| 单词 | self |
| 例句 | Had I seen Hamlet’s real self or did he wear a mask? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Books remind her of her and Kat, but also of her old self, too, the mostly carefree self. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z His little ink self appeared to be tapping the witch with his minute wand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z In the time it took my stunned self to glance up at the clock, the masses of students around me had disappeared. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But here, finally, speaking to those girls, I felt something completely different and pure—an alignment of my old self with this new role. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It’s so hot, Mister Dunn’s rooster walks in my door and squats his red self right in front of my kitchen fan. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I bet when I get home and Dad chops my head off with an axe, I could go as my dead self for Halloween if he throws my face on ice quickly enough. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Matty had felt this sensation—the one of pulsating power, as if he had the power of lightning within his own self—in the clearing, on a sunny day with no storm brewing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z As a man, Malcolm X had the physical bearing and the inner self- confidence of a bom aristocrat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This may seem surprising—not because spanking it self is necessarily detrimental but because, conventionally speaking, spanking is considered an unenlightened practice. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Then he dropped his whole self into a chair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Still, there was, in Michelle Obama’s overly arched eyebrows and in her belt worn higher on her waist than tradition would care for, a glint of her old self. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Gradually then, because he could not share his inner self with her, he lost the power of being a husband to her and she was unfaithful to him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Perhaps," Mr. Armin said, "it was his true self." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The instincts of self-preservation, of self- defense, of pride, had all deserted us. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we begin organizing sanctuaries and reservations for our software selves, lest we vanish like the whales, here is a thought to relax with. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His virtual self disappears from my room, leaving me alone again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The body slumbered on, and the self that observed was being borne away out of the canopy of leaves altogether and into the open sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z What had come out was completely uncalculated, as though another self within me had taken over and held forth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Miss Teen Dream doesn’t rely on others to solve her problems. She tackles her issues head-on, with a smile and a wave,” said her other self. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z James wasn’t his usual chatty self on their walk home from school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They’re fighting for control of our psychic selves; the empathy box on one hand, Buster’s guffaws and off-the-cuff jibes on the other. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She flung a mental lifeline to that physical self, and tried to recall the feeling of being in it: all the sensations that made up being alive. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Did she always encourage me to be my true self? Sure. But ultimately, she called me a coward.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He must have been the officer assigned to transport Avery to the hearing, which made me worried about how Avery might have been treated on the trip, but he had seemed his usual self. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The change of subject had worked the trick, for the area around Lola’s eyes which had been inflamed was freckly and pale once more and she was very much her old self. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Here, finally, was a way to show my full self. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I think a lot of Mr. Lincoln,” he stated in quiet self- defense after a while. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A self- made man, the illiterate, illegitimate, neglected son of an army captain, he ached with dreams of wealth and chivalric glory despite the fortune he had already acquired in the Spanish colonies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The first experience taught her there was no other that you could count on; the second that there was no self to count on either. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The nostalgia is the stronger and the more ambiguous because he is really ‘in quest of his own absconded self yet scared to find it’. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew of the many stories of friends and relatives who, in the harsh glare of life abroad, became unreliable, even hostile, versions of their former selves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Turner cupped his hands around his, and they sat silently together for a time, feeling the warmth of the wood——stove and of the coffee thawing their frozen selves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The problem of olfactory sensing shares some of the current puzzles and confusions of immunology, apart from the business of telling self from non-self. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she spoke, she was her regular self. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Doesn’t he get it that if someone lines up people to place bets on your “time-to-cry” you might decide to zip your real self up and not come out again? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Mom nodded at all our preparations; she’d always appreciated self- sufficiency. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z People seemed worried that I wasn’t going to show my full self. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He was further than I had ever seen him from his old assured self, it seemed to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea is that in any population of self- reproducing organisms, there will be variations in the genetic material and upbringing that different individuals have. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Men, she knew, had a little stronger wall against self- destruction than the kind of women she knew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But jellyfish love a warm ocean, the chemicals don’t hurt jellyfish one bit, and they carry all the oxygen they need right inside their watery selves. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z This self who sat on the window seat was new, was different….Robert brought in my tea, and I ate my bread-and-butter hungrily. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When he did talk, he was his old jerk self again. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When he started to talk, the former president was his usual exuberant self, gesturing wildly with his hands. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “You may not believe me right now,” he told his young self, “though I think you will the more you consider it. I’m you. From the future.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I found another little true piece of my old self.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We hadn't found another place to live and had to regress back to our old fobby selves and shack up with relatives. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Kids who are wraiths of their former selves. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z If Death owns half of my aunt, then I will sell my whole self to it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I probably shouldn’t have worried, because when I called to see if he’d be in that afternoon, he’d been his old self—tolerant, kind, with a whiff of regret in his voice but nothing more. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I pushed myself off, not forgetting to blow the whistle hard several times, to remind Richard Parker of who had so graciously provided him with fresh food. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But as soon as we were out the door, she was her old self again, chatting nonstop about a kid in her class who lost a tooth and got ten dollars from the Tooth Fairy. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Come home, come home ... remember your true self... something like that.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I throw the jawbreaker into the fake soil of a fake tropical plant by the window and turn my blubbery self to Sausun. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And just because he seemed like his normal self now didn’t mean that it hadn’t begun. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A self that could join the chorus at Railroad Tommy’s with more than laughter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s when grown-ups write letters to their younger selves and give advice and stuff,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Just looked at me for a couple more seconds like his old psycho self and then ducked into the other front seat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The stuff— the stuff called pride, that attitude, that aura, your identity, your self, your pride, peace of mind, worry free. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When he wrote back, he pretended to be his old self, he lied his way into sanity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re right! I will never know what it is to be you, because you are your own unique, beautiful, talented self.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Patches of my former self gleam white and pale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I could no longer pretend, fawn or wear the mask of servility, without my true self violently rebelling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But self- defense, in this case, was a moot point. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He simply waited for Mother and put his whole self into the waiting. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the moon, on the ground, alone, with not even the sound of baying dogs to remind him that he was with other people, his self—the cocoon that was “personality”—gave way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z While Mrs. Bell, Stanley's former math teacher, might want to know the percent change in Stanley's weight, the reader probably cares more about the change in Stanley's character and self- confidence. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z "I'm sorry to yell. It's just, when I don't look my best, I don't feel settled inside or like my true self." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I sit there and let the heat wave coil over my covered self. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Roz moved slower than before, and she had a slight limp, but she was back to her old self again, and that was a relief to everyone, especially Brightbill. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I’ve come to think that’s what heaven is—a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A spot of bright light, a glimmer of the highest place my old self ever reached. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was an expert horseman, a self- taught violinist, and an amateur geologist, astronomer, and natural historian. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ashton’s neck was back to its pale skinny self. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Music expresses children’s identity and heritage, teaches them to belong to a culture, and develops their cognitive well-being and inner self worth. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Look at my big bad self, you never seen nothing so awesome as me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t get tired of your own self?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Before this war is over, all men will have an opportunity to reveal their true selves. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The intoxication of success had evaporated; he was soberly his old self; and by contrast with the temporary balloon of these last weeks, the old self seemed unprecedentedly heavier than the surrounding atmosphere. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I chose the sloth because its demeanor—calm, quiet and introspective—did something to soothe my shattered self. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The younger Halliday gazes down at the corpse of his older self with mock sadness, then turns to address the assembled mourners.* Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t so much she hopping mad, but more like she tired to the bone of my hateful self. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Most times they ain’t doing nothing but looking to help they own self. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I thought it was a cramp, that perhaps I had poisoned myself with the algae. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Off to one side Mr. Huffer stood next to a twiggy, water-starved azalea and posed like his usual wilted teapot self. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z You feel an intense, out-of-the-skin awareness of your living self—your truest self, the human being you want to be and then become by the force of wanting it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Here are some exceptions to the “before or after” rule for hyphens in two-word descriptions: • If self or quasi is one of the words, always use a hyphen. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaving traces of her sloven unhousebroken self all over the county. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pleased to see that his photographic self was putting up a good fight and refusing to be dragged into view. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Don’t let the door hit your long-haired, tattooed self on the way out. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z These pills were going to bring me back to my old self, able to tackle everything, functional and efficient. