She was so smart, smarter than me for sure. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I guess I looked confused when she said that, because then she said, “Well, when you share a name with one of the smartest men who ever lived, how could you not be?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You bummed him out because you’re smarter than he is. Hate when that happens.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“No getting smart with me, my friend. I am not the one who lost him.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She and I eat lunch together every day and test each other on questions for the quiz team. Melody is a lot smarter than she looks.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It’s catchy and everyone knows the words, but to me, it’s this reminder that no matter who you are, there will always be someone prettier or smarter or thinner. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The thing was, he had to admit, he’d always thought he was smarter than other people. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s a smart guy, and it takes a lot to make him rethink something. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I had no idea whether we were smart like them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She should probably try harder in her smart classes so that she wouldn't get kicked out of them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We were outcasts in a school where the smartest eighth graders were in the 8–1 homeroom, each subsequent drop in number indicating one notch less smarts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It would sound cocky, smart- mouth to say that he, David, was captain of the Frog. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or if they do, no one ever finds out they’re smart, ’cause they’re too busy trying to find their next meal and pay their bills and stuff. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"When you leave, you'll need to be smart in other ways, not just book learning. One of the most important things you need to learn is whom to trust." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed his surprise in seeing a colored man with money, but I was smart enough not to let it show. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph was an unusually smart mouse, something he had doubted only once in a while. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The smarter ones tried to appear casual, but some broke into a run before they got outside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I miss that kid. He was smart. Knew how to use his powers—better than your pet, at least. Might as well send her back for all the good she’s going to do for you.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Your father loves you very much, Mary Anne. He brags about how smart you are to everyone he knows.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too smart to fall for that. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“All right,” he said, “since you’re so smart, you can make your own dumb maze for your own dumb mouse. I’ll write a poem instead.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

She had just told me I was smart and a disappointment, reminding me she hadn’t said one nice thing to me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You always were the smart boy, weren’t you? Always trying to tell your dad what to do. Always full of yourself.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

"If the first one is stupid, I'll chop off your head and find a smarter wife. When do you think you'll be able to have children?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but that class is...those kids are gonna hold you back. You want to be in the smart class.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, that boy is bonkers, but he is a smart one.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was super smart, but he wanted to live his life on his own terms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Go quickly now. Be smart, and be careful, and do what you can to keep your life. Do you promise me that?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even this old sea god must be smart enough to realize they were the demigods with the bounty on their heads. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So it’s interesting, and more than a little disturbing, to see how Barb turned out—that she’s meaner and slyer than I am, more cherishing of grudges, and not quite as smart as I’d hoped. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to battle for my place at the top every single season, but I made it because I was stronger and fencing smarter. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to be disliked, but I imagine it must really smart to find yourself repeatedly taken advantage of. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But if Mr. Douglass is near smart as folks say, seems to me he’d’ve had the sense to aim me out the window hisself. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"Butterflies look so delicate, but they're strong. And brave. And smart. No one teaches them how to use their new wings. But they're ready to try, all on their own." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You need to go back to college, sweetie potato. You’re so smart.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The smart ones say so and people listening to them and reading what they write down agree: Here comes the new. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It means that people start getting really smart when they need to—when there's something that's forcing them to think creatively. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I tolld her I was trying very hard to be smart. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"You surprise me, Turtle Wexler. I thought you were too smart to commit such a dangerous, destructive, and stupid act." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I want to hit her face, but maybe that’s not a smart move. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

