothers, held secret the love appetite soaring inside it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was letting me in on a CO’s secret. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tease out this 'secret’ natural relationship between a note and its higher self by illustrating the magic of musical pitch. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“But not now. We mustn’t make noise in the night. It must be our secret, that I come here.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how important it was to keep her secret, and keep it I did—for the rest of her life, and then beyond. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And apologize for blackmailing her with knowledge she trusted me to keep secret. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“How quiet it has suddenly become. Right, are all your secrets of the ‘Yes, I should tell' or 'No, I shouldn't tell' varieties? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He listened in silence, not seeming at all surprised that his father somehow had learned of his secret visits to the library. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As everyone around me cried, I kept my secret. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Open it,” said Dad, smiling, and he and Mom looked at each other like they knew a secret. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, it come up here on its own and I let him stay. I built him a pen and kept him secret and named him Shiloh.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw her smiling face, I was suddenly relieved Jenna hadn’t told me her mysterious secret. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Powerful enough to start feeding Miss Weasley a few of my secrets, to start pouring a little of my soul back into her...” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Some banter on boogers, and everyone wanted to know what secret things Fatima Moss was always writing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A storybook might have held the secret of azoth, and knowledge of stories might have earned him a place in the party, but he hardly thought that tales would give him an edge now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"But Mo didn't know it was the wrong book! Elinor swapped them in secret." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then from a secret place Juana brought a little piece of consecrated candle and lighted it at the flame and set it upright on a fireplace stone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Powers and his fellow test pilots trained for months at a secret facility in a remote part of the Nevada desert known as Area 51, learning to control the powerful experimental planes. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were secrets, and there were witches in white, and somewhere there was Jack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I always had this secret suspicion that I was special.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

While we kept secrets from our enemies, our enemies kept secrets from each other, lying to their own people about what was truly happening. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Simply because it is a secret. It will enable her to return to Greenwich different.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this was the best way to share my secret project with her after all. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Around him stood the members of a cult, a secret brotherhood that he had betrayed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I press into the distance between us until it is gone, crushing the secrets we have kept and the suspicions we have harbored—for good, I hope. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The higher your rank, the more special privileges you earn, like unlocking secret pages and online games and puzzles. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At seventeen I have my rights, and besides, I’d made my own secret plan. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood spilled from his skull like a secret. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, they’re wisdom cookies! I’ve made these from scratch before. The secret is to allow the books to hit room temperature before mixing them. Cold writing doesn’t sit well in the mind.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The best part of Vik’s story is that I’ve never heard it before—which means he knows how to keep a secret! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

And she started to get mad at me because she needed time to come back to the store to buy that present for her secret boyfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

This doctrine was so dangerous that the manuscript describing it had to be circulated in secret, an Athenian samizdat. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, you couldn’t even hear cars, like as soon as we walked through the gates, we entered some new dimension—some secret land where drama didn’t exist. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then Grans told me she had a secret to tell me: she loved me more than anyone else in the world. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In Germany, restrictions had been placed on their air force after World War I that meant they now had to train their military pilots in secret. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin asks, like Axel may know the secrets of these pathless woods better than anyone else. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The case contained a secret compartment, in which Ames had stashed a document describing the CIA's relationship with the spy, along with his photograph; Ames never found it again. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

No, not secrets so much as just the Secret. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d thought of a good one: Where the wet things are between art and science, encrypted in her and James’s secret language to make it a little more difficult. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If the secret and mysterious land of Egypt was fascinating in the daytime, it was doubly so at night. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

To tell them how I ended up hiding Sandy and keeping the whole thing a secret. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Jasón had said there were secrets in the letters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, don’t worry, Emile. Your secret is safe with me.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, I am good at keeping secrets. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He warned Dasch to trust no one, and told Dasch that it was his secret duty to kill any traitor in the group. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad this place is still our secret,” Oliver says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Protocols, published in 1903, purported to be a record of a secret meeting of powerful Jews planning world domination. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She says the word friend like it’s a secret she wishes she knew. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wonder what kind of secrets that girl knew. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Looking at great art is not such an easy task, for art rarely reveals its secrets readily. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They became convinced that the secret messages were an illusion. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That is because these dragons are not mere decoration — they hold the secret to the Dragon Gate. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I focused on the Virgin Mary statue’s stone-eyed stare and wondered what secret message she might be trying to send me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I go I am obsessed with the thought that people are staring at me, watching me with suspicious eyes, waiting for me to mess up, and give away our family secret. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily for them, the Navy wanted her skills to remain secret, so her name had to be kept out of the record. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What he craved was possession and the power it gave him; what he adored was anticipation—the slow acquisition of love, then life, and finally the secrets within. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t been a waterfall at all, but a secret door. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I hate games. What do you say? Care to share your secrets?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She decided she would tell her story, her own history that she had kept so secret until now, to Jonas. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now that he knew there was a secret, he settled down into the groove of their relationship. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if we keep it a secret from Lana so she doesn’t pitch a fit.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have pushed you. It’s none of my business, really. I know what it’s like to have secrets.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Outside the volcano, he lifted the panel in the rock, punching in the code that opened the secret door. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Every winding corridor, or hidden staircase, or secret shortcut, explored over and over again. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

For a moment neither one speaks, stunned by the outing of their dirty secret. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He said that he was sorry, but that the information was top secret still. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed it to Eomma, telling her to hide it in their secret hiding place under the floor panels in the living room. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for that. Let’s keep Russ’s true identity a secret at least until basketball season is under way.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no secret in Coalwood that injury and death was always a possibility for every man every day in the mine, no matter how hard Dad and his foremen worked to keep things safe. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain, shared with no one. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The CIA simply did not want to believe that one of its own could have betrayed its deepest secrets. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Smith thought he had pulled off the workout in secret. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, she tried to shove her secret snack cake wrappers under the imaginary mattress, only to feel a caterpillar crawling across her hand, startling her awake. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Translation: Her story about being handed over to nuns to escape the Holocaust was her secret until her grandson exposed it to the world. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m really good at keeping secrets,” Elsie says, crossing her heart. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If Candice was nearby, she would turn to her and wink—like it was a shared secret between them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The thing about being an undocumented immigrant is you get really good at keeping secrets. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow of secrets still to be revealed darkened Nixon’s night. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But there is another part, not so secret. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank is still watching that show—this time it’s a secret government drone conspiracy that’s going to make everything go up in flames—and he doesn’t even notice me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But we often staked out the secret path, hoping someday to catch someone in the act of sneaking into that ill-reputed barrio. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

It was my secret come to haunt me once again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The secret, in truth, was that he just spent more time studying, and paid more attention, than everyone else. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“You understand, it’s not my secret. If it were I’d tell you in a minute.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So much for keeping the tomb’s location a secret,” I said, shaking my head. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Didn’t the simple fact that he had taken a Hallow, and turned it into a Horcrux, demonstrate that he did not know this last great Wizarding secret? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, I'm pretty sure the something he's protecting is not secret information about our space program. He hardly looks like a rocket scientist.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly Vola’s secret philosophy card flashed in his mind: “I would have been a good teacher.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But there was no way she was going to let all of Grafton in on her family secrets. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was almost a secret language, one that only the two of us understood. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Back home, he had been tailed by the secret police for months and the family had only narrowly escaped capture their last day on the Island. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I whispered to her, “Little Rose, my child,” as though that name was a secret. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The meeting was so secret, it was not even recorded in the Daily Diary. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I have heard that she made no secret of her disdain for his appearance. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, I went to my secret stash, and poured my favorite drink, vodka and orange juice. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bryan was an innkeeper with secret ties to the local Committee of Safety. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haitians had been hopeful after Baby Doc Duvalier and his secret police had been chased from power, yet the military leaders of the new junta were even more brutal. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“It was no secret about Selma,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He must not let his Messengers use it—he did like his secrets, didn’t he? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody seems to know my secrets before I know them myself.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hiskey suddenly found himself drafted into the army and shipped to a remote military base in the Northwest Territories of Canada—far from atomic bomb secrets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Willis locked them in a secret room and left them there to die. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She savored her secret, which tasted deliciously of freedom, as she allowed his weight on her in the dark bedroom and waited for him to be done. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this reason, every night after dinner and executions, he would retire to his secret bedroom on his private yacht, which had been wallpapered ceiling to floor in photos of Ladybird Hope. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Censors read all incoming and outgoing mail, to ensure it contained no secret information. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the kind of thing you kept a secret. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had no way of knowing about the bloody secret that Kopenick and its placid waters concealed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Finally Aunt Maggie defied her fear and made frequent trips back to Elaine, but she went in secret and at night and would tell no one save my mother when she was going. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like maybe a secret has passed between Frank and Byrd, wrapped inside that hug. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Simon. I’m just so excited for you. It wasn’t a secret, right?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

How many notes did I once write, full of secrets and stories and folded into a perfect star? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Let me tell you a little secret, Jubilee. If you have any sense, you’ll get out of this town. I left as fast as I could, and look at me now.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When the war began, British scientists recruited him to help with a secret war-related project—the atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she had to smuggle Tea Cake out by the back gate and that made it seem like some great secret she was keeping from the town. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

And he’ll also realize that he’s gping to discover the secret of traveling through time, which is a thing so incredible that most people would consider it a miracle. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Gen was the only one who knew where the crystals were, and it was her greatest secret as far as both of them were concerned. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to know an absolute secret?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When everything was out, I felt the lining, hoping to brush a secret trigger as I probed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We came inside for the night, drunk on our day together, our secrets. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He doled out his secrets sparingly, making me prove I’d mastered one before giving me another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So he had started meeting with the Second in secret. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This was a secret truth about the world, one they both understood. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Nothing so crude. No, the secret is charm. Pure and simple.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I’m walking a tightrope, careful with my words, hoping my friends and classmates and teachers and coworkers won’t discover my secret, because if they do, I will fall and crash. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘All the “great secrets” under the mountains had turned out to be just empty night: there was nothing more to find out, nothing worth doing, only nasty furtive eating and resentful remembering. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He smiled a lot, as if the world were a secret joke that only he was clever enough to understand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Along the way, in railcars, stations, and hotels, he solicited the views of strangers about the fair while keeping his own identity a secret. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He wondered what she would have done if he had told her a secret. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was intrigued by the idea of secret signs, but I was scared too. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can I trust the twelve of you to keep a secret? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“If it weren’t for spoiled fish,” he said, like the telling of a secret, “I would be a monk.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The secrets of the universe buried themselves in unusual and beautiful objects such as these, and only a select few could pull those secrets out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sister Marguerite is proud, like Cristiana, and seems to harbor some secret ambition, which rouses my curiosity. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to see the face of Lena or Corinthians, nor to have any secret talk with his mother. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because we keep our secret so hidden, there’d be no way to know. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Annabelle understood about Kat’s mother, Patty, and her drinking, and she kept the secret of the tiny butterfly tattoo Kat got. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I jestingly reassured George by saying that I had no secrets from my guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I would've had to admit that I thought he might've been an alien, and that wasn't exactly the secret I was wanting to share. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Coke’s scientists went back and tinkered with the fabled secret formula to make it a little lighter and sweeter—more like Pepsi. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then she’d feel extra special because she held a secret or some news. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Grace doesn’t treat this as a secret, as Carol would. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So much for my secret garage workouts with Dad’s weights. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

This was their secret shame, and it had been kept from him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And one where everyone’s walls are made a glass and no one wears no clothes cuz no one’s got secrets in Noise, do they?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

That secret burned to ashes as the designer perfume smoke drifted into the sky. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was deciding that she would go herself and have a secret talk with Matilda's mother and father as soon as possible. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s nice that he’d trust such a huge secret to me, though. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I grew stronger and stronger on a diet of her deepest fears, her darkest secrets. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Why would they keep it a secret so long?” said Lily. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you think of it as a secret signal?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was incredible how she could sense from the half-open door the quality of their trembling, the abundance of juices, the words whispered in the ear, the most secret smells—a veritable miracle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt I sat on the banks of an undiscovered river whose churning, muddied waters carried many secrets. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie glanced at Tess and swallowed hard—had to get the secret about Bruce Lee’s tooth all the way down to the bottom of his stomach so that it wouldn’t come out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ma joked that you couldn’t keep anything secret because of the “Conch Telegraph.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course they will. For this mission, I am an employee of the Order of the Clean Hand, our secret police. They are very powerful. They’re the ones who asked me to come here.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The signing was a secret, but George III was reading a copy 42 hours later. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of every body’s feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange every body’s destiny. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Very soon, the guards would storm into the secret room and seize the mayor as he sat stuffing himself on stolen goodies. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And in wartimes there’s always secrets that need keeping from the enemy.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I knew the secret to deciphering the riddle must involve the wrapper in some way, but I still couldn’t sort out how. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And I explained that I couldn’t ask my father because the investigation was a secret because he had told me to stay out of other people’s business. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once they found out, they took you away, so she kept a secret from the goddess of secrets, and stayed in the nursery as long as she could. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was a secret selection, made by the leaders of the community, the Committee of Elders, who took the responsibility so seriously that there were never even any jokes made about Assignments. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Past exhausted Helpers with their buckets and mops, out of the dormitory, and straight for the secret entrance behind the Institute Control Building. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That special secret word the Seven Days whispered to their victims? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zero might hold the secret to our existence—and the existence of an infinite number of other universes. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Magic Jay, Jimmy L’s secret agent name, was riffed from his favorite basketball player, the legendary Magic Johnson. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The government was spending hundreds of millions of dollars—yet the project was so secret, President Roosevelt chose not to tell Congress where all the money was going. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I bet she had a sister who played cards with her on rainy days and whispered secrets under the covers at night. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She told me that it was a secret. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard he had a secret romance with the illusionist,” Elizabeth remarks, smiling over her glass of wine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had a secret, and she hadn’t quite decided yet if she wanted to tell Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Is a secret still a secret if everyone knows it?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Every other coven held meetings four times a year to discuss secret coven things in their grand houses. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a secret anymore! I’m here! Now tell me what this place is.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