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It takes every ounce of self control I have to stop myself and curtail my biological imperative. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I mean, what if I sit at home all day and watch TV, and then tomorrow, I wake up and I'm my regular self again? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This deprives children of much of the freedom and interaction and development that can occur during free time with each other and with their own selves. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The person pushed the door open, slowly, just enough for his slim, slimy self to creep in. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The person that Louie had become was not, he knew, his authentic self. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I had spent the last year trying so hard to re-create myself, just being seen by an old pal would feel like bridging a dangerous gap between my current self and who I’d once been. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I refrain from looking at my blotchy self in the mirror. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They were the choices of a changed person, a new self. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z How many times had her former self run into the hard waterfall? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z From the sound of his voice Killer Man is back to being his old cranky self. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z She’s proud of her African self, and I’m down with that. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s just being her usual motherly self, but she holds up her hands in surrender. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “T. nutricula is a jellyfish that can actually revert its body to the polyp stage. To its younger self!” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Without me none of this would exist at all, your own less-than-delightful self included.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Each person held their wounded selves closely, clutching their pain as if it were a precious thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I tickle her, and finally her salty self melts back into her gooey sweetness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z With the leg off, his father became himself again, the self Adam remembered. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The Coopers were respected, and their self- respect was in no way forced. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a schoolgirl’s dream, one I tell my waking self I’ve long since outgrown. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It is too much, she thought, I will relinquish my possession of this self of mine, abdicate, give over willingly what I never wanted at all; whatever it wants of me it can have. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z My environment contained nothing more alien than writing or the desire to express one’s self in writing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still his awkward self, but he wasn’t ours anymore. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I took a step back, seeing near my whole self in the mirror. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a small-minded and ludicrous insult, sure, but his mocking of my intellect, his marginalizing of my young self, carried with it a larger dismissiveness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And turning to leave, I’d see my dark self, lit by chandelier light, in a tall hallway mirror. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here, we suggest that humans so willingly self- disclose because doing so represents an event with intrinsic value, in the same way as with primary awards such as food and sex.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We’re pulling far, far...farther away from being our old selves, just city kids. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z We have just received a message directly from the court of Ghohg the Evil One addressed to your excellent self. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Quasi-mathematical questions arise naturally when one transcends one’s self, family, and friends. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The restiveness, the self- consciousness, and the need to oppose disappeared. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He had arrived home at noon, kissed his mother, readily replied to questions his father put concerning his supposed overnight trip to Fort Scott, and sat down to eat, seeming quite his ordinary self. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I can still hear his upbeat foreign accent advising me to be my best self around the opposite sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We were lucky to get our uncle back from there and luckier to have him almost back to his old self, although Uncle D had long ago stopped telling us make-believe stories. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z And then, hopefully, she'll get tired of it all and turn into her old self. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In a way I was mourning for the self I thought I had been, and at the same time I was becoming absorbed in the self I had become. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I believed, and still do, that our bodies are our selves, that my soul is the voltage conducted through neurons and nerves, and that my spirit is my flesh. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She slanted her short self in the direction of Aunt Florentine’s face and stared intently into her closed eyes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "Add the charm last. I like to be my true self through the process." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Make him get his smelly self off this bench.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “Well, you see it wos me, and single-handed. Never a soul in it but my own self and Mr. Jaggers.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Spike’s eyes are closed, and she seems less than her usual excited self. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She is completely her own unique self and doesn’t care what anyone thinks. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When I wanted to become my old self again, all I had to do was delete the Lynch identity and copy my prints and retinal patterns back over to my original file. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z From there everything speeds up, and a hairstylist is wrangling him into the Cosmetology Room, and he gets to watch the girls transform into their camera-ready selves. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He had stepped out of his imperturbable usual self. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, behind the name badge and uniform, was her true self, secretly hoarded, quietly accumulating. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "Saving a dog and a white woman is a stupid way to die. Only thing in the world you need to save is your own self." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z When the day of the trip finally did come, Gloria was all but her old self again, and no mention of Robbie passed her lips at all. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Listening to it, I could see my mother sitting on a Trailways bus, riding out of Sylvan, while my four-year-old self napped on the bed, not yet knowing what I would wake to. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The function of hate, as Sarai saw it, was to stamp out compassion—to close a door in one’s own self and forget it was ever there. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His laughter is nostalgic, I see now, the laughter of indulgence towards his former self. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We are marked as self by the chemicals we leave beneath the soles of our shoes, as unmistakably and individually as by the membrane surface antigens detectable in homografts of our tissues. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And I say, “I thought you were. You defend this criminal white man harder than he defends his guilty self!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I know he was his usual self when I got up there, but I didn’t imagine the coughing, and teetering. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z At the very center of the problem is the naked cold deadness of one’s own self, the only reality in nature of which we can have absolute certainty, and it is unmentionable, unthinkable. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The world was reduced to the surface of her skin and her inner self was safe from all bitterness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A small mirror was mounted inside my locker door, and I caught a glimpse of my virtual self as I closed it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z One can use spoken words to reveal one’s personal self to strangers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What they want and the prize it is his to give is his savvy self. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Chao seemed to be pulling his usual self back on with his sock. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was her own deepest self that convinced her not to quit. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I might have been my old self again, going down to the lounge of the hotel with Mrs. Van Hopper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There were no angles; walls, floors, and ceiling faded gently into each other and in the cold, metallic glittering of the hidden lights, one was surrounded by six chilly reflections of one’s bewildered self. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z But you will soon see that her key witnesses are among the most self- serving, heartless people imaginable. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe I was just feeling sorry for my friendless self. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There, in a city, they are not so much new as themselves: their stronger, riskier selves. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I have seen men strive for rectitude, and in the end, take off the vizard of right to discover only self there. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But Mom acted like her normal self—nonchalant in the face of adversity. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “That can be the cheapest kind of self- indulgence. You stop that!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sense of self providing sameness and continuity over time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “You just slide your cool self right on up those stairs to your bedroom and wait for him, Daddy-o.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask her, smiling lightly in the general direction of Jeremy, who is beaming and kind of acting like he’s waiting for me to walk my frizzy-hair self over to him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Everyone claims that I’ve gotten them right, and while they compare their inner selves, I go to Carlyle, a bit concerned. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Among many other Experiments, made by my self, I shall select and relate onely one: and that most ample and pertinent… The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For the first time since leaving Mars, they were back to their old selves. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Otherwise, you might end up bringing bad luck to your own self.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Dad cuts through the tension, acting like his normal self, like today is just a regular sunny New York day. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z That is a lesson that members of Abnegation learn—guilt as a tool, rather than a weapon against the self. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He changed back into his sweet self as he handed Hanako one of the bags, which he placed in the basket for her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Citra cleared her throat and tried to be her most persuasive self. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He turned to one of his tiny selves. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was still mostly unencumbered by those needling questions of existence and self- consciousness. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They would quit interviewing, quit their work, trying to defend their personal white devil selves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Saturday morning, Nan looked almost like her old self. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I sat down, surrounded by empty seats, feeling unbearably self- conscious. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you have something to give, give. Rise to your best selves.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Except she doesn’t scold TaShon for putting his dirty self and shoes on the bed. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Blue toes, blue legs, blue self reflected in the blue mirror, which wasn’t glass but only more mesarthium, polished to a high gloss. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I learned that good deeds advance one positively in life, and lead to a greater and fuller development of self; and that bad deeds accomplish the contrary. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I can be my whole self without being afraid. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The audience laughed, and Jake realized he could still be his funny, breezy self. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She had clung to Nel as the closest thing to both an other and a self, only to discover that she and Nel were not one and the same thing. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His joke had failed, Aurelia had gone over to the “enemy,” and Marcus had, for the moment, returned to his spoiled, childish self. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “No reason for something like that,” I say, echoing my old self. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, when you’re finished, you just disappear into the dark and sit down, and you’re back to being your own self. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sairy peered at her younger self, with her long dark hair and her smooth skin. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z No one would defend her, not even suicidal Unferth at the door, screaming his rage—self- hatred. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle C grunted as he struggled beneath the weight of the sap being absorbed by his cottony self. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Go ’head with your bad self!” she screams. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In this formulation, all forms of authority not originating within the self were stigmatized and placed on the permanent defensive. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She was Cecile Johnson to me, and I didn’t appreciate her so-called new self or her new name. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Benny, go tell Daddy he better get his fool self out a that bed.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She would be her normal gracious self and they would drink wine and talk about his book and her new zinnias and Igbo-Ukwu art and the Western Region elections fiasco. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z God had said that it was only the men who could give up their jealous selves, their futile individualities of happiness and sorrow, who would die peacefully and enter the ring. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first time all evening she’d seemed like her regular self. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He was just being his typical annoying self. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She could start over, surrender her old self, every single wrong decision she had made, and become someone else. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z "No, man," she said, looking at me more like her usual young-old self. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z My old self was putting on quite a show. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The princely clothes he wore were strange to him, the stones he stood on were unfamiliar, the very air he breathed was alien; he was not himself, not the self he had been. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z And behind her, a second self, her stark shadow against the back wall of the garage — he saw that too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z When we are together in company—Slant, Pomp, Olakunde, my own self, even unspeaking Will—we no longer seem broken, as we did; we no longer seem children, but comrades. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They were known everywhere to be the most self- pitying, least fraternal, and dirtiest of all prisoners of war, said Campbell. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z That woman is just a pale version of my real mother, viewed through the self- centered eyes of a child. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Note to self: Not all gay people will be cool. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Here is the final piece of your new self,” said Horatio, producing a set of papers, a pen, and a map. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If you find your- self using this expression over and over again, you have a myopic imagination. champing at the bit. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Joan was the beaming double of my old best self, specially designed to follow and torment me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When I got back home, I went to see him and he seemed his usual self, just a little down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He spoke with less hissing and whining, and he spoke to his companions direct, not to his precious self. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It’s almost as if the way you imagine my dead self says more about you than it says about either the person I was or the whatever I am now. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I pulled myself out to see what it was. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I will be soon as you get your fat self outta here!” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes, hanging down from my top bunk into the beam of someone’s flashlight, I would finish my little self- revelation with “You know?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He's back to his old self, the cold Rémy I first met, instead of the one who tried to make poor jokes and ask me questions the night of Sophia's birthday. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z After a moment, I said, “How can you be anything to your self? I mean, if you can be something to your self, then your self isn’t, like, singular.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Hazel’s six-year-old self was sorely disappointed when she found out that he didn’t actually need one, but she quickly learned it was the wearing one that really mattered. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I did not quite like it, and thought it better not to keep her mind on the subject, so we drifted on to other subjects, and Lucy was like her old self again. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I can have a good laugh at my former self, remembering how my sisters and I nervously made our list of prospects: oranges, flour, even eggs! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked so perfectly like her grouchy old self that Sefia smiled again and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Our mother was our greatest role model and fiercest protector, and I was going to take a lesson from her; ignore the haters and the naysayers and just focus on being my best self. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I might as well swallow a lit stick of dynamite and hurl my own self off Devil’s Drop. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 You lay back now and rest your noble self, sir.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Or was it also about self- control, staying on top of your feelings, repressing those that got in the way of an emotionally difficult job? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But she is not an echo of her former self. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My six-year-old self cooed over baby Fig pawing at the shoelace Thomas dangled over his head. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I reminded myself that I didn’t have a fever, and my self replied: You don’t have a fever YET. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a terrible misfortune, and for a moment Milligan seemed his old grim self. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z As I made my desolate way back to the stairs, my wise self took the opportunity to berate me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But each of these aspects of her self may be a quite genuine and real aspect of her total being. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This could be the start of a self- made man. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She was to concede that she may have attributed more deliberation than was feasible to her thirteen-year-old self. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The peculiar cross-plays of sentiment were noticed by everybody—the King against his second self, and Gareth against his own brothers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms, her hands, her self around him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He said positive liberty is self-mastery—the rule of the self, by the self. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Team sport is all about grit and team, about submerging self. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I nodded my head and began to run toward her, my self running ahead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I most often saw them as a way of hiding one self inside the other. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Peeta .sounded like his old self, the one who could always think of the right thing to say when nobody else could. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was Samwell Tarly, the self- proclaimed coward, grossly fat, timid, and near as bad a rider as he was with a sword, who must face the haunted forest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His younger self gazed back up at him every time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was just like I thought, his psycho self had entered the building. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “One likes to see for one’s self,” he said. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I think I might expire from happiness or something, because if it is him, my shiny, future self might be materializing before my eyes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He’s got the bulk of his big self in Piper’s face. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't feel like I was back to my normal self when my mom finally got home from work, but the fear that I was going to drop dead had gradually subsided. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z As it was, Miss Patty Cake was a long way from her pinkish white self. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing complex; you’d have to fight your own self to miss, but he isn’t going to miss because he isn’t going to aim. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And black women, they want your whole self. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like her old angry self again. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And then—imagine it—Annabelle’s wrecked self suddenly takes off like a lightning bolt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She sounded much more like her old self than she had done of late; Harry half expected her to announce that she was off to the library. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Better them than the ghost of her own young self making up stories about the past! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In these violent breaks in routine that were themselves routine, sJre could display the style and imagination of what she believed to be her own true self. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And from the way he kisses me—easing his bruised hand around my body and pulling me in close, almost swallowing me with his whole self—I know that I've won this game. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She stood at the edge of the room, looking a little more like her old self—blond hair, too-short skirt, layer of makeup topped by a coat of strawberry-colored lip gloss. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And then there was another kind of blow inside his head; blood pooled in his brain for the last time, washing even the last fragments of his self away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z That has continued to be the central complaint against rhetoric ever since: that it gives the plausible ignoramus or the self- interested dissembler—the knave or the fool—power over the good and the wise. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Yet why does he hide his innermost self and never allow me access? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It’s as though the fabric scraps of my self are being sewn together, in tiny, almost invisible stitches, with the finest of threads. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought it would be a sort of joke: self- conscious cominess, like a painting of a giant Coke bottle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If this is a fact, it should be of interest to the immunologic community, which has long since staked out claims on the mechanisms involved in the discrimination between self and non-self. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Once more he was that self he had long since taught himself to wear in the world’s eye, pompous, spurious, not quite gross. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z We can imagine them, curious and dispassionate, observing us, as we would watch a bacterial culture in a dish of agar, to determine whether, this year again, we manage to avoid self- destruction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hollow sinkers could have evolved into the first floaters, and self propelled floaters into the first hunters. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed her that although she may have held the knife, it was the Fairy Queen who put it there, and the Queen had acted out of desperation and self hatred. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But on some of these dish-drying nights he reverts to what I consider to be his true self. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She might be getting nicer because of Rocket ReStore, but I bet she’ll be back to her normal self after our last session, which is later today. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z They said it was to help out; Mom says it was because they just couldn’t get enough of my baby smell and my baby hands and my baby self. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z By the time she’d met him she’d begun to fear that she was retreating into her former self, before Paris—untouched, bookish, alone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The struggle to get my old self back from her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With both feet safely on the ground, Vonetta became her old self, her face shiny and searching. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so happy that she had become her usual self. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The saint’s face had been rubbed off, but the fingers of his right hand were raised to bless a short, purple, terrifically self- confident-looking mulberry tree. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “My apologies,” Alex says, back to his goofball self, before dashing off. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Would you two killers please sit your brutal selves down at the kitchen table and eat some popcorn,” Lillian said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, she had considered the great divide of her self’s time to be coming to America. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The king/queen system gave us a sense of order, rank, and self. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Or, truth tolt, they don’t get upset by being odoriferous their own selfs. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “And it’s a temptation for any intelligent person, and especially for perfectionists such as the ancients and ourselves, to try to murder the primitive, emotive, appetitive self. But that is a mistake.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z G’ma steps up to the big mirror and examines her newly bedazzled self. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Our real selves buried so deep in these imposter ones. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Once they discovered he was a big softie, despite his massive strength and his scary looks, they made them selves feel good by picking on him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z What I had to hide was the self who was a reader, who loved poetry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She loved me, even after I became a ghost of my former self. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In the work you leave some of your self. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally the black man said, looking at me from bloodshot eyes, “Now, young bahss, I mos’ feel like dat my own self, Timothy, but ’twould be of no particular use to do dat eh?” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And Sir Fig Newton would be his heavy-duty self, napping and eating the days away. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z If Uncle Darnell was being his jokester self, he would have gone over to one of us and planted a big smack on our lips. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I require a nap these days,” she said with a hint of her old self. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z V was curious to know what could possibly make a man so excited that he revealed his true self, a self he clearly wanted to keep hidden. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He sounded like his other self—the university registrar calling for information. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember her smile and her laugh when I was my best self and she looked at me like I could do no wrong and was whole. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This self was not the real me but was a very important part of the real me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It is, of course, an incomplete comfort to read this sort of thing to one’s self. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I know she means that they are to keep safe my whole self. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “And cover your naked selves. Think of the children.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I used to think these were self- righteous eyes, piggy and smug inside their wire frames; and they are. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As athletes they prided themselves on their self- discipline. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He cried and cried, and finally looked at my young self, then at Thomas for assistance. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It’s like you slip out of your normal self—and it makes you feel different. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But it lacked coherence, a coming together of the features into a total self. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Francis and Charles were well dressed, freshly shaven, very much their unconcerned old selves. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘Why not? Once we sort things out between Greeks and Romans, the gods should go back to their normal selves. Then we can free her and she can . . . you know . . . grant us victory.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He looks so tired and unlike his usual vibrant self, worn down after everything that happened today. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “What have the demigods given you? They have erased your old self, everything you were. Titans and giants...we are meant to be the foes of the gods and their children. Are we not?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But Eurycleia persisted, “Indeed, indeed Odysseus is here. He showed me the scar. It is his very self.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm waiting to hear Max announce it's over and that she's back to her normal self. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Tortured and tormented until no bits of his former self will ever emerge again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sarai knew those vicious words had come not from old ghost women but her own innermost self, guilt-poisoned from four thousands nights of dark dreams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I see him walk in, and it’s almost like he’s dressed for a date, too—even if he doesn’t look sporty, he’s certainly trying to be his best self. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He felt a self inside himself emerge, a clean-lined definite self. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His private and public selves beginning to reconcile. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But his bodiless self had no voice, and he was unable to call down to where they were. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Go on ahead,” she wheezes, backing her big self against the wall so I can squeeze by. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The observing self saw the Negro, surrounded by the sounds and smells of the ghetto, write “Darling” to a white woman. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I thought about my own pitiful self, laying there wondering if my wish would ever come true. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She attacked the piano with a fervor completely different from her usual, sluggish self, and Matt liked to hide behind the potted plants to listen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Each post scraped off yet one more scale of self until she felt naked and false. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But now she was back to her peaceful self. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They take chances onstage that reveal their inner selves. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z How much it took to put on that hardest of all performances, being my old self again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An inward face—whatever it sees is its own self. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sweet mercy, Prince O., I pray you, don’t torment your own self. You ain’t going to find a father through numbers.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She was thinner than Sefia remembered, her movements more tentative, but in that moment she almost seemed like her old self. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Congrats, Skid. Now all you have to do is be your charming self and it’s in the bag, dude.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Consider Gaspar de Carvajal, author of the first written description of the Amazon, an account reviled for its inaccuracies and self- serving descriptions almost since the day it was released. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was impossible for me to imagine this baby self. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z If Alexia had been her old self, she would have controlled them, but now that Alexia was sidelined, all the girls got along better. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “It’s only a rumor,” Dobbs pointed out with a self -important air. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Me and my big self looks like I could crush him without trying hard. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Each new self standing on the last one’s shoulders until we’re these wobbly people poles?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z We were wondering how to get our tired selves to a standing position when we heard squealing and laughing, the kind you’re apt to hear at a school recess. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt I had crossed into another world, that little pieces of my old self had been left behind on the black asphalt floor of the school yard alongside the shattered lens of my glasses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He flapped after the girls, looking ludicrously batlike, like his older self. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They could taunt her into a self- doubting downward spiral, causing her to withdraw from the opportunity that Dr. Claytor had so meticulously prepared her for. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Leo felt as if his ghostly self was thickening, becoming more real. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The fathers raged, too, though they were far away; and the king, he descended into a delicate madness from which his old self only sometimes emerged. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z If our past selves got a glimpse of us now, what would they make of us? We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maybe I am lucky—that at the age of nine I was given the ghosts of my parents’ best selves, and at twenty-three the ghost of my true love’s best self. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I believed my true self was a boy who lived in the mirror. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And how can I be free when my mind is all worried about Papi and my whole self is so sad, I can barely get up some mornings? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z "Just be your charming self. And you have Ivy here to help, and Rémy will be right outside." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But my encrypted, anonymous self is the account I use more often. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Have you ever been annoyed and amused with your self at the same time? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As if his design were to watch me steadily unravel from the inside out, to record in my fraying mesh of self the hidden hazard of all traitors and spies. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Whites, therefore, were excluded from the law, although some went to the combat schools of their own accord, since it was good to know how to protect one’s self in these dangerous times. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And sometimes the look spread to include their whole bodies as they leaned away to minimize the possibility of physical contact between the two and their own selves. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It was her future self, at eighty-five, in widows weeds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But my young mind was filled with self, and my imagination shivered at the prospect of seeing sombreros, rancheros, tortillas and Pancho Villa. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I hauled my six-foot self out of the five- foot bed in Lucille’s guest room, everyone was already at work. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She had not called him; she would wait until she was back to her slender self. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Well, you know those self- help books that give you permission to love yourself? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z But with this, we dropped the politics and took our weary selves to bed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z All I know is how happy it made my seven-year-old self. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Sleep came slowly, fought against the last bit of anger and self pity and finally won, and David closed his eyes. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, he was disoriented, like a ghost of his former self. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He didn’t know Dimple very well, obviously, and yet tonight she was just...off, a faded print of her former vibrant self. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A memory of my seven-year-old self launching the flaming snowball into the police headquarters flickers through my mind. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Will, Kat, her own rejected self—each fateful piece sears her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But as a wizard he had learned the price of the game, which is the peril of losing one’s self, playing away the truth. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She could only realize that she herself— her present self—was in some way different from the other self. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I went above and beyond to show them my best self. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Even now he could feel the start of the long journey, the leave-taking, the going away from the self he had been. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He was looking very much like the unstrung self who had picked me up from the airport. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The next day, I was surprised that Jessica wasn’t her usual gushing self in Trig and Spanish. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I can do a better group project by my own self. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It has recently been learned that the genes for the marking of self by cellular antigens and those for making immunologic responses by antibody formation are closely linked. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s been awhile since I’ve seen Fuchsia without makeup, though, and suddenly I feel like I’m looking at her second grade self again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z TimeStar said, “When Petey stopped his younger self from creating Mr. Flux, it must have sent a ripple through time so none of the terrible things we left behind ever happened.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I wondered, if I'd been my old self, if I would have liked him. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I never had a room like that all to m\\ self before. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Note to self: Do not bring this up again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The small bathroom contained a huge, full-length mirror behind the door, and so I could not escape the reflection of my naked self as I leaned in to turn on the shower faucet. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z It is no wonder my younger self chose to forget something so terrifying. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z As one of Henrietta’s relatives said to me, “If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said, that’s dishonest. It’s taking away their lives, their experiences, and their selves.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Of course, she must undergo an operation, and afterward—well, she would be her “old self” again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z No self- respecting Dauntless man would say the word “testy.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But now he was reverting to his idiot self. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then, muttering thanks to the Goddess Kwan Yin, she flung her weary self into the armchair to seek solace in the uninterrupted enjoyment of the last inning. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He was so content in this country, so impressed with and loving of its opportunities, but then why, sometimes, did Americans fall short of their best selves? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I was cool with this, a life of self- imposed isolation. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Pilar is irresponsible, self- centered, a bad seed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “And they call themselves Muslims,” he whispered. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I have a grand, master plan to leave my current self behind by joining the ranks of the silk feathered hats. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Those are the hands that hold our fates, I thought as Sohrab and I seated ourselves across from his desk. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Was Moody just being his usual paranoid self? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Give your self up peacefully, and I’ll tell the principal and the teachers that you didn’t give us any trouble, and they’ll take it easy on you.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Did her sister also have a real self concealed behind a breaking wave, and did she spend time thinking about it, with a finger held up to her face? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Note to self: Stand to side of locker door when opening. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z "But I'm glad you've started wearing colors again. You look like your old self and that makes me feel young again." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was my shield in life, my link to Beyond, my connection to my own self. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z After a while the mudiimu would go back to his world, and the spirit medium would become his old, cheerful self. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The overwhelming biological merits of a self- complementary DNA molecule made him effectively concede the race. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z They were hoping to hear thwip sounds and that the robot limbs would snap right into place and Roz would return to her old self and life on the island would go back to normal. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z All order, I’ve come to understand, is theoretical, unreal— a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities, the self and the world—two snake- pits. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she was her sacrificing self with Tea Cake’s head in her lap. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “It certainly wasn’t as if something snapped and there we were, our jolly old selves,” said Francis. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a self starter, but the battery was dead, of course. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I’m about to argue when Mrs. Gruver steps out of her office and puts her long, skinny self between me and any chance of escape. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They were not taking us seriously, and I felt my ornery donkey self waking up. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She straightened up and swallowed hard, and for a moment she looked like her old brave self. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z That it was my turn for everyone to help, and there was no turning back to my old self unless I messed up. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d relaxed into his normal self now and was describing the new stop-motion video he was in the middle of making. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z "How you know what I'm in with your little self?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “I can act in self- defense, but I won’t be drawn into any more Olympian aggression, thank you very much. I’ve been reading about Buddhism. And Taoism. I haven’t decided between them.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self rejection. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It thought of food and water, but so many hours were spent just waiting, cushioning self against dread, that it no longer thought of much else. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Clear-thinking and self- taught, Kotane was the son of peasant farmers in the Transvaal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mentor has traded away his deepest self,” Matty said, “and I think that others are, too.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “I upset you by talking about it. I made you self- conscious.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z What I was witnessing was a self discovering the self it could be. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When he tried to revert back to his old self, he found he couldn’t remember exactly who that person was. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It hurts to think for Alan, a kid like me, my inside self, doesn’t matter. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z No matter what, she wouldn’t ever be another person or really know the thoughts of anyone but her own self. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I was revolting, but I couldn’t recoil from my self because I was stuck inside of it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Ignatius, all at once you’re your old horrible self. All at once I think I’m making a very big mistake.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I get an uncomfortable feeling like I'm sliding backward down a slope into a deep hole that I dug my own self. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “A detailed analysis of the way the planetary movements in the coming month will affect you, with reference to your personal chart,” she snapped, sounding much more like Professor McGonagall than her usual airy-fairy self. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was a sad story, Jinny thought, but what a thing to do—to give up your whole self for someone else. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My insides turn warm, and there's nothing left to do but close my eyes and let my whole self melt in his hands, against his lips. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And then Mr. Stonecrop was there, his large self parting the crowd like Moses holding out his staff over the Red Sea. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We woke the next morning in Nairobi to blue skies and fresh energy, less zonked by the jet lag and feeling like our happy, regular selves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My best pal’s mom was back to her usual self, cooking away. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z And Vega was back to his old self again after our experience beside the Harlem River. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Maybe this is the last "becoming American" move Didu needs to make before she reverts back to her old self. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Also, people were outright lying, which was driven either by self- deception or survival. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Crafty-eyed, wicked as an elderly wolf, I would scheme with or stalk my imaginary friends, projecting the self I meant to become into every dark corner of the cave and the woods above. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They fold their wild, crazy selves into tiny squares at school—no fighting, no cursing, just royal. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He did not want to talk about it, I knew that, but although I was sorry for him and shocked at my own self I had to continue, I could not be silent. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped her own self in a woven blanket, sank into a nearby chair, and slept too. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, Jeremie! Very angry! Is in the same way that he get angry with his own self.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like, I might write, ‘Note to self: Do not touch a habanero pepper, even if your best friend dares you to.’” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And: “‘This above all, to thine own self be true.’” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She was quite her grumpy, silly self again, and we were relieved to pretend that we, too, had forgotten. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s not as bad as it looks, and one can get on quite happily if one has something in one’s self to fall back upon. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Here we are, two guys from far places, whacking at a tree we hold nothing against, for a hard lady who cares for nobody but her own face-stretched self, about to plunge to our deaths. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he struggled to lever his stocky self up and over after us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The singing filled his ears; it was complete, self- contained, and it mocked his fear and loneliness, his deep yearning for a sense of wholeness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Wags his whole self when he sees me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The hardest part was that every corpuscle of Jamie’s nine-year-old self was throbbing with readiness to run, and he had to bind up all that energy into a quiet lump. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because of course”—Madame cut in suddenly—“your art will reveal your inner selves! That’s it, isn’t it? Because your art will display your souls!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better to pay attention to your own self, and leave their business to them.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I have known many men to escape the front through self- inflicted wounds.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She just wanted to be herself, the self she was before Pet showed up and started making her look for unseen and unknown things. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z And yet, at the same time—and this is key—no other sport demands and rewards the complete abandonment of the self the way that rowing does. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I went calmly forward, holding the heavy case but moving with a certain new sense of self, and with it a feeling almost of relief, almost of a sigh. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, one day, I am almost my old self. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I tried to picture my four-year-old self, too stupid to be afraid. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Academy, prison had been likened to a village—a self- contained world with its own school, workshops, hospital, and so forth. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was biting her lip to keep from cracking up at her own hilarious self. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z All the same, I wasn’t exactly my usual self for the rest of the day. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Message to me from my former self: slow down and, above all, detach. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Who even this gigantic white boy, wit’ his sorry, trashy self say is talking proper and dressing good as a prince and doing jus’ fine, and writing us letters in his own hand! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Planting her feet firmly in the grass, she disposed of her old self year by year in thirteen strokes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Does she want to know the truth, that she’s self- centered and cold? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “As you say, m’lord, only ... Clydas don’t look his proper self... he’s more white than pink, if you get my meaning... and he’s shaking.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Of course I’m right,” said her other self. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I step out, realizing this is the first time I've seen my whole self in a mirror since I was fourteen. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The rest of the time I can’t even be next to his stinking drunk self. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z But Calvin is his same self as always on the inside. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Our old selves are buried deep in our pretend selves. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You said you were going to defy Cardan by being your awesome self and if he tried to take you down, you’d take him down with you. How are you going to manage that?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It had played out when, for reasons I don’t understand, I was unable to climb through the mirror and send out my sixteen-year-old self in my place. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Now that one is entirely new,” she said archly, sounding for a moment like her normal self. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Note to self: Suicide is not a laughing matter, particularly for authority figures who are in any way responsible for you. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to occupy my mind without my whole self being busy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Drifting there, he looked down and saw his own self becoming motionless. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Perhaps the self- righteous Trotter would be put into jail for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z With all the training, with everything I’ve been taught about self defense and the wielding of weapons, something inside me blows a critical fuse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z That they were old friends who had shared a childhood was now a barrier—they were embarrassed before their former selves. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Once he even cleaned out his ears with his pinkies, as if what stood between him and some more vital, degree-holding self was wax. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Kat clenched her fists and banged them on her thighs like she was a boxer fighting her- self. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s more as if the universe expands to fill the boundaries of the self. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As it was, the only thing I could lose my miserable self in was books. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please, Madrina. Ain’t nobody seducing me. And if someone is trying to get with me like that, then he can go 'head with his stank self.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I felt shame that I didn’t remember for m\\self, but I picked up a couple from a bunch on the counter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I first got up to read, I was my usual self. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In other ways Janina was her old self again, chattering, complaining, shadowing me everywhere I went, in everything I did. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “What?” asked Montag of that other self, the subconscious idiot that ran babbling at times, quite independent of will, habit, and conscience. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z And I start to hear Minny Jackson come back into her own self again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His mood has improved since our arrival, but it hasn’t rebounded completely back to his usual self. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Naomi was her present self, but in the dream she was shrunken to the size of a young child. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But then my old self started to sneak up over me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He held on to his kid self until Otto buried his face in the time traveler’s chest and cried some more, no longer embarrassed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Yossarian threw his arms up into the air in a gesture of mighty and despairing self recrimination. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The pups was squirming and sliding o’er one the ’nother, carrying on something fierce, nipping at anything that moved, not caring if they was biting their brother or sister or even their own selfs. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "Just calm your pretty self down a second," the sheriff said in a slow drawl. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z At the beginning, before I even arrived, I had to hide my true self. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were red from crying, but she seemed her old self. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I know there’s a better way for me to tell her this, but I’m not feeling like my best self right now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Smith, for some reason not his usual surly self, laughed with them, saying he hadn’t been aware that the dockers and reporters were still there. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She blinked, dazed, as if struggling to go back to being her usual, logical self. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It took a full span of days before Ben was his normal, jovial self again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was too self- absorbed to fuss about my safety. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I think I recall that,” he says, as if not entirely willing to be reminded of his former, younger self. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She doubles forward and hugs me, squishing me against her perfumed self. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She tried to be her “right on” Marva Hendrix self, but she looked like she was set adrift in a small boat without an oar, searching around for help. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Beto left his younger, happier self by the river and walked back up the path, searching the memory for the tree Naomi had taken him to. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Being around that woman always made him different from his real self. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Will all the fulfilled heroes go back to their less altruistic selves? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There was a self conscious giggling among the hunters. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z What Volpe’s students gain from him is a passion and sense of self unrelated to anything having to do with money, power, or status. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I need the extra room, and it sucks to wait until their perfectly armed selves are all done with their luxurious, roomy bathroom visits. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z My bangs are finally growing out, and I’m starting to look like my old self, even if I don’t feel like her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My body felt like its standard self, broken and insufficient in the usual ways, but my brain felt sloppy and exhausted, like the noodle legs of a runner post-marathon. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z As she matured into her full wild self, I observed her at a distance. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I had so much—an education, a healthy sense of self, a deep arsenal of ambition—and I was wise enough to credit my mother, in particular, with instilling it in me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He smiled, a glimpse of his usual self. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She folded her true self up and put it away like a dress she hoped to wear again without being sure when. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Ophelia, you do not know me yet Do not think that I argued my true beliefs today. To the world I wear a mask that hides my truer self, which you now see.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z What if they can see my whole self shaking the grasses? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, this is what the rest of us are like in our inner selves, and we will all turn into Iks when the structure of our society comes all unhinged. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The end was nowhere in sight inside Camp 14, which was self- sufficient except for occasional trainloads of salt. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Her imagination was an instrument of wonder, and she fashioned, of the stuff of her ghostliness, an ever-shifting expression of her marvelous self. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And he clamps his skinny self to that tube all the harder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “I pray this grief of yours will soon abate and that you will return to your usual self.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For once, the Happy Little Surprise was not his usual cheery perky self. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Maybe that pink just wasn’t pink enough because before long I’d turn into my wired self again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how this woman can stand her own self. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I was not always stuck inside myself, or inside my selves. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z John Kwang, the city councilman, was going to get me back to my old self. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We don’t just want your muscles and that portion of your brain that is directly connected to them, we want your innermost self. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard for Charles to concentrate on work with Annie being listless and weak, so unlike her usual energetic, engaged, cheerful self. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The black man in the ghettoes, for instance, has to start self- correcting his own material, moral, and spiritual defects and evils. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “None; not one. He positively said that it had been known to no being in the world but their two selves.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The hundred nights they’d sat up debating the pros and cons of self destruction with the earnestness of philosophers chained to a madhouse wall. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z But Mami was too proud to ask them for more than they volunteered, and we were all developing the same stubborn pride, behind which our frightened selves hid, pretending everything was all right. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z This fixed distance between a note and its higher self is something that occurs in nature - we humans didn’t invent it, we just found it to be lurking behind all musical sounds. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Watching them, Matty remembered his own child self, his bravado and the terrible anguish it had concealed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I’ve been so wrapped up in my own self, it hasn’t occurred to me that Aibileen might be as thrilled as I am that an editor in New York is going to read her story. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Note to self: Don't ask Michelle to be a study partner. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Also: “Learn wisdom from the pupil of the eye that looks upon all things and yet to self is blind. Persian poet.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He dressed furiously, trembling, skipping about to keep warm, and hissing blue breaths to him self as if he were grooming a horse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I struggled to get my voice above this self- accusing murmur. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now we are to imitate the soul-song of our beloved Proserpine, as she stirs to wake in all her liquid self.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d become their emergency selves, in which lopped-off state they felt humanity stretched smoothly between them like one long wash line. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And there must have been something in this self, some sincerity of heart, or she would not have held two people like Arthur and Lancelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We are supposed to be calling the shots here, but it doesn’t look to me like we’re in charge of a thing, not even our own selves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew intimately that “something” Vivian spoke of—that sense of dignity and truth about society and self that Ann had experienced almost daily since joining Operation Breakthrough. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Well, thought Mother with a rueful smile, at least Amadeus looked like his old self then. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In a short while he would be back to his old self again. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But just as quickly as Clara had gone purple she was back to her usual self, no outline at all, looking more like a real person than a spirit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z So I turned at the door: I saw a robed and veiled figure, so unlike my usual self that it seemed almost the image of a stranger. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Was I supposed to maintain a suitable distance from his royal self? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I tried to get in touch with my rational self. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Los Alamos staff returned from Operation Castle with a self- confidence they had not felt since the end of the war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He’d relaxed into his normal self now and was describing the new stop-motion video he was in the middle of making. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Almost any exhibition of complete self sufficiency draws a stunned tribute from me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A flaw in identity; a genetic illness; a blemish that cannot be separated from the self—the same phrase served all meanings. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I went on, though, to make a different pitch, one that came directly from my South Side self. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But a short time after the Treaty of Neerlandia, a piece of chance took him out of his withdrawn self and made him face the reality of the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Once she’d melted down and napped, she transformed back into her own sweet self again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I was glad to see that he seemed quite his bright, serene old self. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She was his other, more exciting self—his way to Terabithia and all the worlds beyond. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z If Poet’s estate did exist, it was sure to be a shell of its former self, stripped and plundered by the German army. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A new kind of hero emerged as well—a hero willing to sacrifice self to explore new frontiers. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z This is formal Mom; this is Mom in a business meeting, her favorite self. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In some ways, it is the opposite of that—it brings her closer to the true self she thinks she might be, or could become. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They did not mix much with other Negroes, but were respected by them and self- sustaining. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Like his parents when they went to Calcutta, he could have had an alternative identity, a B-side to the self. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was rare for a person to let themselves reach such an age before resetting back to a more youthful self. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The Muslim first had to change his physical and moral self to meet our strict rales. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "She used the word crutch as a symbol. She meant, you know, that people are so afraid of revealing their true selves, they have to hide behind some sort of prop." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll bet ours were names she meant for us to keep and not throw away when we decided we had had enough of our old selves. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Five boys and a girl had forged those scars with the bulks of their unborn selves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And Chloe’s her usual bubbly self when she sees us, which helps too. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There need be no tension between the self in the crowd and the self apart from the crowd! Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gave up her self, for a while there. She loved you that much. What an incredibly lucky kid you were.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Anyway, Eddie must’ve been looking a little too much like his old self, because one of the COs said his name from across the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “You going to get your drunk self out of that bed and get me some coal or not?