We had to read a story about a man who discovered a secret treasure. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Which is why, after leaving it outside for a year, Mr. Cobble took it down and kept it in a secret place inside the store and brought it out only to meet a challenger. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her secret is good sex,” Grace said seriously, a Korean-American woman who taught African-American studies, tiny and slender, always in stylishly loose-fitting clothes, so that she seemed to float in a swish of silks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Having met Dr. Cable, Tally could see why David wanted to keep his city—or camp, or whatever it was—a secret. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There in their secret place, his feelings bubbled inside him like a stew on the back of the stove—some sad for her in her lonesomeness, but chunks of happiness, too. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

And he knew again that she was not saying everything she meant; in a kind of secret language she was telling him today something that he must remember and understand tomorrow. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“But don’t tell anyone what I just said if you know what’s good for you. It’s supposed to be top secret. Classified.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure how Vitellius knew this, since Frank hadn’t told anyone except Hazel, but ghosts had ways of finding out secrets. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Fine example. However, I’m now going to let you in on a secret about myself which is true. It's a touch embarrassing, so please don't spread it around at breaktime...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When he went missing, I was sure his secret job had something to do with it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I can't believe he was able to keep any kind of secret. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And he sure wanted to find those secret ladders. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once there, he'd troll the streets with me in our big Buick and point to guys he knew and tell me something wicked, or weird, or secret about them. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In December, we began a new round of secret bilateral talks with the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck’s eyes widened, as if the darkest, deepest secret of the uni-verse had just been revealed to him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

All along there has been a big secret in the Suárez family, and no one told me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And sometimes so am I. The secret of the storm is hidden. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hypnotic whirl of the cotton candy machine helped keep my full-on panic about our secret show at bay. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Duke, Nala, and Scruffy hurtle out the secret exit, hot on Dr. Loofah's heels. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great secret, known to internists and learned early in marriage by internists’ wives, but still hidden from the general public, is that most things get better by themselves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. He didn't want to put me in danger. He brought them to the furniture shop. He built the Roodveldts a secret room behind a false wall in the wood shop. I didn’t know.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“See, I used to study in secret. My bosses were colegio teachers, and I read their textbooks and did the students’ homework and took their tests.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could just stay alive for a week, I’d know the unwritten secrets of Anna’s mom and the Dutch Tulip Guy. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They were only concerned that she keep the secret. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the son of Sisyphus who in Hades must forever try to roll a stone uphill because he once betrayed a secret of Zeus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, we four black men were much too modest to make our contribution known, but we often wondered what went on in the laboratories after that secret disaster. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until I could unlock his secrets, we were never going to be equals. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“There has been a worldwide network of dedicated people keeping the preserves secret for thousands of years,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At church potlucks they play a secret game of dumping random cans of food in casserole dishes and pretending their grandmothers gave them the recipe. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, no. I was thinking we wouldn’t tell her. I’ll have to make sure the other maids will agree to keep it secret, too.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“But what about Dusty’s secret spy at the Coast Guard station? How’d you fix it so he wasn’t around this morning when Noah called in about the Coral Queen!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I loved a man who was forbidden to me. I enjoyed his caresses, then married him in secret. He renounced me and now he is dead. All of my family is dead.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He raises his eyebrows at me like we’re sharing some special secret. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

That was what her hunger was like: mesmerizing, directed, floating like a public secret just under the cloud cover. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a couple in Virginia who’d been convicted of a crime for marrying, and your G’pop wasn’t willing to take the risk of marrying in secret,” she says. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It lies, the Iliad says, beneath the secret places of the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They contained something that I’d never seen anywhere before: the secret testimony of the grand jury that in 1926 investigated the murders of the Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It sits there for several seconds, opening and closing its wings, as if sharing a secret with the stern woman. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Like the way his eyes sometimes get this glint about them that makes me think he knows every secret there is about me, and he’s cool with them all. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Jaggers,” said I, by way of putting it neatly on somebody else, “has the reputation of being more in the secrets of that dismal place than any man in London.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

We used to share our secrets here, and talk without anyone hearing us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate your commitment to protect the secrets of nearly century-old literature.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He walked a fine line filling out the form: making the launch date and flight path clear, while doing everything possible to "conceal state secrets." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A maid without a tongue could never let slip any secrets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sit there thinking the secret to good scrambled eggs was probably the one true thing Safer ever told me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her secret would come out sooner or later; paper could not wrap up a fire. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps I should say unusual as much as secret,” answered the bard. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Disclosing information about their secret mission was punishable by death. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She no longer worried that people knew, with a single glance, all the shameful secrets of her past. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“One time he even knocked down a lady and swiped her purse. Mom made me promise not to tell. It’s supposed to be a secret, since Dana’s still a minor.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My knees go rubbery and we look at each other like we share an incredible secret. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several months earlier, Kennedy had given the green light to the top secret Cable 24.3, sent by the US State Department to the American ambassador stationed in Saigon, South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that Elizebeth had steered the conversation away from anything remotely secret. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After all, they were top secret spies, and we weren’t supposed to know they were out there. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Copying seven thousand pages of top secret documents and giving them to the New York Times has a bad ring to it.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed walking on the beautiful street, and I loved poking around inside the building, with its fascinating secrets. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

For the secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with the power to learn from past mistakes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was a year or so after the wedding, when Mother was expecting her first baby, that Dad confided to her his secret conviction that all of their children would be girls. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through more holes than he could possibly stop, his secret was leaking—pouring—out. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And like, they’ve been keeping it a secret so that they can surprise us. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The secret police of the Supreme Leader of the new government. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The secret police would report that he was not just a scholar of elf-goblin relations—he was a secret agent of the elves, a traitor against his own people. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

And Werfel wondered whether this was a trick by the secret police. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“You...you interrogated her? What’d you do, threaten to take her makeup off and reveal her secret identity?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The project was an outgrowth of the secret research Oliphant had been conducting at Birmingham. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I was going to say hyperfocused. I get so intent on orchestrating my plans and keeping them a secret that I suppose I have a tendency to stop observing what’s really going on around me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to know a secret? I think Mr. Axelroot is trouble in his own stinking hat.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man smiled in a secret way, as if he had not meant the smile for anyone else, not even for her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I continued to drink vodka and gin, hiding the bottles in secret places all over the house. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The following information is classified, as it refers to a location that handles several million very well-kept secrets. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Again the strangeness, the secret awareness that the person on the other end did not know he talked with a Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, then tell me three things about you I don’t know. Dark secrets only, please. Quickly, now! ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A smell I thought I forgot, but which must have lived in a secret nook inside me all these years. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first secret I had ever kept from Bailey and sometimes I thought he should be able to read it on my face, but he noticed nothing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Some things you just naturally want to keep private. Not because they are bad, but because you just want them secret. There are two or three I wouldn’t want even you to know about.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Besides, Hazel had insisted on taking the wheel to guide them through the secret pass that the magic goddess had told her about. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was no mention of the secret tennis game, and nothing at all that seemed related to the first clue—not until the last thirty seconds of the video. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Just looking at his hands was doing the same wild things to the secret places of my body that holding him had done. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hard to tell, since it’s a secret organization. However, the Capital Citizens’ Council, or CCC, is not a secret club. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Caesar, do you think all our friends here can keep a secret?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know if you knew. It seemed like a secret or something.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I do not deal in common currency. For this I shall require one secret withheld from a friend.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When Nixon came in, Kissinger launched into a lecture about how the president didn’t seem to grasp the danger of allowing top secret documents to be leaked to the press. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever discuss codes, or any means of passing secret messages, with Dumbledore?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was a popular story in its day and brought attention to cryptograms and secret writing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Every Dinka mother has a secret name or two for her child. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plan was for Walter, Kathrada, and Duma Nokwe to meet me at a secret rendezvous in Soweto and bring me my credentials for the trip. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where a red, tender-mango-shaped secret was pickled, sealed and put away. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And the reason is obvious. Your story would sound too ridiculous to be believed. And that is the Trunchbull's great secret." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And trust me, you’re not the only one with secrets. Good night, Prussian.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She couldn't possibly keep a gigantic secret like that bottled up inside her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

His mother holds, I know, the secret belief that some of our brave friend’s spirit has passed into him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about the Special Agent keeping secrets.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I have to keep your secrets. Some day you’ll be bigger than I am.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The secret stairs to his dusty sublevel were too narrow to accommodate great beasts like these, but they slipped down them easily. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The man who had leaked the explosive letters was Benjamin Franklin, who would become one of America’s most important secret agents. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The diggers of the souterrain had been executed by their own priest-king, to keep the secret of it All that was in sn millennium. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried code names, passwords, and secret identities in his head, afraid that storing them anywhere else might compromise his agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m hiding after school until Brother Khoi rides up to our secret corner. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My brother punches arms and makes remarks about smells like the rest of them, but he has a secret. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually he went home to a little box alley Dockside where he had his own version of my secret place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The ravens were the thickest here, muttering to one another in the murderers’ secret tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Was he also a secret agent for the KGB? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that's when the CIA and Britain's Secret Intelligence Service decided to buddy up and formulate a secret coup to overthrow Mossadegh. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

About a hundred yards from Booth’s camp, Jones dismounted, walked slowly, and whistled the secret signal as he came within earshot of the assassins. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But why I don’t like him is a secret to everyone except my parents. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not to mention that the shah had a secret police force called SAVAK, which had a reputation for torturing and executing anyone who opposed the monarchy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Tally wondered if Special Circumstances would call for help from the wardens, or whether they’d keep the whole situation a secret. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“This secret school,” she said, “is our silent protest.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In November, he announced that the National Security Management System, a secret structure set up under P. W. Botha to combat antiapartheid forces, would be dissolved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas decorations still hung on the walls, and a few strings of coloured fairy lights blinked on and off, like a secret code. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was like a secret signal between us of how much he loved me, his youngest child. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You want me to tell you a secret?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I have no such papers. I have burned all secret documents. I was ordered to do so.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to know what the secret was. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As the days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months, the secret of me being in the pageant slowly grinds its teeth at me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You won’t be seen at all, Mill. You’ll be our advance scout, But skip the Tales for once and tell us the story of how Miss Per- and our secret procurer of necessary items.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"Maybe he won't have to stay home," the Fair Gwen says, and she and Gram kind of lock eyeballs for a second, that secret code that mothers have. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately the German government recognized the value of these same chemicals as new and devastating weapons in man’s war against his own kind, and the work on them was declared secret. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that was Tom Riddle senior, the handsome Muggle who used to go riding past the Gaunt cottage and for whom Merope Gaunt cherished a secret, burning passion.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, boy...okay. You really think I’m powerless? You really think I’m useless? Gods of Olympus, your brain must have freezer burn. You don’t know my secret, do you?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When the girls had been little, Lauren had always been her secret keeper, but they weren’t little anymore. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Once the curtain drops, Rémy whispers, "Be careful about carrying other people's secrets at court." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Something secret was happening in our house and it had reached a serious stage before I knew it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I still haven't told him about my e-mail relationship with my secret admirer, who may or may not be his identical twin brother, who is also the one who stood me up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Abuelo ever had to hold in a secret this big from someone he loved. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But for the past two weeks, I’ve had a secret joy and a secret dread both rattling inside a me that make waxing floors go even slower and washing underwear a uphill race. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Guys, this is bigger than Daedalus’s laptop. If there’s a Roman attack on Camp Half-Blood, these secrets could save the camp. They might even give us an edge over Gaea and the giants!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bosoms may wave in the breeze, mind you, but legs must be strictly hidden, top secret. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone who would take the time to understand and appreciate the secrets it held. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about your life—how you learned to play the pianoforte so masterfully. And what was that piece? It was so sad; were you thinking about a secret lover?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She looks over her shoulder, seeing if anyone heard the secret name. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve never really had a reason to keep a secret from my little sisters. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She decided to keep this new clue secret and secure. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I had no choice—his letters would have to stay secret. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Top secret documents were printed along with the story, providing irrefutable evidence. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was the incomprehensible secret embodied in a whitish toadstool hiding in the dark shade of a rotting log. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my fingers a crack, like a child with a secret, and smiled at the silver globe cupped in my palm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I feel like he thinks we’re sharing a secret, except I have no idea what that secret is supposed to be. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was my first true female friend, a woman I met on equal terms with whom I could confide and share secrets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt so exposed, and they weren’t even her secrets. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And I could no longer see the secret weapons of each piece, the magic within the intersection of each square. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow the lights that had been on before in the secret room were gone now, so Ms. Morales’s phone flashlight was the only glow around them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It almost feels like a secret I shouldn’t know. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She returned to her room relieved to know that her nerves were not failing her but that something atrocious was going on in her husband’s secret den. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But only a few trials, I think, will be needed; and I shall not have to call on Gimli for words of the secret dwarf-tongue that they teach to none. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure exactly what you mean, but I like the idea of a secret message, some code understood only by you and me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And yet it was a fact that if Syme grasped, even for three seconds, the nature of his, Winston’s, secret opinions, he would betray him instantly to the Thought Police. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the order of beads on the string carried the secret code of life. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had a secret to keep, a gamble he had made years earlier and remade with each race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without hesitating, I told her all about the secret deal between my father and Lice Peeking. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Suppose, for example, someone had gone back and given the Nazis the secret of the atom bomb? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But concerning his subjects, when external affairs do not change, he has to fear that they may be plotting in secret. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Other secret messages were sent by companies in Latin America. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I hope this tape doesn’t make you run out and dig for that deep, dark, and dirty secret of his…which I’m sure is there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

George knew that seeing a therapist was the first step secret girls like her took when they wanted everyone to see who they were. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“This literally just came in,” the salesperson said of a sparkly dress, as though divulging a big secret, and Ginika said, “Oh my God, really?” with a great excitement. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But my hopes are shot when TJ replies, “He’s not here today, but he stayed with me last night, and we talked about everything. From Junito to the pageant. No more lies or secrets.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They kept the Colonies in touch with each other through secret correspondence and later would help make united action possible. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People can keep secrets in Noise,” I say. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Henceforth, all of my actions and plans on behalf of the ANC and the liberation struggle would become secret and illegal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe dogs were one of the secrets of the universe. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He told Judy that a bunch of fifth graders were making trouble and were not obeying teachers anymore, that there was something about a secret code word they were all using. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panting in the safety of her room, Emily cautioned, “Remember, it’s our secret.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She shut the chest, turned the lock, and hid the key inside her skirts in another secret pocket. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe he just likes the satisfaction of knowing something secret. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Passwords, things that cannot be told, people with secret identities, dark linkages: this does not seem as if it ought to be the true shape of the world. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bald man told Mother of a secret pact between Russia and Germany. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, Fulbright was having serious doubts about being the one to release top secret documents to the public. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ll keep my costume a secret to the last minute, and you won’t know anything about it. Come on, Jasper, we don’t care what they say, do we?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bedroom whose walls would soon learn their harrowing secrets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I taught him how to keep his magic a secret from the rest of the family. At some point he started keeping secrets from me too.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Skeezie leans in, like he’s going to tell us some big secret, which in fact he is. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were excited, almost like two children with a secret. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a pretty small town and news gets around fast, so by now it was no secret that our father was in the slammer for sinking Dusty Muleman’s casino boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It has to be your mother. You’ll understand when you learn the truth. She always planned on telling you about her, Edie. She didn’t want to keep it a secret forever.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I'm overwhelmed with the need to lie and withhold the details of how I know Auguste, like hiding a rare and expensive gem in a secret pocket. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She needed them to see her as hard-working and responsible, as someone ordinary, someone without secrets. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had kept her secret even from the captain’s wife. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We had heard that by night it used to be a moonshine spot, where the booze runners would make secret deliveries to paying customers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guarantee at least Japan and New Zealand have a few leaving in the next few days. The question is whether or not they have a secret viable settlement too.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shall I tell you the secret of true love? her father once asked her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a silence, for suddenly the dark and unknown forest, so near at hand, made itself felt as a great brooding presence, full of secret purpose. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“There must be a secret you’re not mentioning. I’ve tried growing strawberries myself, a few times, and with most of the same ingredients.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But why Zeus changed his mind and whether Prometheus revealed the secret when he was freed, we do not know. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Broughton-Smith had come out, smiling a secret smile. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung had also his own secret trouble with Lotus since the day when he had protected her slave from the son of his uncle. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She did not even chatter as readily, and often she seemed to be withdrawn into some secret world. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no. No no. You don’t aim for small secrets do you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dozens of strangers came through Macondo every day without arousing suspicion or secret ideas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It felt like I was letting her in on a secret. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And my sister was in a bad mood because she couldn’t buy her secret boy a present and hide it from Mom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mom died of cancer, which was no big secret, but hers died from a drug overdose. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had decided that Karhide had never let any broadcasts concerning me be used on Orgota stations, but had tried to keep me a national secret. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the Renee tape is one of his favorites because of how beautifully it illustrates what he considers to be the secret to learning mathematics. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Now, that is a deep dark secret, almost as big as the other one. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m sorry,” said Will, “but that sounds feeble to me. If you had any confidence in your secret, you wouldn’t need an excuse to see Lord Asriel.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Brotherhood was a world within a world and I was determined to discover all its secrets and to advance as far as I could. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joan was leaning on one corner of the piano and leafing through a new issue of some fashion magazine, and DeeDee smiled up at her as if the two of them shared a secret. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I mean, bottomless pits and secret underwater creatures? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sour Backs At the port we find out there’s no such thing as a secret among the Vietnamese. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He saw Mars sitting at his grandmother’s bedside, looking at Frank with those nuclear explosion eyes: You’re Juno’s secret weapon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“So,” he demanded, “do you want to learn the secret or not?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It must be the obvious keeping of secrets that I find so attractive. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beaumarchais had been a spy in Spain, where he had performed some secret missions for the king. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The witch woman buried fetishes in secret places, took her payment, and departed in her mule cart. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mom said the secret was to know when to let go, to make the other side fall first. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since the beginning I was writing down everything and thus committing—if I so wished—all of our movements to an official and secret memory. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He described as much as he knew about the organization of the Manhattan Project, saying he’d heard that the bomb design was happening at a secret site somewhere in New Mexico. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in their secret hearts, each knew that it wasn’t all right and would never be all right between them again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a vice he practiced in secret, but at the same time he had felt no compunction about quite openly carrying away objects of greater value which he found unattended. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was remarkable, and I assumed it reflected a great deal of nervousness about the prospect of secret talks between myself and the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are people who say I’m a wonderboy—one who got jinxed—or that I knew some secret—which I fumbled—or that I had this big, hairy plan. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it comes to my body, we have no secrets, these three people, and me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We kept it secret throughout the war and long after. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if you found out how to work it, and I repeated all her secrets to you? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“In the first place, it’d take a week or two to explain it. And in the second place we have to keep our ideas secret so that we don’t give other smugglers any new ideas.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

All of this about Miss Geraldine reminds me of something that happened about three years later, long after the secret guard idea had faded away. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

These lucky five will be shown around personally by me, and they will be allowed to see all the secrets and the magic of my factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Leaning into the wall as if all of the hunger of looking would find the secret of her sleepless unease there. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before his confinement in the secret prison and before his teacher and schoolmates began picking on him, Shin hadn’t thought to blame anyone for his birth inside Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“If there’s supposed to be some secret code here, I don’t see it,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They’re your secrets,” she said, as if explaining something to a child. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I told him of the queen's vow to keep my escape a secret. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a secret, Laleh. It’s just none of your business.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He’s my best friend and roommate; we don’t have secrets. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably the greatest achievement in Chokecherry history, and were treating it like a dirty little secret. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When the doctor had gone we looked at one another, hardly daring to believe that our secret would be kept. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It no longer surprised them; but he made no secret that he owed his recent knowledge largely to Farmer Maggot, whom he seemed to regard as a person of more importance than they had imagined. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Of all the secrets Alex had kept in the past six months, this was the only one that made him smile. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We talked about making up a secret language. Want to do that now?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You were there, Jeremie? Is this true? How can you be keeping secrets from me when I am telling you my entire life?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew why she said it was a secret. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Outside, the thunder and lightning snapped right alongside each other, perfect secret drawing weather. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

An odd word; sometimes he wondered whether she kept words like that among the other secrets of her drawers. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you have secrets you want kept or want to figure out those other people have, a newspaper can turn your mind. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had kept a big secret from him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked him where Clarisse was he said, “Went on a quest for Chiron. Top secret!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The teachers and staff always stayed late the night before Valentine’s Day, decorating the school according to the secret Talentine theme. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was directing an organization that functioned very like a secret service, which not many years before had been part of the security and intelligence services of the Crown. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The senior staff, conferring in self-important groups at the corridor intersections, were nursing a secret. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She placed her hand against the tree’s rough bark and thought about all the secrets she’d whispered underneath its branches. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I realized that I loved Gertrude and would keep her secrets forever. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I reached swiftly between the mattress and box spring to grab the knotted old sock that contained my secret cash hoard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For handing him the secret to his fame and fortune? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I bet Evelyn’s monitoring all the electricity usage—it’s the best way to figure out if people are meeting in secret.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was the little gray man from the secret police. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The stolen information was translated into secret code and sent by telegram to KGB headquarters in Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew she would have to keep some case details secret, but she was sure there was scope for a book—if only she could find the spare hours to write it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Commander-in-chief George Washington is a soldier in public and a spymaster in secret. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re the only person everyone else is keeping from a secret, then you don’t know what you don’t know. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Nok's mother often said that she wished she knew the Governor's secrets of youth. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They were unfailing in their attendance at the secret meetings in the barn, and led the singing of Beasts of England, with which the meetings always ended. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And that meant taking him into the secret passage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Because I was done with the secrets and the quiet and the walking on eggshells. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was no secret plot for me to take over his position. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m only telling you for the book, you understand. Ain’t nobody sharing no heartfelt secrets here.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The real man inside of him, not the one tortured by secrets and pain. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I came upon them standing close, arms encircling waists, heads close, as if they shared secrets that transcended the hurt and resentments, the name-calling and deceit. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We decided I’d keep my pregnancy a secret as long as I could so I wouldn’t get kicked out of school. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

At school, Twig’s always crawling around under desks, pretending to be a secret agent spy or something weird like that, but when her mother’s around, Twig turns into one of those embarrassed sitcom-type twelve-year-olds. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the way over, she said happily, “My dad just got home. He was doing some kind of research for his department. Strange it had to be so secret, isn’t it?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He apparently told her about his darkest secret, his blind eye. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this chart, she laid bare part of its secret structure. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The High Blade would cease shaking the tree, and Rowan would keep the High Blade’s secret safe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then, as I lay on the rooftops in my secret place where three roofs met, it came to me just as I was about to drift off to sleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My instinct was to say yes, as if, on some deep level, I too wanted to protect Baba’s secret. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not only does zero hold the secret to our existence, it will also be responsible for the end of the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The next morning on the bus, Eleanor asked him what his big, secret errand was, and he handed her his license. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

By now, she didn’t make it any secret that she hated them, and didn’t want them in her house. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think, Ari, that love has anything to do with the secrets of the universe?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I loved those getting-caught stories, and they were among the first ones I wrote down in my secret prison journal. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They stop beside a volcano, punch in a code on the keypad, and enter the secret compound, where they immediately go into the shower area and examine themselves in large mirrors. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Indeed it does. But why do you smile, Methuselah? What secret are you keeping from me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No one knew of his letter but Robb Stark; they were no fools, to entrust their secrets to a bird. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He possessed a secret treasure that had come to him long ages ago, when he still lived in the light: a ring of gold that made its wearer invisible. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My mother, for her part, kept every one of these letters, binding them carefully in neat bundles with green tape, but this was her own secret. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no secret economies that nourish the poor; on the contrary, there are a host of special costs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He offered me sugar and wanted to know all my secrets,” I say in my best seductive voice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was embarrassing, I suppose, but it was also a precious secret, like a magic trick, where if I tried to explain it, or even talk about it, the thrill and mystery would be gone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Foragers knew the secrets of nature long before the Agricultural Revolution, since their survival depended on an intimate knowledge of the animals they hunted and the plants they gathered. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all froze, except for Brother Fowles, who jumped up and held out his hand to Father with the left hand clasping his forearm, secret handshake of the Congolese. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The note was a garbled mixture of letters, but Emily recognized it immediately as their secret code. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was a human before her, casually spouting sacred secrets. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you trust me with your secrets,” she said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“And I am not there! I, Nhamo, am visiting the country of the njuzu. They will tell me their secrets and send me home with cattle and goats.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the secrets I found within the sixty-four black and white squares. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a secret smile, Father disappeared up the stairs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

You see an elderly person you want to congratulate them on their longevity, ask the secret of survival. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I'm not used to keeping secrets from him. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Well I was thinking so hard about going up to Tom Warrups’ and finally seeing Sam after all this time that I kept forgetting it was a secret. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you think our secret should be shared with a third person? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Malcolm went to school, did his homework, fetched and carried at the inn, and read over and over again the secret message in the acorn. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Boys who are hiding secrets, girls who can barely stand to see daylight—he has devoted his life to listening to us and giving us a space to make our statements. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the same time the expression on her face suggested that she and the artist shared an unpleasant secret. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was suffering from an “anxiety reaction” due to “prolonged overwork on a top secret project.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“And why Miss Cymbeline here knows so much about handling firearms and conducting covert ops will apparently remain a secret.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We’re drifting apart because for the first time in my life, I have a secret to keep. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now I feel like she’s mind reading all my secrets, Professor X style. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Because you have no arms, Aven!” he shouted at me in exasperation like he was revealing some shocking secret I didn’t already know. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She wondered what he saw, what secrets he was able to peel away from her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We often tailed each other on our way to secret meetings,” recalled Feklisov, “to make sure we were not being followed.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you think your mother is this bad. You think I have a secret meaning. But it is you who has this meaning. Ai-ya! She thinks I am this bad!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered how many people Marion had told about the “secret” game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So if I stick around, and you tell me this big secret, what’s to stop me from going out and telling everyone?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He winked at her as if he were promising to keep her secret rather than commanding her to keep his. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was the secret Snowden had spilled to him on the mission to Avignon—they were out to get him; and Snowden had spilled it all over the back of the plane. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The only thing I could understand was that he gave me something and I had to keep it secret from her, from Mrs. Coulter. I suppose it’s all right if I tell you....” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Schools are supposed to be catacombed with secret societies and underground brotherhoods, and as far as they knew here was one which had just come to the surface. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he and Prescott whispered together and both of them talked to the judge in secret up high there where he sat. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The codebook was like a dictionary, enabling the code clerk to translate a message into a secret language, comprehensible only to those with access to it. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping all this a secret is going to be harder than I thought. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Odysseus with massive hand drew his rich mantle down over his brow, cloaking his face with it, to make the Phaiakians miss the secret tears that started to his eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was knowledge he wanted, some secret intelligence that he could use for his gain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Just because her parents didn’t know about her secret heritage and magical and mystical powers didn’t make them not so. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My secret is bigger than her secret, because nobody knows it yet. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We play this game for over 10 minutes, which is plenty of time for me to worry that I’ve made a huge mistake in telling him my secret. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The memorandum reiterated most of the points I had made in our secret committee meetings, but I wanted to make sure the state president heard them directly from me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, and was thinking about the pie so much I didn't hear another word the girl said about Amish cooking secrets. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s supposed to be a secret. Forget I said anything.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

For all these months I’d imagined malaria as a stealthy, secret enemy, but now that it was fully upon me it was as real as anything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to have the secret sister language with Matilde, and Santiago is supposed to be the outsider. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every mother in town was dying to know my secret formula for diaper rash. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was stuffed with newspaper clippings about the secret documents and the man who had leaked them. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