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The battle is always centered in the self. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And Charley, who still had vestiges of his Chicago grooming, waded in the water and became his old dirty self again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We are all our beautiful bodies and so must never be prostrate before barbarians, must never submit our original self, our one of one, to defiling and plunder. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z My conditioning as a Negro, and the immense sexual implications with which the racists in our culture bombard us, cut me off, even in my most intimate self, from any connection with my wife. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Just ask your- self whether what refers to “a thing that” or “things that.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When her shadowy self lifted, she raised us up too. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I wasn’t acting my usual self, I was acting more like a grownup. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My inside self is so hot, the cold on my face feels good. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I see her gaze fixed on the wall as if on a mirror that will reflect her inner self. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Great Hall looked its usual splendid self, decorated for the start-of-term feast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “No, you wasn't yourself yet. It was your sleep self what fought me.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Seven hoped she would be okay while guiltily feeling sorry for her future self if her fate looked anything like Pixel’s. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I was the self that I had always been, I was not changed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He had seen him- self making a name for himself and running for sheriff. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His real self wandered elsewhere, far away, wandered on and on invisibly and had nothing to do with his life. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Ya Allah, save me from my geeky self, I’m praying when the side doors open. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Totally taken over by her anaconda love, she had no self left, no fears, no wants, no intelligence that was her own. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Laurie’s bashfulness soon wore off, for Jo’s gentlemanly demeanor amused and set him at his ease, and Jo was her merry self again, because her dress was forgotten and nobody lifted their eyebrows at her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t bear to be around his wormy self after what had happened. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I was too young to really take hold of it all, but for what seemed like the first time ever all I could think about was my own self. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I think I’d prefer self- immolation, on a stage perhaps, with all my paintings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I seriously came this close to buying them, just so I could text you pictures of their crime-fighting selves. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The valleys we found ourselves in were so deep they were gloomy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His physical self might be plummeting to his death, or surrounded by monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Arthur spoke out heartily, like his old self:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Years ago, she had told her girl self to wait for her in the looking glass. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “The presentation of self in everyday life. This guy Goffman had the idea that in different situations, you perform yourself differently. Your character isn’t static. It’s an adaptation.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I have something to talk about now, Henrietta Lacks what went out of control, how my mother went through all that pain all by her self with those cold hearted doctor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z His real self was aware that it was only a minute or two; but his other, memory-receiving self felt hours pass in the sun. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I was my four-year-old self, playing near the fields as my brother and the other boys slung stones at the birds and other animals that might try to eat the people’s precious crops. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She was her resourceful self, but she was also an instinctive counterweight to Ralph’s activity — a fixed center. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Suspicious, self- righteous, spiteful, he was like a wife that must be got rid of. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z One hour of answering questions about batty old wizards who’d invented self- stirring cauldrons and they’d be free, free for a whole wonderful week until their exam results came out. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And York, with a self- congratulatory grin, answers, “We hate the world.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It did wonders for her sense of self. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And then this money came only to me: not to me and a rejoicing family, but to my isolated self. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Racial hygiene,” as Ploetz described it, was the genetic cleansing of the race, just as personal hygiene was the physical cleaning of the self. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Tell me, Slam, why do you keep self- destructing? You find a way of making money at it or something?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Turner thought about getting to work on conquering his debased self, but decided that could wait till morning. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Hamilton was not his customarily confident and resplendent self. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “How could I tie my- self up? Why would I do that?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt self- conscious, as if I shouldn’t be there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason told him, his sense of injury and impotence feeding upon its own sound, so that after a time he forgot his haste in the violent cumulation of his self justification and his outrage. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z If this is true, the marks of identity, distinguishing self from non-self, have long since been blurred. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Up until he went to Permian, he had been placed mostly in self- contained classes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma gives her this sugary sweet smile and says, “That’s all right, baby. Just sit your pretty self down.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z On the walk home from the Cumberland Farms, Bryce is more like his normal self. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Soon he wall be able to read from the book himself. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His old self would have leaped at the chance to dump his heavy backpack and go get food, but what he was hearing in his head was Florida saying, Don’t trust ’em! Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I felt the beginnings of great loneliness, not because I was a Negro but because the man I had been, the self I knew, was hidden in the flesh of another. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re completely self- sustaining. They have their own source of power, their own water pumps, their own water filtration, their own food sources They’re independent.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In so many ways, theater teaches the opposite of what I learned in sports, in which the model is that there is no self, no emotional landscape or core. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There was no one on the island but their eight selves. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Below are some materials to help you create a vision of your “professional” self that will serve you throughout your career and lifetime. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Man pushes his arrogant self out, poking holes through the sky; God will sling His arrows back down on man through those holes in a mighty rain.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A pigeon corpse on his doorstep was Ralph’s true self come to rot at his feet. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Ged reached out his hands, dropping his staff, and took hold of his shadow, of the black self that reached out to him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He pushed himself away from the desk. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t look angry, but she’s also not her usual chipper self. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Old Mrs. Davis come running out of the Laundromat with her fat self. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. It’s probably nothing. My parents are just being their usual weird selves.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She wanted me to know that this was not another Erudite headquarters, not a lie told to make me sleep while she went to die, not an act of unnecessary self- sacrifice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z This being true of the physical self, how much more true it is of the spiritual self.... The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you two take your little colored selves outside and get those bush beans and collards in here before it gets dark,” Mama said, edging the book out from under their fingers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Now she is disturbing me, making me doubt my own self just looking at her sauntering through the sunshafts like that. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He poured him self out a glassful of some tasty, grown-up drink and drank it off at one gulp Then he drew a deep breath. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Who am I if I need to be shocked back into my best self? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But in the case of Connectors, their ability to span many different worlds is a function of something intrinsic to their personality, some combination of curiosity, self- confidence, sociability, and energy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And since no one wants to show less self control than a ten-year-old, we all accept it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I squished my soggy self down the hall as fast as I could, glad that there weren’t any radiators there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Looking back at his younger self, Hall would later call himself a “rather arrogant” teenager. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z How dark and stupid it was to be mangled and strange, to be no particular shape, to have no self when life was stretching out before her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t like congratulate self, but can I say one thing?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Something about being with her makes me my best self. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z McCandless’s signature had been penned at the bottom of the SOS note, and the photos, when developed, included many self- portraits. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked awful, really chewed out, a shadow of his showy self. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And even if all of this was fake, not even her fake self wanted to be the victim of a giant fake bug. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Peach snorted his snotty self upright, took one look at Aunt Florentine’s casket, whooped like he’d been pinched to death, and dove into Aunt Goldie’s armpit again. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re twelve. That’s old enough to know your own self, I expect. I’m not about to go messing with that. So all right.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Not in the way that everyone loses something, but in the way that undoes your life, undoes your self, so that when you look at your face it isn't yours anymore. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We have a higher self, a capacity for transcendence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But the more I ran and smiled and thought of baseball my old kid self was found again, until we passed by Miss Volker’s front porch and I heard her faintly call my name. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The only problem for me would be if self- serving ones were allowed in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I just want to thump my old self in the face when I think about her, so earnest and self-righteous and flamboyantly heroic. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Worse still, he met evil in me—selfishness, anger, ruthlessness. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want a fashionable wedding, but only those about me whom I love, and to them I wish to look and be my familiar self.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I may have to give a speech my own self, and tell these people what they need to hear.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z These were a hardy and self- sufficient people, quite capable of taking care of themselves. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamlet, absent from me, grew a mystery to me, a masked god with two faces, both of which hid yet another self. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We also talked about doing things your own way, the diary, loneliness, the difference between everyone’s inner and outer selves, my mask, etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I watched this self that was not me at all and then smiled; a new, slow smile. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She talked to him about growth and fear and the self in transition and women's spiritual quest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Even the crescent moon birthmark on her forehead was a shadow of its former self—like a smudge of ashes on her brow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z If the state needed cleansing, it would not be achieved through genetic selection, but through the reeducation of all individuals and the erasure of former selves. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then the lovely Ms. Banks took her luscious self up the stacks and I opened the book. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Farmer had not only exposed his deepest self to her, but also to some degree changed her life. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Sometimes Shin sees himself through the eyes of his new self, and sometimes he sees himself through the eyes of the guards in the camp,” said Andy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In fact everything about me has become unnatural; I’ve become an unnatural self. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Chuck yelled, the slightest hint of his old self breaking through. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I’d be dead in an instant and all she would have to say is that I sneezed and jerked my head forward and impaled my own self on the wire. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At that moment Cholly could not remember what his own self looked like. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Y'know, my uncle just be looking out for Skunk's knucklehead self. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Any impulse I might have felt toward self- congratulation was extinguished by overwhelming apprehension about the long, dangerous descent that lay ahead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Instantly he reverted to his true self, a snake, and slithered away hissing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The manticore threw off his coat and transformed into his true self, his lion claws extended and his spiky tail bristling with poison barbs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Doc had told me that I had to bring my calmest self to the magic. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z What would we do if Miss Peregrine walked into the room, right now, restored to her old self? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z These self- appointed tasks would occupy her during quiet, hot days of her summer vacation, and her mother would look on in disbelief, sipping watermelon sherbet in front of the fan. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The beast shook as he transformed himself back and forth between his goatherd self and the grotesque form of the fiendish chupacabras. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z What I have to do is make a personal appearance and exhibit my sunny, self-confident self. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was pure of heart and deed; she only kicked shins in self- defense, so that couldn't count against her. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she proceeds to link arms with my stiff self as Muhammad opens the door for us. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The only outcome from the teasing was my seriously damaged sense of self, and if I'm going to be truthful, not even tweezers helped repair it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Sociological note to self: People never forget how to flirt. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He spoke roughly to Dionysus, who answered him with entire gentleness, seeming to try to reach his real self and open his eyes to see that he was face to face with divinity. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z By January he's his old self again, so back I come to Mrs. de Roo. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And my true self wants to blast off this rock. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I would be startled to catch myself thinking in a remote way of my earlier self as another person. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But there is one more time and place that calls to my wind self. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The second point was for all Latin countries to have self- determination. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Then I heard a cry, whether of bird or child or my own tortured self I do not know, and the redness cleared. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Slips his skinny self out from behind the chair. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z It is dehumanizing, for it forces one to adapt by becoming more self- contained and insulated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The e-mails and phone messages addressed to my former self come from a distant race of people with exotic concerns and far too much time on their hands. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I am very different from that self who drove to Manderley for the first time, hopeful and eager, handicapped by a rather desperate gaucherie and filled with an intense desire to please. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My healthy self looked very little like her healthy self. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He seemed to have reverted to his teenage self in their presence, but he deserved this time to be dumb—parenthood offers no vacations or sick days. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “How is de son gointuh be before his paw? Nature is de first of everything. Ever since self was self, nature been keepin’ folks off of red-hot stoves. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I was wrong of course, morbid, stupid; this was the hyper-sensitive behaviour of a neurotic, not the normal happy self I knew myself to be. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I’ve never heard of them before, but the name is self- explanatory. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I’m making this a tape by its self. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I said, and I now felt stronger, as if my true self had finally emerged. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew how little I could be counted on; how poorly, how shabbily my know-it-all self covered helplessness. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self- defeating path of hate. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s like the mane growing on your favorite fairy-tale horse, the kind your seven-year-old self dreamed about, frolicking through that meadow, underneath that rainbow. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But sometimes he would suddenly sprint, furious ten- or twenty-second bursts, as though trying to leave him self behind. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As you learn to master the core material for your career, you might also be ready to find your moorings in terms of your professional self. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I feel his fingers dig into my skin, his blue eyes, pulled to sharp pinpoints, like an animal’s, adrenaline driven, hungry for nothing else but destruction, empty of self and others. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He floated above, weightless, watching his human self labor and writhe. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z "But how could 'a bear to play a part for so long a time, and never reveal his true self?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The drive was a ribbon now, a thread of its former self, with gravel surface gone, and choked with grass and moss. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But it was neither hair nor clothes that made them look so different from their old selves. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z War Admiral, meanwhile, was his usual combative self. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Evil will come of that evil, but it is still a long way off, and I will see to it that the worst falls upon my self. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z On his next visit, Chief was his usual garrulous self. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The intensity with which the family undertook the defense had a self- perpetuating and escalating force: Reggie denied texting, the family backed him up, and Reggie, never someone to let others down, dug in deeper. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It took all my self- control not to order him and his filthy mouth out of our house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose you just don’t care if you kill yourself, do you ?” “It’s my self,” he reminded her. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But Linus knew better than to expect more than confused anger from the self- made California millionaires whose knowledge of foreign policy was formed largely by the Los Angeles Times. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And the Oyo girls, they sit by that river now, and they looks at it for they mirror and sees them selfs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The monster stepped forward, joining its second self, and put a giant foot through a settee not unlike Conor’s grandma’s. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And as the weeks and months went by, she became her old self again. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z What was more difficult was being sure about one’s self. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Before I began to restore these women to their dead selves through my awful work, I laid in Dracula’s tomb some of the Wafer, and so banished him from it, Un-Dead, for ever. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But it is the masterstroke of the green spot, shining like a beacon in the middle of her forehead, that conveys the anguish of the girl’s confrontation with her inner self. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We were both together again and the self- consciousness was gone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Now, at the ringing of the telephone, these two selves merged and became one again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He was still his warm and friendly self. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The ice plant did not take up much of his time, and he had a clear service record and an honorable discharge him- self. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was her own much younger self, that pint-sized person whom she could never be again, whom she missed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z "He call his self Jesus and then he die one day on two...morsels of...lumber." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A step could swallow your foot or your whole self. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand, trembling with his effort at self control, bore to his lips the last of his glass of ale. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Can you tell me why people go to such lengths to hide their real selves? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And now I see my scarred self hiding throughout many, many years. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Miles yawned as he dragged his tall self across the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Sure, he had made a monster out of me by spreading rumors and just being his terrible self. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z With a shrug and a smile, Mom says, "Hard to say. Certainly not until he's feeling like his old self again. Now, Miss Pagett, is there anything else I can help you with this morning?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt continued to be her sweet self with me only until her boyfriend got out of jail. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z For a minute, I think he’s going to be his quiet old self, and pretend to disappear. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z She left the cafe, and as she walked along the Common she felt the distance widen between her and another self, no less real, who was walking back toward the hospital. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Both demonstrate that acting in one’s self- interest does not always best serve one’s self- interest. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the older members reads the Abnegation manifesto, which is a short paragraph about forgetting the self and the dangers of self-involvement. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He brought the radar online and waited for it to complete a self- check. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She’ll be back to her business self in a second, I’m sure, but it’s nice to see that I haven’t destroyed Old Mom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Chicago probably would have been resurrected in the image of its old — and dangerously flammable — self, if two events had not intervened. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Were all people like that, with no true self? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “But it is a cause for celebration. Sometimes we will invite friends over and serve them hot drinks. We wish to reveal our new selves to them,” he said, smiling briefly, but still sad. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I didn’t care what Cecile called her new self or how much dust she blew off paths with her poems. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Get your sniveling self to the orphan house where they’ll feed you and dry your tears. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z James wasn’t his usual chatty self on their walk home from school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The Bantu speak of “self” as a vision residing inside, peering out through the eyeholes of the body, waiting for whatever happens next. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “But this is Jane Eyre. One of the world’s great stories. Love. Betrayal. Jealousy. The search for the true and complete self. It’s worthy of a play!” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They felt watched by their bemused childhood selves. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My mother and father, two brothers, and a sister as dear to me as my own self—there is no language for my loss. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His outermost layer of self, even after six months away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Being home, surrounded by his loved ones, helped him regain his sense of self. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Maybe because Uncle Darnell wasn’t his whole self but was like a ghost. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Ritchie tucks the pain a touch deeper inside and gives us his usual, easygoing self. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z |
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