‘You is asking me to tell you whoppsy big secrets,’ he said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he disappears, I use the pastels to write Edel a note in our secret code. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We took it with us and were supposed to keep it a secret and drink it before we studied for exams. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We shared a secret that would always bind us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. You wouldn’t. She was the goddess of secrets, and her best kept secret was herself. No one ever knew what her gift even was.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I really do think I owe the secret of my success to that little book I read long ago called How to Survive 101 Calamities. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought they were secret. Most of the kids who come out here don’t even believe in them.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“He'd never keep the merry-go-round secret in this city. But there are lots of islands out there in the lagoon where nobody ever goes.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Americans continued shipping weapons to the Soviets, but the atomic bomb remained a secret. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At his mention of secrets my mind settled on one that had been bothering me for months. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Locks and latches of all kinds soon gave up their secrets to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Amil and I went our secret way again so nobody can chase us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Return to the family," Magistrate Tiger ordered, "and tell them that I want the secret of their happiness put in this box. If they do not do so, have the soldiers destroy their home." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He might have requested an assistant to do such menial chores, but he was too jealous of his secret to let anyone into his laboratory. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Like so many of the spies who fought the secret war between America and Russia, Harvey's outward appearance concealed a very different person. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, ancient pictures and clothes and knickknacks were tucked away like secrets. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What makes you think you should reveal the USA’s secrets for the USSR’s sake?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, I thought about it like a secret. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, Ana was particularly lively, with a glow in her cheeks and a sparkle in her eyes that made her look as if she were holding back a secret. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Millard scanned the Tales for any mention of the building, but there was nothing, no secrets to be found. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s also our secret place, because Papi forbids us to go up there for obvious reasons: we might fall to our deaths. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that goodness wins out.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t look the woman in the face, and now she regretted having confessed this dark secret from her childhood. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“If they have really got it,” said Hahn, “they have been very clever in keeping it secret.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if some secret had passed between them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her hair secret, a bottle of almond oil, stands on her dresser. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“One person can keep a secret, but not two,” he replied, staring directly into the camera again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I look, letters are taunting me, letters on signs and in ads and newspapers and magazines, and still my eyes can’t see the secrets. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time summer came, I think he’d had about four different girlfriends, but he kept them totally secret, and if I asked, he would deny it, as if having girlfriends wasn’t cool. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He felt a fresh sense of pride every time those spindly symbols finally fitted together into words and he could get their secret out of them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Telling our secrets in front of normals was strictly forbidden, even if they were so fantastic-sounding no one would believe them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It was so hard not to tell the secret.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

"No secret. You just always been so closed into yourself, Alfred." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of secret could be so big, so terrible that it scared a dead girl? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Elizabeth is someone I will one day share secrets with. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Since everyone who knew the secret would be at the wedding, the Chandrian can come in, kill everyone who knows anything, and either destroy or steal whatever it is.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each secret, each unspoken thing was round and hard and heavy and cold, like a stone hung around the necks of both grandmother and girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Then—tell me, you two. Tell me the secrets of the Well of Lightning.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

As much as I enjoyed reading, in the world in which I was living it had to be a secret vice. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Richard and I have our own secret plan for the money, if Mom wins it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“It was obvious that something secret was going on,” she later said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s changed since then, but it’s still dead secret. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“This ain’t a time for secrets, kid! How do you know this?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We cannot know how many secret meetings and political dinners occurred in New York during the late spring and early summer of 1790. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

If anything happened, only vague whispers followed, and this in itself was unusual at an age when there are many secrets and none of them kept long enough to raise a cream. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What we have here is called a ciphertext. When decoding a secret message like this, letter frequency analysis is a good place to start.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He away ahead of me, with his own moods that I did not share, his secret troubles that I did not know? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

By this secret: the smiling bald man with the grandfather face has another face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about ways to keep my secret, so no one knows how stupid-poor I am. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Did somebody reveal the secret password to a nonmember?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She felt that the air between them was beginning to be charged, and she could find no name, or reason, for the secret excitement that moved in her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Russia’s secret weapon is the bewilderment and despair and hunger of millions of people of whose existence we are scarcely aware. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Even though I harbored a secret crush on Jonah, I knew at the tender age of fourteen that it wasn't wise to get wrapped up in someone with a drug problem. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It is no secret that the gap between the rich and the poor has grown, but the extent to which the richest are leaving everyone else behind is not widely known. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It has a secret; I just don’t know what. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Where do you go, Pop Pop, when you leave like that? Who do you go with? Seems like you and Daddy got a lot of secrets around here!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Melanie would understand how impossible it would be to invite someone else to be part of anything so private and secret as the Egypt Game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The West Area Computers were ammunition for both fronts of the conflict, yet they were one of the best-kept secrets in the federal government. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The show was a guessing game to determine a contestant’s “secret,” in this case not that Bobby or his mother might be a Communist, but that he was United States Chess Champion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient observation. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Adina slipped into the jungle and ran for Taylor’s secret hideaway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then, when Marshall discovered that the wooden base of the Diana statue was hollow, and one side was a little loose, they had a perfect secret vault for the storage of sacred records. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I promised myself a secret visit to the docks later, as soon as Polly arrived to distract Mother. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we’re going to show you secret handshakes,” the Roach says. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"But I'm different. You know that. You heard my secret. You heard it. That ain't normal," I explained, my voice now straining, ripping into its own confetti. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

That he’s making the right choices, because I don’t like this secret one bit. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But why did you have me go through again when you could have just asked me? I could have told you the secret, you know.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And all because she’d discovered, by herself, a secret — that working was enjoyable. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He referred to the person from whom he’d gotten the secret study only as “my source.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“That is the great secret of men. We aim for manhood always and always fall short. But my boy, I have seen you reach at least halfway.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Thus he brought me back at last to the secret ways of Khazad-dûm: too well he knew them all. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“The wise woman and her love potions are not so secret as some ladies believe. Courtiers, too, have resorted to her remedies and advice.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then the secret he was keeping became more than he could contain. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During World War II, Purple gave the United States and its allies a secret edge in the Pacific. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“No advantage there, Chino. Thass no secret. Anyone in El Barrio from the university of the street knows that the Italians controlled the neighborhood. They ran the numbahs, they ran the drugs.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Our Navajo secret code that had begun with a vocabulary of only 265 words was now almost twice that size. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The higher your rank, the more special privileges you earn, like unlocking secret pages and online games and puzzles. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t Mamá just tell us what was going on? Did she think we were never going to find out? How long did she think she could keep this a secret?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

What could be such a big secret that it had to arrive in the middle of the night? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was a broad grin, almost as if he had just told them a secret joke. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She squeezed her eyes shut, hoping that when she opened them again, she’d be in her bed, drawing secret pictures that scared her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In this way she developed a secret life that disturbed her and that she sought to cast off. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She and I had grown up keeping each other’s secrets. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen years after Independence, in 1975, a group of Senators called the Church Committee took it upon themselves to look into the secret operations that had been brought to bear on the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s super quiet when Mr. Tobin hangs up, like a thick secret is floating around. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Peck smiles at Mrs. Malloy and it feels like they just passed a secret to each other. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I had a sense,” he later said, “of being included in something very secret and important.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

For she was his secret treasure, she was his shame and his bliss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Should we fight him and run, and probably give away our secret in the process—or play normal for a while longer and wait to see what he does? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

All afternoon at her desk, Liyana felt lifted up by the glint of her secret. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In secret ballot we voted unanimously to keep him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the code name for our secret mission to nail Dusty Muleman. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What we have to say is secret, and very important.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For even in the misty light, the goldfish man could see her smiling a secret smile up to the sky to where the mountain meets the moon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

So there might be huge sections of the secret room that they hadn’t seen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We rarely locked the doors so whatever was on that trailer must have been top secret. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“So you were plotting together in secret? Remember what happened last time you tried this?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through all the years that we kept our secret about having been code talkers, I worked hard for our people as a teacher and a member of our community. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government had deemed the information secret, and it was not up to any individual or newspaper to blow the whistle. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But then, Linton also had a secret reason for looking a bit differently upon the influence of the Church. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My innovation in connection with the filing system must remain secret for the moment, for it is rather revolutionary, and I shall have to see how it works out. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he carried him he was tempted to whisper a secret into the boy’s ear. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Moreover, it was no secret that Cleopatra had ruthless cunning and superior intelligence. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I can barely get the words out as she re-latches the secret shelf, closes the pantry door, and leads me back to the table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Others argued that the secret privileges never lasted this long. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had to laugh with him because I was excited and happy that we were going to let Florence in on our secret. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That part of this magnificent day was her personal secret. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I have a secret weapon. A secret weapon ... of dance!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s part of the secret lore of the bards. I learned that much when I was trying to study for my examinations.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

What had she done that she must spend the rest of her years reaching out with yearning for them, making secret trips to long ago, making no journey to the present? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Before they returned to the village, the old man went to a number of secret places which he knew and collected roots and other substances that he would need for his work. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Magic is secret and secrets are magic, after all, and years upon years of teaching and sharing magic and worse. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This secret is like having hot burning coals under my bare feet all the time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

That night the priests snuck in as usual through a secret stairway under the altar. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the alchemists, the reality of the philosopher’s stone was beyond question; within a generation their appeal to authority, to ancient texts and secret manuscripts, seemed hopelessly misplaced. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Why was one department of government keeping secrets from another? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Whereas my goal was to keep it a secret, hers was to inform the entire class. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Bet you Corey felt double bad about keeping that secret inside. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Where one might keep a secret note or a drawing passed from a friend or an admirer. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Voldemort did not speak, but prowled in a circle, and Harry knew that he kept him temporarily mesmerized and at bay, held back by the faintest possibility that Harry might indeed know a final secret.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was a popular story in its day and brought attention to cryptograms and secret writing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It would only be a matter of time before he also became the secret spymaster of the Revolutionary War. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth also pinpointed phrases that identified Dickinson as a secret agent. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So I’m always listening, watching, thinking in secret. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

These similarities were obvious since the Renaissance, but mathematicians had to wait until the end of the French Revolution before they finally unraveled zero's big secret. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I still don’t like keeping it secret from him,” Phoebe said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I knew that, were my own secret revealed, I would not have had the nerve to face Mr. Pope or Mr. Heminges or Mr. Shakespeare or Sander. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the moon that loosened the bindings on the night and the secret wounds held so close. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“My family’s having a backyard bonfire this weekend. Cookie’s secret ingredient is homemade marshmallows.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I worry so much about them knowing my secret that my stomach feels like I’ve been kicked in the guts. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

This was not necessarily a secret, but the words were terrible and true and it hurt to say them. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“We have something as cool as a secret room hidden under our house, and Mom just uses it to store food?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All five women moved to a secret location 40 miles northeast of Moscow, a walled compound filled with people working on the Soviet space program—scientists, engineers, and cosmonauts. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Men have repressed us too much. We're expected to pass up too many human things. But do you know another secret?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize it’s ridiculous, but I feel so horribly vulnerable now that I’ve seen what he is; now that there are no secrets between us. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a secret memo, he urged the president to deny Westmoreland's request. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I can hear Jasmine’s words—it’s not my secret to tell—but I look at my backpack again, pulling the zipper back and forth. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

This is what Stalin’s dreaded head of secret police, Lavrenti Beria, suspected. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have to tell you all of my secrets, okay? Just because we’re friends doesn’t mean I have to tell you everything.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He moved one of the pieces around, thinking its secrets might reveal themselves that way. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow he'd known a secret way to jump-start it without any keys. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

David had shared his biggest secret with her; she should tell him hers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I thought I would keep that secret inside of me until I died. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Very smart answer, Mark. In Socrates' Greece they would have considered you a fine rhetorician. Is it ethical to get every secret out in the open?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The poor Wart realised that now he must choose between confessing himself a human, and learning no more of their secrets, or going through with this ordeal to earn his education. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the problem was that much of her work was secret, and some of it was still hidden in classified files. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then he said he used to run hurdles, while tapping his hand on his chest, his secret tattooed Olympic medal. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Smith took Seabiscuit back to the barn, his secret seething in his head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone, boys and girls, wore a secret cord to protect his or her fertility. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became Alice Evans’s regular bathroom partner—we worked out a secret signal so that she wouldn’t have to do the Mexican hat dance anymore. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I suppose Mami is right to say that there are enough secrets in the world already. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“The smell of jasmine makes people tell their secrets,” I say to him, my voice low. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Missing books? Silly dinosaur video games? Money wasted on talking statues and holograms and secret panels in bookcases that could’ve been more wisely spent on extra copies of popular children’s books?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tom wrote secret poetry, and in those days it was only sensible to keep it secret. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, we were talking about Henry’s secret literary career.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment Stella said quietly, “You’re not the only one with a secret.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Down she had gone that day, alone, a heaviness intolerable at her waist, a secret in her loins, down into the darkness, weeping and groaning and cursing God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was keeping a secret from his parents. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

A stupid question; though for me such a life, with its inertia and pity, had its secret attractions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy and I both look up at the tent opening like we expect the zipper to magically undo itself and reveal the two of us and our secret to the entire world. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

As for the secret, it would be kept from the citizens. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Behind him, Alex could still hear—or feel—the throbbing from the secret room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he demanded it, yet he despised her for it and punished her in secret ways. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blushing is like having your secret emotions exposed to the world. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

That secret was making her feel like something was pushing under her skin, desperate to get out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was like I had resisted the spell of a fearsome enchantress — everyone else was under that spell and COULDN’T resist it, so they assumed I had some secret strength. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best part about this being the final destination is that the secret to finding this department was written in Ins and Outs. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Callie’s boyfriend is overattentive and rubs his hand up and down her thigh in a weird way that makes me shiver while she and El whisper back and forth, sharing secrets, I’m sure. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The hall will be bugged with secret microphones, no doubt. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Did you think he liked you, or better yet, loved you? Did you think he'd keep your secrets?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That was when he and Nan still laughed together, when Pop’s advice was law, when he had no secrets from me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looked hopeful, like she was going to let me in on a secret. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He took those words now as if Cool Papa was there beside him keeping his secret. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“It never occurred to me that attending school on Ludus was something I needed to keep a secret,” I said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t bother to explain much to the slow-thinking Olive, and she must have enjoyed keeping the delicious secret to herself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A secret terror began to rack his mind: What if Howard let him ride and his leg snapped in midrace? Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fell onto the bed in a knot of arms and legs, each calling the other by the secret names they had used in the days of the basement. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He teaches me the language of the stars and the koka leaves and the secrets of Beyond. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

We’ve said no more than a handful of words to each other and she knows a secret so big that I’ve not even told my best friend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then they were over clear sky again, and she turned to her mother with a sudden mysterious air of secret knowledge. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She would have to share the secret with her parents so they could live with her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Plastic is the new protector; we wrap the already plastic tumblers of hotels in more plastic, and seal the toilet seats like state secrets after irradiating them with ultraviolet light. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had felt isolated from the other fellows, separated by the secret he was forced to carry. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doubtless there were several additional dinners, clandestine meetings, and secret sessions that have escaped the historical record. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

No one would have to find out—Winnie would not have to find out —that Mae could not . . . but Winnie blocked the picture from her mind, the horror that would prove the secret. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

What better way to defang a secret society than to make public its most secret information? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I felt the force of Claudius’s secret gaze compelling me to speak the words I abhorred. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When she discovered Rebeca’s passion, which was impossible to keep secret because of her shouts, Amaranta suffered an attack of fever. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“The biggest, deepest secret we can ever have, even now that he’s gone. It would be dangerous for us if anyone knew. Just like the boy.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He felt a little guilty for keeping a secret, but mostly reassured—loved and reassured. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Inigo lay flat, staring down, trying to pierce the moonlight and find the climber’s secret. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was still holding the bottle of zinfandel and she carefully set it down on the floor, like it could suddenly shatter and stain the carpet with all of their secrets. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It did not seem likely; she seemed a stupid girl, not one you'd want delivering secret notes, but Sansa did not know her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This is one of the great secrets, wrested from Nature through a million years of patient observation and courageous thinking by our ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huckleberry Finn they saved for me until the third grade, tantalizingly holding it back as if it contained the very secrets of life. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Laughing Man, far from dead, was busy contracting his stomach muscles in a secret manner. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was private, a secret about yourself it never occurred to you to share. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Did somebody reveal the secret password to a nonmember?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When David showed her the railway cave, and told her his secret about his parents, he had trusted her, even when he shouldn’t have. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The Wise We Boys’ most inspired decision was to send scouts to pick the brains of anyone who had witnessed Smith’s secret training methods in the past. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or that just a few days before, we were having silent pillow fights and sharing secrets under the pink glow of the red chili lights in Ximena’s bedroom. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Is this the kind of scintillating conversation we're going to have now that we don't have any secrets?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to chime in and say that if he had told me that a few days earlier, it actually would've been a secret to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A secret that made him too sick to be with Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Luke spent practically every second of the next three days either reliving his secret visit to Jen or planning another one. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They’re still seeing each other in secret, which my sister says only “adds to their passion.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He brings me slides he thinks I would like to see and offers them to me shyly and eagerly, with a conspiratorial giggle, as if we are sharing a delicious, esoteric secret, or something religious. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I said that’s not fair! You don’t know why King kept it a secret.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“It is some secret errand for the king, which if they perform well”—she paused, waiting for me to look up. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

One of the secrets of the universe was that our instincts were sometimes stronger than our minds. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“How long you think we can keep this a secret?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Roaming the halls unnoticed, I decided that I enjoyed having a secret identity. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The story was supposed to be a secret, but of course that meant it had spread like wildfire across the camp. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was arguably more like a novelist than a composer in this respect, people falling for his music as they would a newly discovered secret passion. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“What’s his name? Will you tell me his name, Ramona? Or is it a big secret?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He pressed every part of its surface, looking for a secret catch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a secret,” she answers and then closes her eyes, her sweet elixir doing its job for another fifteen minutes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly put her finger to her lips to indicate that the book must forever be a secret. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo submitted secretly to the burning baths of permanganate and to diuretic waters, and both were cured separately after three months of secret suffering. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Harvey's agents managed to cultivate informants working inside the East German telecommunications offices, in order to find out which cables were used directly by the Soviet army and secret services. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He used the ring many times on his quest, chiefly for the help of his friends; but he kept it secret from them as long as he could. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I mix the chicken up with a little mayo and my secret weapon—blue cheese dressing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was during those days that in a moment of carelessness little Aureliano appeared on the porch and his grandfather recognized the secret of his identity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And in the postwar years, Elizebeth had a growing number of secrets to hide. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brad showed up, which caused quite a stir because he was popular, but Patrick kept a secret as to why Brad came to the party. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

General Clinton, concerned about what General Howe was planning and doing, made use of a mask to write a secret message in a letter to General Burgoyne. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You had a secret e-mail admirer who you were e-mailing back and forth with, and you thought it was my brother?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Again I would read and wonder as only the naive and unlettered can read and wonder, feeling that I carried a secret, criminal burden about with me each day. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no hesitation in saying that James would have been highly disappointed if his son had never found any of the secret passages out of the castle.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“From everybody. From yourself, even. Hiding that deep dark secret.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this key moment, as analysts scrutinized the U-2 photographs of Soviet bases in Cuba, one of the secret documents handed over by Penkovsky earlier that year took on a special significance. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then something passed over his face, and he peered at the flame like it had a secret to tell him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I told him to meet me on the corner of Jefferson and Broadway, and he immediately knew that I was trying to keep this little hookup a secret from my sisters—and my parents. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I've always been admired for my ability to keep a secret. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Are any of them secret indie rock fans? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was a popular story in its day and brought attention to cryptograms and secret writing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Remember when I told you I saw him naked awhile back and it made me feel some strangeness down in my secret place? Well, in these dreams, he’s like...God, this is embarrassing!” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

They could not keep it secret, and Dany knew what that meant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And her face—it’s not so much familiar as it is reminiscent of girls I’ve seen in secret fantasies. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He smiles, going in for the kill, leaning toward me as if confiding a secret. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They believed the secret to their second lives hid on the sleepy Howard County, Maryland, campus of Job Corps. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Or worse, maybe he wouldn’t But no matter what David said now, he would always remember what she had done, the lives she had cost with her secrets. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It's the secret language they all understand. Do you see? It's the skeleton key that unlocks every door.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They know we know their secrets because we live next door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The speeches fired up the Klansmen, but as a secret society standing outside of the mainstream, with no well-thought-out plan of action, the Klan had little influence in Durham’s affairs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Together they shared the secret language of pericynthion altitudes and orbital planes and lunar equators. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Only a few people inside the CIA and the White House had been informed about Powers's top secret mission, Operation Overflight. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have a secret admirer, and it’s probably your brother. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

First, I told her my secret about B. and she laughed and said how far ahead of her I am. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gold was working in a hospital lab in Philadelphia, with no access to valuable secrets and no interest in spying ever again. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, in the bosom of the now-dear family home I uncoiled my fearful secret and in a brave gesture left a note on Daddy Clidell’s bed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I had written Blue from my secret account this morning. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self—the great secret! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And, hey, admit it. It feels nice to be out, right? No more hiding. No more secrets?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But in another way I was forced to admit that that was the whole secret of good organization. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I am,” said Herbert; “but it’s a secret.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was struck through with my own wayward brand of reverence: praise be the lord of all plagues and secret afflictions! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure seems strange having Shiloh in the house that night, after trying so hard to keep him secret. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And let’s be honest, marrying Simon would be amazing—and not just because I had a sad, secret crush on him for most of middle school. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He knew everything, everywhere, all the special smells, good climbs, soft lairs, secret hiding-places, jumps, slides, nooks, larders and blisses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no secret they, too, shared a name. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am struggling with a deep secret—being a “closet drinker.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you should have revealed your secret earlier and trusted to her mercy.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We had a small collection of books in our class, but it was no secret that the boys’ school had a much bigger library to choose from. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was scary, my secrets spilled out across the room, like a garbage truck had backed up and dumped its sorry contents across the floor for her to sort through. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Camilla—who was rarely content to sit still but was always itching to do something, anything, play cards, go for a picnic or a drive—was bored and restless, and made no secret of it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And that made it difficult to get to know him, to figure out what might make their new little family go from fine to magnificent But Cady had a secret weapon. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Despite her marital troubles, she had that air of secret elation, that affection for her own body that pregnant women often have. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

During election time he sent out a list of endorsements to a secret mailing list of twelve hundred registered voters. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“About your secret? How you were raised in the wild?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I shifted uncomfortably, like I was literally sitting on top of all of the secrets I was keeping from Abuela. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She’d flipped ahead and read enough snippets to know it was about a secret message and a treasure hunt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Chang-o. She lives on the moon and today is the only day you can see her and have a secret wish fulfilled.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the hours they’d spent in freedom, it always seemed to Omakayas that she and her little brother exchanged a secret knowledge in their smiles. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

This was not the Belgian Army, official conscripted protectors of white people, but a group of young men who held secret meetings in the woods behind our house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It was. You have wisely kept that ring secret all these years, and it seemed to me necessary to give your guests something else that would seem to explain your sudden vanishment.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes they will! They’ll want you, all right. They’ll need you, Melody. You are going to be their secret weapon.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was a popular story in its day and brought attention to cryptograms and secret writing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When the maids trod in the puddles on the floor, they made a slashing noise, and from the next room there was whispering mixed with the secret noise of silk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the way he looked at me makes me want to keep it a secret. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Still, my mother persevered, awash in the delusion that I had kept my popularity secret from her all these years. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We would crouch at the foot of the slope and look up—a distance of twenty- five feet or more—at the secret and fantastic anatomies of black, brown, yellow, and ivory men and women. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t say any of the things they say to me in front of others, even other children: whatever is going on is going on in secret, among the four of us only. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell anyone about this. Let it be our secret—and thank you again.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she’s upset at the news she just heard or at suddenly realizing that I’ve been listening in on the men’s secret meetings for months. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

No longer did he have to wear a mask to cover the shame, to cover the truth that on the inside he was crumbling, weakened by his secrets. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

From this modest, cramped perch, Harvey conjured up big plans for the CIA's secret war against the communist enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I’m worried about not being able to have any secrets at all. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over the last year I’d held a silent fear in my secret heart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His eyes dart around the room, as if he’s looking for a secret escape hatch. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“And there shall be no more secrets between us. When you are better, I’d like to hear how you got entangled with Elena.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was on the very verge of telling her mother her secret, but, luckily for her, her mother was already rushing from the room, her hands over her ears. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“And it worked perfectly! Good job, Kristina Houck. Mission accomplished. You set up your best friend after she kept your secret for over two years, and then you lost her. Nice job.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He collected beads from the braids in his mother’s hair and swallowed them in secret so he would always have a piece of her inside of him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It looked like he wasn’t done keeping secrets after all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“What's on your mind, kiddo?” she says, locking me in one of those coach stares that feel like she can see all my secrets. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

As for Bilbo Baggins, even while he was making his speech, he had been fingering the golden ring in his pocket: his magic ring that he had kept secret for so many years. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The secret had slipped out of me like a long exhale, and I’m not sure which of us was more surprised by the admission. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“And let me say, I think it is time in this country to quit making national heroes out of those who steal secrets and publish them in the newspapers.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When the secret leaked out, the cult turned to violence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Manny answers, “People just think he said that. His mission was top secret.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

If she knew one of her crew had betrayed her secrets to Dimarion, it wouldn’t be long before she found him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Of course not! Our team is the best because they have a secret weapon—you!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They send one another secret signals as they pass between classes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I was sure my name was somewhere in it, especially since I was shuffling around in an all-black suit, looking like some kind of secret agent with bad feet. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Shirley’s second secret began the night of the final encounter between the Dodgers and the Cardinals. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Is she trying to draw out my secrets? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then, as Arm was leaving, he added, “I haven’t told Beauty about Resthaven yet. She wouldn’t understand. Please keep the secret.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most significant decisions was one taken in secret and not publicized at the time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were thousands of hidden caves like that in and around Kweilin so secret that the people remained hidden even after the war ended. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I liked to imagine myself having this complicated secret identity. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird appeared on television condemning the newspaper for printing secret military documents. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I thanked him and took a sip, realizing too late that the secret ingredient was high-test whiskey. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Ray sniffs at the tree too, like he wants to know its secrets. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was a popular story in its day and brought attention to cryptograms and secret writing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The not-knowing made me dislike secrets, and then I remembered I had one of my own. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I’d shared my secrets with him, he would have told me how much pain he was in. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t it be nice, he thought, to get the Klan’s passwords and the rest of its secrets into the hands of kids all across the country—and their parents too? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he was a secret government operative whose mission was to befriend me and discover what I knew about the sluggers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It could cost her dearly to keep secrets from her master. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Taciturn, silent, insensible to the new breath of vitality that was shaking the house, Colonel Aureliano Buendía could understand only that the secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He’s smiling like he did that night at the Court, as though we shared a secret. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The guards and the secret police would be searching each room. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

For instance, if I got my hands on the bow and shot someone, my secret would be revealed to all. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The letters spelled out a sentence that pointed them toward the library’s secret exit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t meant for it to come out like that, but I couldn’t stand how easy it was for him to demand to know my secrets without giving away any of his. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it’s pretty obvious, right? You’re all upset because you broke your promise to me. You didn’t keep the Smoke a secret.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She, of course, wanted to know who I had a crush on, and I told her it was a secret. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was my secret, that I couldn’t read. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d flipped ahead and read enough snippets to know it was about a secret message and a treasure hunt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Like all the other thread viruses, Ebola Reston hides in a secret place. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope she won’t. She is so funny and dear as she is,” said Beth, who had never betrayed that she was a little hurt at Jo’s having secrets with anyone but her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the secret wish fell from my lips, the Moon Lady looked at me and became a man. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good spy is but the secret writer of all moments imminent. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he tells us that magicians never reveal their secrets. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Curly was afraid that the moccasins were lurking nearby in some secret subterranean den, waiting for darkness before they slithered out to begin their deadly hunt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hippasus had revealed a secret that was deadly to the Greek way of thinking, a secret that threatened to undermine the entire philosophy that the brotherhood had struggled to build. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But the final four knew the mistakes were the secret code. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A prosecutor said that he was now someone “whose mind is at ease because he has relieved his tortured soul of a terrible secret and now seeks repentance and forgiveness.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was weary of carrying the baggage of that secret about with me, always having to be careful not to let it slip. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

That was one of the secrets to success: caring about the big things and the small things. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She’d thought of a good one: Where the wet things are between art and science, encrypted in her and James’s secret language to make it a little more difficult. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

So that now there was this secret feeling between them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I have a lot of secrets,” Celia says, glancing at him over her shoulder before turning back to the wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, she hasn’t finished studying him. You know how she is. She likes to have everything just so before letting out the big secret.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The whole thing reeked of secrets, a smell Ivy knew very well, so she didn’t bother asking why. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At that young age, George joined the Dutch underground resistance movement as a courier, learning to dodge the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And while the baton was suspended between the sky and the gravel, Beverly said, “I told you to tell me a secret.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

His attitude seemed to me almost obscene, the attitude of someone who discovers a sexual secret of yours and promises not to tell a soul if you will describe it in detail to him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lords and councillors met in secret in the king’s state rooms until late at night and argued openly in the great hall. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“People talked around her like she wasn’t there because they didn’t think she was paying attention. They figure, no use hiding our secrets if she can’t hear us. But she heard everything.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He did not wish to know him, for he was tormented by a secret unconfessable jealousy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I, er”—my secret bit my conscience for the millionth time—“don't want to accidentally damage it.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was looking, but I couldn’t spot anybody who might be secret security. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t wait to tell the boys, but then I thought I couldn’t do that—this was supposed to be a secret. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like keeping a secret from Redemption, but it wasn’t time to tell him about Pet, not yet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The fact that he had been bom Major Major Major was a secret known only to his father. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Hill House has a tower, or a secret chamber, or even a passageway going off into the hills and probably used by smugglers—although what could smugglers find to smuggle around these lonely hills? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Vaughan, I recalled, had told his wife that he had stashed evidence on the murders—as well as money for the family—in a secret hiding place. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She’d been keeping Pet a secret for what felt like forever, and her parents hadn’t suspected even a sliver of disobedience from her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Almost no one even knew it existed, except for the archivists who looked after it in secret. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Assuming Leo lived long enough, assuming his crazy secret plan worked, his destiny was with somebody else, on an island that no man ever found twice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“He is more in the secrets of every place, I think,” said Estella, in a low voice. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Surely to say it would not reveal my secrets. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she started, “every so often the Smoke has to move, to stay secret. Right now, it doesn’t really exist. Everyone’s scattered, so we’re not recruiting.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We had come seeking Florence to share our secret with him, a secret of the dark, deep-blue water in which he swam. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She realized that Oakley Street was a branch of some sort of secret service, but since all she did was interpret the alethiometer on their behalf, she knew very little more. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I feel like my secret mission is to find out where Daddy’s notebooks are, so I bombard Mama as soon as I climb into the car. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Buffered by distance, I feel compelled to share a secret. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His face is a secret, hiding many things, I believe. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The reason for that was Mrs. Coulter’s daemon, the golden monkey, who had filled Pantalaimon with a powerful loathing, and who, Lyra felt, had pried into her secrets, and particularly that of the alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She plops down her tray on the table and smiles like she is about to spill a juicy secret. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Byrd can tell them about letting out the secrets. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then the rain stopped falling and the trees dripped and I helped to spawn a school of secret dangers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate it on the tower steps, giggling and gossiping and sharing secrets, and Sansa went to bed that night feeling almost as wicked as Arya. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well then, the secret is to only buy stock that goes up.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

There were layers of secrets even he was not permitted to know. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I kept the knowledge locked within myself, taking it out from time to time to admire in secret. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But whereas every maneuver executed by the 332nd in their red-tailed Mustangs fed the headlines, the daily work of the West Computers and the rest of the laboratory employees was sensitive, confidential, or secret. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The island held few secrets or surprises beyond the weather. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell anyone all the secrets in my heart and in my head. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There had to be a secret switch or a pressure plate or something. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

What happened in Sudan could be compared to the secret detonation of an atomic bomb. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To reveal the secrets of the Ice Court, to see his homeland once more only to know that every step he took there was an act of treason—could he do such a thing? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We dug a secret bunker deep beneath the castle and locked the crates inside. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And I had no doubt my secret would be discovered. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rumors are down there, kitchen tables, money exchanged in secret; evil old women, illegal doctors, disgrace and butchery. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the past few weeks, thinking about Akivo had given Barry the feeling—a secret, happy feeling—that maybe he wasn’t really the scared little kid he saw in the bathroom mirror. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was only in the thinking stage for this one, but it was going to be about my daddy’s secret sister. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Every feeling was offended; and the forbearance of her outward submission left a heavy arrear due of secret severity in her reflections on the unmanageable goodwill of Mr. Weston’s temper. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Henry gamely piles his plate with some of each and eyeballs it as if waiting for it to reveal its secrets to him, and Alex realizes Henry has never eaten barbecue with his hands before. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tapped his breast solemnly when he reached the words that always moved him, even though spoken in the secret tongue of a dead language: Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We already understood what was now dawning on my father: Methuselah could betray our secrets. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall corn whispers as we go, about sky, about clouds, about secrets corn knows. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed the secret pleading in her smile. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Pierre told a good story: one meeting of his secret society had, he assured Boyle, been disrupted by disgruntled employees who had blown up the castle in which the society was meeting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the Meecham children were honoring a secret tradition among themselves. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The throne whirred and hummed with secret mechanisms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You know, if you wanna talk about it, I’m actually pretty good at keeping a secret.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It probably shows a perverse element of my personality that even though I was finally inside the Archives, surrounded by endless secrets, that I was drawn to the one locked door I had found. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Each day they delved more deeply into the secrets of the “castle,” and each day turned up additional evidence that Holmes was something far worse than even Geyer’s macabre discoveries indicated. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I scorn them. It is no secret what you are!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I guess it's no secret that it's never easy being the new girl. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I knew it was going to have to be a secret I’d pay for myself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They say I almost got Papi killed on account of I was so mean to one of the secret police who came looking for him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow let's all bring decoder rings and we can send each other secret messages.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a popular story in its day and brought attention to cryptograms and secret writing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mathematicians to this day tell of the hapless man who revealed the secret of the irrational to the world. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“So I take my secret message, which is I like soup, and convert it to binary. So I is 01000, L is 01010, and so on, until you have this.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But long before the Wall went up, the CIA was already scoping out new battlefields in the secret war with the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The meeting was held in secret, and the parliamentarian, who spoke perfect English, having been educated at Oxford, asked for anonymity, which he believed would enable him to better work behind the scenes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had secrets and were probably late to be toilet trained. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her parents had never made a secret of it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was Castle Cranshaw, the kid from Glass Manor with the secret. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I was reading this book, Ida B, and in it the girl finally talks a little about her secret and it helps her out.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

So that was it: Masvita’s first blood had shown, and she was going to stay with her father’s sister to be instructed in the secrets of womanhood. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wood had already changed him, enlarged his experience to a point where he felt that he was on the brink of discovering some secret, of whose existence, even, that other world did not know. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Here she was playing with some silly secret code at the very minute my fate for the resf of my life was being decided. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t give you all my cooking secrets in one day.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He seemed unaware that fellow student Barbra Streisand, the future singer, had a secret schoolgirl crush on him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am exhausted by the things I'm always exhausted by: the soldiers, the signs, the secrets and strategies and effort. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were safe together in the dark, she and her dæmon and their secrets. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It looks as though the holes were full of ghostly secrets. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s another official report that says you were stabbed by an innocent girl in the course of extensive black-market operations involving acts of sabotage and the sale of military secrets to the enemy.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

June’s keeping her monologue a secret until auditions. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Like Anne, who spent her adolescence hiding in the secret annex, Gerda sat perched on a wooden box in a windowless cellar. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“All I know is that Cain knew the secrets of my people’s power—power that has long been forgotten in the lands of the North. And that troubles me.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They had to stay off secret subjects, and they had to keep their lips zipped about William and his work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“A secret place to go in the event of a major disaster.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

This is one of the secrets that I have learned in the last few months. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Like discovering someone very close to you has been leading a secret double life. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Amy’s chief delight was an Indian cabinet, full of queer drawers, little pigeonholes, and secret places, in which were kept all sorts of ornaments, some precious, some merely curious, all more or less antique. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered Tallmadge to set up a spy ring that would provide such important secrets as the size and location of British military supplies and “the health and spirits of the army, navy and City.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew about that ‘secret’ expedition last night. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were right, he was definitely keeping secrets. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Sister, you cannot be harboring a secret love for the prince, can you?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could have let me in on the secret. It might have made it a little easier on everybody.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to search myself for my deepest, darkest secrets to know that truth serum is the last thing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Please. I know I messed up. But you can’t tell anyone else about the Hideout. It’s supposed to be a secret.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It felt as though the trees were whispering secrets. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rabinsky was an old, grandmotherly type who made no secret of the fact that Finn was her favorite of the three kids. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Malcolm wanted to ask about the secret things she was involved with, and whether they were part of the history of ideas, but he felt that it was better to stick to books for now. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And most important, Chandresh agreed to let it be a secret. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jody knew something was there, something very wonderful because it wasn’t known, something secret and mysterious. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The illegal liquor is not secret and the secrets are not forbidden. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still keeping it a secret rolled up tightly inside her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For years she had held on to this secret crime. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She couldn't sit up or suck in or keep any secrets. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I dont reckon it’s any secret what you and I think of one another. Maybe you want the money back,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin folded her arms around her legs just like Ivy was doing, like they were two girls sharing secrets at a slumber party. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The closed doors looked like so many secrets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The universe is knowable, the ancient Ionians argued, because it exhibits an internal order: there are regularities in Nature that permit its secrets to be uncovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you said...you said you knew a secret...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why I believed her, but for the first time ever, I told someone my secret. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

That gave Nick and his secret agents plenty of time, and they whispered something into the ear of every fifth grader. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were telling Papi, who was hidden in this secret closet, about how we would all be leaving in Tío Vic's limo for the airport for a flight he was going to get us. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

If The Grand High Witch wanted to hide something top secret, where would she put it? The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

In a series of secret meetings, each in a different location, the three men reviewed their options. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith’s plan to keep Kayak’s speed a secret worked. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, but we were teenagers. We were all emotions and roller coasters and secrets and trouble.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I was...‘a loner’ as far as any assistance in the solution of secret messages was concerned,” she later said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The secret inside her didn’t want to sit still. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Marcus, I’ll keep your secrets. All of them. I don’t want people to find out about what we did any more than you do.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I hated his smiling as if he had some dark secret. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hen Wen told me this secret in the forest. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sensing that Petra would reveal secrets, Spassky warned Bobby to “be careful.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the man who knows all the secrets of the world,” she said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their secret hearts all three of them, she and William and Judith, had really known that all along. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You lied. You pretended the vlogs were by someone else. You wanted me to spill my secrets.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. I think somebody on the boat is lonely. He and his girlfriend back home are probably totally into secret codes and junk.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"In holdfasts all across the realm, men lift secret toasts to your health while women sew dragon banners and hide them against the day of your return from across the water." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Crowded into the bunker were other top Soviet physicists, along with the head of Stalin’s secret police, Lavrenti Beria. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shoemaker’s secret,” he whispered to the wandering boy. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I remember Amelia’s insistence that we keep the box a secret. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Across the country students were rioting over civil rights, Vietnam, social justice, and government cover-ups involving tapping phones and secret wars. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They're listening like Jessica is telling them the secrets of the universe, those funny, clever, precious secrets, the secrets that make them the chosen ones. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the best I could hope for between us, among the tension and the secrets that we’ve drowned in for all these years. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I regret every minute I lived keeping that secret. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The secret,” she panted, “is to never take your eyes off the scorpion’s tail.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m her big brother. It’s my job to keep secrets from her.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No secret jokes between the two of you. You promised to tell the truth.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was scared, letting Nicole Castro in on my secrets, but at the same time the vulnerability felt good, and I wanted to let her in a little more. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

My dad asked me if I had secret feelings for Dylan, which is seriously not the case. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Like we had taken a secret trip together. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He led her to a secret place far from the house, whetted his pocketknife on a stone, and cut the offending halter of speech. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Axel’s made the plan, and Ray knows how to keep a good secret. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And to think that all that time she was carefully guarding her terrible secret. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Lying like that, well, it’s exhausting. I hope you never have a secret like that, Marlee. A secret so big, your whole life depends on it.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The business of the Indian excavations was completely secret, since they were part of the historical heritage of the nation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, You didn’t know she had a room that spins and a secret tunnel under your house! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Tristran would look up to see his mother staring at him intently, as if she were trying to tease some secret from his face. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t accept that my teacher had kept such secrets from me, had allowed me to suffer as I had. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“And I was such a fool. But you know, don’t you? I have no secrets from you anymore. You know.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The dirty little secret of policing is that the Supreme Court has actually granted the police license to discriminate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I know you probably won’t ever come around to liking me after our introduction,” he said, “but I am sorry. It didn’t occur to me that you were keeping that information secret.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Pur: that one word contains for me the secret, the bright, terrible clarity of ancient Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Claudius arranged a quick and secret burial, and I was not told of it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But I don’t see how I can finish this story and keep Eva secret. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

For revealing that secret, the great Pythagoras himself sentenced Hippasus to death by drowning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Now I’ve lost everything: the companionship of his ideals, and the secret escape I held in reserve, if my own failed completely. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Not in the least. You see, the Archives are Lorren’s domain, his kingdom. Those secrets are not mine to give away.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead I've brought the canned goods that a grocer gave me as a secret present this afternoon. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Don't let it escape! If it is in here it has observed the most secret things! It must be exterrrminated immediately!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

To keep messages secret, the Marines sent them in code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She included her in the Friday sessions and raised her in the greatest intimacy with spirits, with the members of secret societies, and with the impoverished artists whose patroness she was. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor is it a secret that George Washington was their superb spymaster. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked Mr. Loomis, as soon as the door was shut, if he would like to come and work with him in the secret laboratory. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The latter, for which I’m not known, is my own secret. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“The problem is I’m not always secret about it.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When they had the alphabet all made up, they could memorize it and use it to write secret messages—at school and everyplace. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can hear them sometimes, the American secret police, the CIA, tapping into our calls to listen. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Nothing there unless—unless his secret mind brooded over his own healed loss. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me my other, secret job, which pays even more. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If this secret gets out, what is every master criminal in the world going to do? Christopher?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If I were in a better mood, I’d ask them the secret to their carefree attitude. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Despite everything that had happened today, it felt so good to share the secret I had kept buried deep inside me for far too long, and to know that I was not alone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Now I will take photos,” she says in a voice of secrets and hops up, balancing against me to not fall off. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Using sophisticated encryption software, she began corresponding with the secret source. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think of those things as secrets. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“But you want to know my secret power—how I will destroy you, and Gaea, and the giants.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed like it was wrong to keep secrets from Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So when the bell rang, Cara Landry, the secret coward with the cold sweats, put on her bravest face and walked like a robot down the hall and into room 145. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could study the eighteenth century in secret. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Thanks to all the newspaper coverage, gangsters and mobsters across the country now knew exactly who was decoding their secret messages—and whose evidence was sending them to jail. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I told him that after my hand became infected they had taken me to a secret clinic where they send the prisoners they don’t want to die. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is an un-American secret at the heart of American culture: for a long time, it was preoccupied by class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But a complex thing like a rocket, no, you couldn’t keep it secret.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably risky to spill my secret, but I feel a lot better now that someone's called me by my real name. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Washington learned from some of his agents operating in New York that “some secret expedition is in contemplation, the success of which depends altogether on its being kept a secret.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind might understand he was a secret agent now, but his body still had a hard time believing it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she offered a secret of her own, and asked them to keep it until after her death. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

And when Mandy taught me cooking secrets, I shared them with him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the comics there are people with round holes for eyes, others who can hypnotize you instantly, others with secret identities, others who can stretch their faces into any shape at all. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s not a secret, if everyone knows, why don’t you tell me how I feel about Roza?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He makes the acquisition of knowledge feel like a secret, beautiful thing, and an ancient thing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I have many secrets. We could let them out someday!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he thrust his tongue into his cheek and made their secret funny face with its creased forehead and wrinkled nose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When she looked sideways at me with her secret smile, the tilt of her head, the way she almost faced me made me think she must be hoping for me to do ... something. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Navigational charts and maps were classified as state secrets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One new legend towered above all the rest Maddy had decided that the brain lesions couldn’t be kept a secret anymore; every ugly had the right to know what the operation really entailed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Or the decision to locate the national capital on the Potomac was a backroom deal involving so many secret bargains and bribes that no one would ever unravel the full story. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I can see them, too,” I told her, whispering it like a secret shame. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But some secrets are too delicious not to share. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t bring a family secret to school, but she had to look. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The matter of the ship was apparently held secret, but the news of my escape from an Orgota prison, my journey over the Ice in winter, my presence in Sassinoth, was freely reported and discussed. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ‘Society for Humanity’ is a Northern organization, primarily, you know, and they make no secret of not wanting the Machines.—Susan, they are few in numbers, but it is an association of powerful men. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

In the quiet, secret night she was by herself again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Group B talked to me sometimes, made cutting remarks to me when they didn't like my clothing, and often excluded me from their games, their secrets, and their gossip. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

People were always giving each other secret looks around me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each day, Solomon lived in terror that the other students would discover his secret, and he worried about his family. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Jack spent the rest of the day sitting in the second floor of their house talking about supervillains and the secrets in their villain-y hearts. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“And that,” put in the Director sententiously, “that is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pyromancers kept their recipe for wildfire a closely guarded secret, but Tyrion knew that it was a lengthy, dangerous, and time-consuming process. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“We all have our secrets—though I’m curious why you’re so closely watched by that captain and locked in your rooms at night. If I were a fool, I’d say they’re afraid of you.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

What secret could he have told her if he had wished? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He needed privacy for this thing he was discovering about himself: a place to test it in secret, to weigh his own fear for what it meant. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The blindfolding, the walk to the secret entrance, the exhausting climb up countless steps—all of it seemed to pass in one excruciating instant. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Not only do we have a dangerous secret mission, but now we have enemies, too. Nice work, Kate.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should just go back to our house. Through the secret room. We probably still have time to pet Rocket a little before Ms. Morales gets worried about us.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

From this point on, the girls are soliloquizing — telling their secrets to the audience. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The open secret of the Maafa had been bothering me throughout my time here, and it had taken something High John said to make me understand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I went to school, then directly home to learn new chess secrets, cleverly concealed advantages, more escape routes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held onto it desperately, not wanting to let it go, feeling that if he did so he was surrendering his secret, his life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Haymitch is being forced into sobriety, with no secret stashes or home-brewed concoctions to ease his transition. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Their rooftops had been his secret places, and the crows atop the broken tower his special friends. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In his own top secret memo to Johnson, he outlined the three remaining alternatives. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Every secret of the body was rendered up—bone risen through flesh, sacrilegious glimpses of an intestine or an optic nerve. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But there was no sign, no movement, the face did not change, but the secret hand behind the desk missed in its precision. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sharing his secret crush hadn’t been the worst of it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Their small black eyes were full of secrets, and they would caw at him and peck his skin when they heard the songs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In such a mood, a person might even let a sworn secret slip. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quincy gave him a secret pat on the knee. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

To discover what eluded me: the secret of the magic they weaved on others. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rumor that he was going to “denounce one of the horses” during a Fireside Chat made the rounds, but he kept his allegiances secret. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve had this secret Keep Noah from Drowning Treaty for a while now. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

These secret warriors often wore the clothes of ordinary men and women, deliberately blending into crowds and shunning the attention showered on the heroes of other wars. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of course shall have to let a few people into the secret. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

And he could not be permitted to leave, either, not with the secret he carried. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand why the other Edith is such a big secret. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My secret is discovered at last, hmm? Was it wrong that I hoped one day you might uncover it?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here’s a little secret, though: I wouldn’t completely mind if I were something other than a groundling. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His contraband entered the house through the service door and exited through the front door on its way to other destinations, where Jean consumed it in secret revels or sold it at exorbitant prices. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If—if you want to have friends, make sure she doesn’t know. Make sure it’s secret.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He knew all my secrets and I knew his. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not a secret for just one or two nights anymore. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He took the secret underground stairs four at a time. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

James held up a piece of paper that showed their secret code. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was a note, too, that he’d left in their secret spot at the beginning of that year. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He liked to talk about Graham Greene, the British novelist, and his novel on Haiti, The Comedians, which narrated the story of the Duvaliers and their secret police. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, we’ve got to go, Lee Jordan reckons he’s found a new secret passageway out of the school.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I told you Pluto was cool. He’s the god of everything under the earth. Hazel can find caves, tunnels, trapdoors—” “And it was our secret,” she grumbled. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She kept thinking about Reginald Bradley at that secret tennis game that night. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, don’t worry, Jake. We can work on this secret code together.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

With World War II almost on the horizon, Elizebeth’s work was about to become more secret—and more demanding—than ever before. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

An eyebrow raised or a whisper—they may be it; or a night mottled with splashed light until powder-driven lead finds your secret and lets out the fluid in you. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grace had never kept such a big a secret from her parents for this long. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

‘I shall take more care of the secret than you do. And care is needed!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“His voice is like a thunderstorm, and his hands know every secret hidden deep beneath the cool, dark earth.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And although he always refused to discuss secret matters, even his refusals could attract attention, further angering the NSA. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At some point, and Maya wasn’t sure when, their conversations had gone from riotous giggles to whispered secrets to short sentences, and then just one- or two-word responses. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Now look, we got to keep her a secret.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got to be together always, with no secrets, no shadows. Please, darling, please.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And there are true secrets in the desert. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked from me to Kevin, making no secret of the fact that he didn’t find us all that trustworthy. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Already he was almost to the secret passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A certain compulsion forced him to continue to search for the secrets of the chessboard, and this preoccupation commanded his attention for hours on end. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When this woman had grown old, Grazdan had purchased half a dozen young girls and commanded the crone to instruct them in the secrets of her craft. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The kind of crying that is quiet and a secret. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A way to keep locations of valuables secret. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Who knows, maybe they had failed to discover the secret of the Master Work—the Philosopher’s Stone—and for this reason kept their knowledge to themselves. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sense in trying to keep it a secret from her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“You have a secret, don’t you, Jeffrey?” she said to me as she sat down. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, not many people could read this anyway. It’s the same secret writing that I used. As you saw, not even Elinor can decipher it.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A gentle slap on the side of my head, a secret pinch, girls circling around me singing, Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar and pointing, as though the song is true, at me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

They spent the rest of the day exploring the burrows, the crevices, the hidden lairs of the secret valley. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her four years of secret study had prepared her, at the end of college, to escape as far as possible. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The secret study, quickly dubbed the Pentagon Papers, shocked Americans. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She does and sees the secret passageway right above her avatar’s head. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I stopped twirling and said, “My mommy told me that I have to keep our secret or she’ll go to jail and I’ll never see her again.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Soon after, the priest reported that he had received a secret message from Mollie: she was afraid that someone was trying to poison her. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Despite the Khmer Rouge ban on religion, they are able to continue to practice Buddhism in secret. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few moments later an unlikely kernel of warmth ignited in her stomach, as if the icy water had activated some secret reserve of energy within her body. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Blinking, I look into the secret lair of Prince Dain’s spies. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She hesitated before she began the tale, wondering if it might reveal something about her that she wished to keep secret. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe my mother’s secret place was the room in the dormitory which was haunted. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart shook, holding the secret’s heavy weight. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She came forward like she was going to tell me a secret and brushed her lips to mine. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nine Lords there were, and after the return of their Master, which they aided and prepared in secret, they grew strong again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This was the same tactic the character had used to solve the secret message in Poe’s story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“When I heard of my father’s death, I was traveling to the university in Padua, where thousands come to study with the masters of medicine, to dissect every part of man and discover his secrets.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Read- ing and dancing in secret, alone in the house, living a life in dreams and fantasies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They grinned the way people who share a secret do, slyly, like they’d sat in that dim shoe shop all day not making shoes at all but devising secret plots. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some much younger people should find this tree, hold to it tightly as their deepest secret, as he and Hatsue had. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We had heard of a secret market in town conducted in a yard behind an abandoned house where otherwise unavailable food items were sold to civilians. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m all ready for the secrets.” and he glanced up with a decided expression of interest in his eyes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The members of the secret church would meet in abandoned buildings. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He’s doing pretend semaphore, waving his arms in ornate patterns as if I’m supposed to understand some kind of secret code. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The two parts I remember best: One, the moveable bookcase that hid the stairs up to the secret attic where the Frank family stayed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. But I won’t tell you what it is. I can give you the medicine, not tell you the secret.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But I tell him the rest—studying in secret and watching the students walk by in their uniforms and longing to go to school and dreaming of leaving the Doctorita one day. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our spirits slowly went up, for if Pauling had found a really exciting answer the secret could not be kept long. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Magnificent ceramic jars, green with the patina of time, began to arrive at his house disguised in Indians’ bundles and llama saddlebags, quickly filling the secret places that had been set aside for them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even she was more complicated than I thought, keeping a secret that she thought was too terrible to reveal, out of a heinously twisted protective instinct. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man shook his head, saying only that the project was war-related and top secret. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we left the Marines, each of us was sternly reminded that our code was still a top secret. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to know. I don’t want us to start with secrets. And I’d rather you hear it from me.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Three-quarters of its ruins were still covered with shifting sand; she liked the thought that she was named after a mysterious place of buried secrets. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

This was a clue to his secret theory. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if this was not enough to make me worship my secret formula of success, I became the number-one player at my school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marshals arrived to take them to a secret destination. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I may be angry with her for fighting me in Jeanine’s laboratory, but she’s still Tori, the woman who guarded the secret of my Divergence. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A devoted and talented writer with an eye for detail, her secret diary, which she began at fourteen, detailed her observations and encounters with the political, military, and diplomatic elite. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally come down a “secret” staircase, I linger over family pictures in the hallway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It was our secret, something that belonged to no one else. You didn’t have to show it to him. We’ve been going up there since the day we first set foot in this temple.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Several nights a week, after Mr. Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But even if I tried, they’d sniff it off me, because it’s so tight in our bedroom that there isn’t enough space for hidden crushes, unspoken names of boyfriends, and secret dates. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Way down into the deepest, most vulnerable, top secret, highly protected parts of me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It's the secret alphabet we made up as children, to communicate without Du Barry and our mamans knowing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Vincent Watch had carried the letter around with him for weeks, getting a secret thrill from knowing it was in his pocket. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But she told them about the secret northern pass through the mountains, and the detour Hecate described that could take them to Epirus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bill Harvey spent the next three years in Berlin building BOB into a formidable base of operations for America's secret campaign against Russia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had been a part of the tapping of something in the black secret soul. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took at least four bites before my dad finally said, “Well? Don’t keep it a secret.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They were her secret rebellion, her heart hungering, her little underground of one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra saw for herself the power plays, secret pacts, broken promises, bribes, and betrayals that marked her father’s rule. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

There was no railing, and I wondered how Mr. Ray would be able to keep coming down here, to this secret lair, when he was older, especially since he was already limping. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

While these registers weren’t easily obtainable—the monitors took them back to Miss Emily’s office after each Sale—they weren’t top secret either. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He may have wanted the British to know at least some secrets so that England, fearing that France was close to aiding America, would decide to end the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, then. But for sure today. I’m really getting uncomfortable about keeping secrets from them. And I want your parents to set up a proper account for you.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

There had been the secret buying of the railway tickets. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ivy remembered that her secrets weren’t safe. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Abby laughed and after a bit she asked, “Want to know a secret?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Her smile was adorable, just barely there, like she had a secret that was too good to keep to herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When Nearchus drew near, Zeno insisted that the tyrant come closer, since it was best to keep the names a secret. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I worry she might know my ability and my secret, and quoting Einstein will only make her more suspicious. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had told my secret, but I felt no dizziness, no pain. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scenes speed around the world, from secret labs to commando raids to street-corner spy meetings. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As intelligence gathering increased and improved, Tallmadge decided that his agents, along with Washington himself, needed secret identities. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The famous Schaffhauser grilled cheese had a secret layer of Dijon mustard. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

People felt tawdry in the Justice Room when the old soldier had left it, and many eyed the red whips sideways, with a secret dread. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authorities were convinced that Winnie was in secret communication with me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wish me to keep a secret from my patron?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I nod to let Coach know that I’ll keep the secret. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Face to face with the cartoon of my own infant anxiety, I lifted the latch, and opened the door, and beheld the secret chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They will stay here, and be safe—the Official Secrets Act is of little consequence in a house that absorbs secrets like damp. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Tyler always gets too close whenever he talks to me, like he wants to share some great secret. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For years the word floated in the air around their heads, yellow pollen, wispy secret dust of the ages passed on and on. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the constant rumors about massive secret contributions to Kwang were nothing I could see. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t beat these guys with our talent. We just aren’t good enough. But I think we have bigger hearts. And I think we have a secret weapon.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas just hoped the room was kept secret from most of the Gladers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He desired her calmly, initiating her into the most secret and most ancient of sciences. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s the big deal? Why are they making such a secret of it?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Using her and James’s secret code, she wrote out her plan, but made an effort to act like she was trying to recall the pretend cipher she was conjuring up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘Then will ye be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open, and He will tell you the truth of the things that ye did.’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people are still keeping them secret, but one, in particular, is tossed out for Ms. Steck and me to hear. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She keeps the key in a secret place, and I’ve never seen her open the drawer. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed away from them, feeling they might guess my secret. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That strikes me as naive, for someone who once lived in my city and saw, at least on the screens, how many secrets we kept from one another. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But as long as she kept quiet, I wanted to keep her a secret a little longer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Their secret! as she heard it told, her knees grew tremulous and weak, her heart failed her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In an attempt to learn the secrets of the jinn, the Scholars sent delegations to negotiate with the King-of-No-Name. They received a gentle but firm response. “We are jinn. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were acting like I had a secret. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even once the kata-kata got in, the enclosure was large enough that I could secret myself away like the bonobos, taking to the trees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Here the Wood was a secret place, and she knew she was trespassing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Paper had told the emperor that the secret to immortality was stories and that was why he had taken Amah! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Jam imagined Redemption being furious at having a secret discovered, and even just imagining it was painful, because then it would mean that he had a secret that he hadn’t shared with her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Du Barry's voice thunders inside me: Don't reveal the secrets of the Belles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Private meetings among regular students were the sort of thing strictly frowned upon at the Institute, where all secrets were reserved for Messengers and Executives. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a popular story in its day and brought attention to cryptograms and secret writing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

How many broken lives and secrets did that monster hold in its bowels, Magdalys wondered as they stepped up to it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re already one of the family. You know that. But maybe it will be our secret. For now.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My mom once told me that my dad had given me an alliterative name, Wade Watts, because he thought it sounded like the secret identity of a superhero. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“He can call in the police, the army and the secret service. If he says ‘boo,’ a mugger at the other end of the city drops a wallet.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But for now he keeps his love secret. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He seemed bemused by my casual reference to his secret realities. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was so secret that our real “occupational specialty” was not even mentioned on our discharge papers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very dust and silence in here seemed to tingle with some secret magic. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We know he was engaged in a lengthy search for the secret of how to turn base metal into gold; indeed, briefly in the 1580s, he thought he had found it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You’re the new secret weapon. But this is fall. Football, football, football.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d only been there once before, traveling by elevator up to the secret six hundredth floor of the Empire State Building. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ivy shook her head, full of too many thoughts and secrets and worries. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the secret weapon turned out to be a blob of wood filler, placed there by the manufacturer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still, other groups went underground and held secret meetings. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If she had known her cousin’s secret, would she have teased her at dinner? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to keep this a secret,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

If the Athena Parthenos was a secret weapon, taking it to Athens was pretty tempting. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Sure, but it’s not what I’ve been hearing for the last month. What were you doing, practicing a secret speech on the side?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I can’t find Tao, so today I don’t go up to our secret place to hide. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And at the root of the hill were secret caves. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, Hall wondered, how does one go about handing military secrets to the Soviet Union? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I realized how many men had died because those pages had been stamped top secret and because generations of bureaucrats like me kept them secret,” Ellsberg said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s what I told you: the steward will be looking north. Why should he have said that if he wished to keep it secret? I think he wants you south. Go a different way.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy just to spill her secret. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Creeksecrets is supposed to be where you can post anonymous confessions and secret random thoughts, and people can comment, but no one really judges you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Her mother belonged to a secret women’s society in Ville Rose, where the women had to question each other before entering one another’s houses. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It had been a place to get away to—a private lair—a secret seclusion meant to be shared with best friends only—a life unknown to grown-ups and lived by kids alone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In retirement, William had completed secret missions for the NSA, but even so, his ties with the agency had become fraught. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘I know what’s my duty to report and what’s my duty to keep mum about. Take military secrets. I don’t tell them.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm going to follow that whisper's advice and keep the secret of who I am. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Very well, then, come on. It’s a secret, and if I tell you, you must tell me yours.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

What secret is left in our family to tell? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every crevice had been inspected, every room had been searched, every secret presumably uncovered. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

This little tape is something I tell secrets to. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sensing the unpopularity of the pact, Washington attempted to keep its terms secret until the Senate had voted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But something tells me she wouldn’t be thrilled about her daughter going to the same secret agency that had something to do with her son going missing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

How to explain that I wanted to keep the secret close? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In my mind, I imagine Inka being some statue princess that no one pays attention to, but what they don’t know is that she holds the secrets of all who talk around her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t know when I accumulated so many secrets. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was so good at denying myself this, the simple pleasure of even a secret crush, that the thoughts were never allowed to marinate in my mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was partially because our true duty was kept such a secret from so many. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You at least shall go with him. It is hardly possible to separate you from him, even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The great Anna Faris once said that the secret of surviving high school is to “lay low.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“This has to stay our secret,” he told Tater. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

To make up the lack, she did secret studying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching her, I wonder if she, too, is guarding some greater secret. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She did this for three years, feeding in secret and at night and with food which in quantity was scarcely sufficient for one, the man whom she hated. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane dubbed "the black lady of espionage" by the Soviets revved its engines and started on a 3,788-mile arc over the Soviet Union to a secret base in Bodo, Norway. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But this first clumsy attempt showed her that the imagination itself was a source of secrets: once she had begun a story, no one could be told. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They would fly miles away to deliver secret messages tied to their feet but still come back home. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, I wish you’d at least try. We shouldn’t keep secrets.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s like a secret,” he went on, still crying. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As Dante was watching me search the sky through the lens of a telescope, he whispered, “Someday, I’m going to discover all the secrets of the universe.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There was a secret place under my ID, where Mom had me keep an emergency ten-dollar bill. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We keep to ourselves because we are all hiding secrets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the secrets she made her childhood best friends pinkie swear to never tell another soul. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That made it nearly impossible to carefully check their backgrounds, to make sure they could be trusted with American secrets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw Summer smiling as I walked past her row, and when she saw me look at her, she gave me a secret little thumbs- up and mouthed a silent “cool beans” to me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There are a surprising number of places to hide something that size even in any ordinary modern house; you don’t need secret panels and extensive cellars in order to make something hard to find. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I keep no secrets from my kin, nor from my leal lords and knights, good friends all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Norden bombsights were so secret that they were stored in guarded vaults and moved under armed escort, and the men were forbidden to photograph or write about them. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m confused for a second but then I realize it makes sense to have a secret entrance like this. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I slid my wrinkled dollars up on the counter almost as if it were a secret note I was passing in class. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It's no secret that the Jews hate Hitler and have called for an economic boycott. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I always felt that way about the South, that beneath the smiles and southern hospitality and politeness were a lot of guns and liquor and secrets. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a lovely secret silent place it was. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You ever have a secret so big that you were afraid to be friends with folks, to let them get close? Because if they found out about that secret it could be bad for everyone?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I'm about to tell Ollie the secret that I never wanted to tell. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Guys stepped out of his path, giving him passage, as if reacting to some secret signal. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said there was once a man who told all his secrets to the trees, and after he died, the trees whispered them to anyone who passed by. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Had the Soviets managed to keep the deportations a secret from the world? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And yet, looking down at him in a moment that was like a secret, passing sign, her face did tell him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It is my earliest recollection: telling the Moon Lady my secret wish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was going to be his secret weapon. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chess dashed for the door as well, because Emma had infected him with a sudden fear: What if the door closed and he got stuck in the secret room all by himself? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The library knows its own mind,” old Master Hyrrokkin told him, leading him back up the secret stairs. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Dulles, who immediately grasped the potential for tapping into the Soviets' secret communications, approved the plan immediately. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His life as a public hero—and a secret agent—had begun. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one guessed it was Fuchs’s “second compartment”—the one he used for his secret mission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trench coat, a passport, dark sunglasses and a briefcase of world-saving secrets. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Some secrets hide themselves away in the shadows like me,” Madeline rasps. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“So I take my secret message, which is I like soup, and convert it to binary. So I is 01000, L is 01010, and so on, until you have this.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When she asked Kaori where the crystals came from, Kaori put her finger to her lips and said, “The keeper of secrets may ask no questions.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Here’s the most important thing I’ve learned from not-talking: It is much, much easier to keep a secret when you don’t use any words at all. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Adam was giggling and saying, “Dude, dude,” quietly, the way you do when you have a secret. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This concept was the first challenge to the Pythagorean point of view, and the brotherhood tried to keep it secret. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

From that moment on, Roberto and I were secret dance partners. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In 1947, Gardner had compiled all of his initial research into a secret memo titled "Special Analysis Report No. 1." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she had a secret sweetheart and only he would know about it because he would have to drive her around; maybe she would give him money not to tell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That must have been very interesting for you guys to talk about behind my back. In between make-outs. Wow. Any more secrets you’d like to fill me in on?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Had he imagined that the library had omniscient fairies on staff to record everything that happened in the world, no matter how secret, or how far away? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the annual weather pattern was no secret, and every expedition had set their sights on the same window of fair weather. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I got my first period over the summer, Mama was so hush-hush about the whole thing, as if I should keep it super secret. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, though, they seem improbable, childish even, like something you’d do for fun; like a girls’ club, like secrets at school. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew about it and wanted it to stay a secret. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But why do you fight? Is it a big family secret?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to have some plan for me, and beneath that some more secret plan. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Latin words were spoken and the secret passes made. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her something—anything—so we’d have another secret to share. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t wave, nor did I. She was Dad’s secret and I was hers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone wanted to talk about the mysterious James Parker, his secret life as Reggie Bradley, and his money. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

French officials warned the Americans that their most secret information, including word-for-word reports on their conversations with Beaumarchais, were showing up in London within days. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the signal she and James had agreed on when they made up their secret language earlier that day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Actually, it’s not hard to untie, once you know the secret. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In barely audible Spanish, as if secret microphones or informers were all about, he whispered to his wife, "You will permit her to read that?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t write too much, oh! Don’t give away our secrets,” he joked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But after the war, Berg confided in a fellow secret agent, Earl Brodie. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan says the secret to making an illusion is to focus on an image in your head and imagine it pouring out of your fingers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She switched it back on as they ducked back into the secret room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And yet it would be hard, with only two of us, for me to know this secret and try to hide it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But over the weeks, with each diminishing roll of candies, I added new secrets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look here,” he said, and pointed to the passage in the book, about the alchemist himself being the secret ingredient of azoth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was the ear that heard every murmur of complaint, every name- calling; and his was the eye that saw everything: the secret loving glances, the fights, the new dresses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though there are only inches between them, for an instant his father is a stranger, a man who has kept a secret, has survived a tragedy, a man whose past he does not fully know. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lifting it from the detritus, she ripped aside its wrappings, revealing leather covers, edges stained with age, clasps that locked all its secrets inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, she prayed, the gods only spoke Chinese, never studied English, would not recognize temptation in another language. “...death, that this will be our secret no matter what.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, we thought, a glimpse at the goblin kingdom’s secrets! The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Since we parted ways, I had kept foolish, fond thoughts of Denna hidden in a secret comer of my heart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lydia beamed as they drove, as though she knew some great secret. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The history of the clown’s underpants is a secret history and I will never tell it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As I sift through this stuff, a realization hits: I no longer have to keep the box a secret from my parents. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think from there I can climb directly through and be in the part of the castle most likely to be deserted—and the part with access to secret tunnels. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I think that maybe lunch is some secret component of our final score because there is no higher achievement for a southern woman than the ability to eat barbecue and walk away stain free. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In that mood of lazy righteousness he wallowed in Guitar’s bed, the same righteousness that had made him tail his mother like a secret agent when she left the house a week or so ago. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lefty and Desdemona, one time only, had revealed their secret here to Sourmelina; and now their son, who never learned it, was pulling in behind the station, also secretly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And now she knew something about secrets that she hadn’t known before. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would pledge his love for me no matter what and write out the plan for our secret meeting. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It makes me feel like I’m learning a secret code or something. I don’t know. It’s powerful.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ghosts, it seemed, were like painful truths—you could ignore them, try to keep them secret, but sooner or later, they were going to come out, for better or worse. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Lots of kids on the streets of Lake try to keep their identities a secret, especially after participating in something illegal like a Skiz fight. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

These houses are garage-sized small, but they can still have a kitchen and a bathroom and a secret cranny for brainstorming ideas. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Their glances were kind and communicative, as though all of us shared some common secret. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t feel right to keep secrets from her. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wonder if there's a secret current that connects people who have lost something. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z