How smart he is and how he learned to sit and stay and how he slept beside my bed. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I’d be able to say something smart—something that would lasso him in and make him mine. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I learned that there is nothing to fear in the dark if you’re smart. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Sure, we can’t change what happened, but if we can string together enough clues, we can prove that whatever nightmare has befallen us, we could have stopped it, if only we had been smart enough. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I was too old and smart for that. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this how you got so smart so fast?” demanded Grace, who seemed furious. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“If you was really smart as you think you is, you’d quit looking for answers inside your own head and start looking for ’em in God’s gifts. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure it’s smart to leave the city knowing the dangers that might be out there.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“There you go with those smarts again,” Aunt Nancy says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t like being forced to sound smart. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I have a lot of problems to solve, but I have a lot of smart people to solve them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mind you, if you get smart on us . . .” He gets comfortable on the ground. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I told him not everyone was as smart as he was. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Older people were expected to be smarter; they are closer to the gods. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason was still hacking away at the turtle’s face, but when he heard Leo say I have an idea, he made the only smart choice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was very brave and smart and he tricked the giants and escaped . . . but no sooner was he outside the castle than die Others took him, and drank his hot red blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“How’d you get so smart if you didn’t go to school?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had 9 good feeling that Arnold was honest, and smart about investing, so I gave him most of the money, keeping just enough for gas for the mower. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“You know what? Get out the car, smart guy.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel strong or smart or brave. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We have to protect that smart brain of yours from claws and teeth.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

An extraordinary assortment of people had already settled into half of the chairs; shabby and smart, old and young. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Although he was very smart, he’d never shown much interest in school and could often be found drinking in the boozing centers. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Deep down, I do think I’m smarter than those twelve NO votes in humanities class last week. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“That is perfect, Albert. Man, you really are a smart dude.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Once I got caught with forty pounds of hash in my suitcase and I told the customs agent it was hair henna from Egypt and he let me pass. They aren't that smart." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

After all the talk about how smart she was there was a lot of surprise and some people were saying that maybe she wasn’t as smart as people thought. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What matters is he’s a lot smarter than he lets on. And I just think it's time to take DuShawn Carter seriously.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like reminding him I’m not one of the greatest minds, but Tío Pepe is so smart, maybe his advice is worth a try? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Did they get smart all of a sudden and figure a way to back out of the trap? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even at eight years old, I was smart enough to realize that something was very wrong and that until I figured out what it was, I’d better not get myself in deeper trouble. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wore smart suits; I drove a colossal Oldsmobile, and I knew my way around the back alleys of the city. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just smart enough to realize she meant white people. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Being around other guys didn’t make me feel smarter. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s like what Copter’s ma said, that I’m a lot more growned and smarter than most folks my age. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Their grandson struggled with mental health problems during his short life, but he was a smart kid and they had been putting money away to send him to college. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The fire...the bandits...I still cannot believe that you defeated Regibald du Burgh in single combat. You were smart to lure him up into that broken glass tower.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I believe that I am smart enough, and know how to work hard enough, to make anything happen. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gardner said it was clear to him that girls had to “dumb down” at Permian or else run the risk of being excluded from dating and parties because the boys considered them too smart. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids in Reardan are the smartest and most athletic kids anywhere. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be the smartest girl in your class.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I shall pretend that I am in a smart restaurant and that this is the lobster pond.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure how someone in prison would sound, exactly, but I guessed they wouldn’t be so smart. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

That might have been the first time anyone had ever told him he was smart. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

For a hands- on executive like Howard, the urge to tinker must have been strong, but he was smart enough to recognize superior understanding, no matter how bizarre the training practices looked. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used to follow me anywhere, looking up at me like I was smart and wise. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, thinking better of it he adds: “Of course, a little smarter than you are now.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He silently cursed himself for thinking this smart- mouth teenage sister of the troublemaker known as Quang-ha could ever help. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They were close to the umbrella trees that lined the driveway when Richard saw the bearded man, in a severely smart, belted army uniform, striding across the corridor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rosetta was the eldest sister and the smartest of all my siblings. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a right smart better than the other ones, but it’s not bricks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"She’s super smart in math, too. She’ll probably be in that class with you. Her name is Doris and she’s really nice. The girl had her face buried in a book. " The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nenny who thinks she is smart and talks to any old man, asks lots of questions. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I doubt it. You are not as smart as you think!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Is he smart enough to go under that lean-to I’d made for him? Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

People trying to escape don’t act in the smartest of ways. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But she’s really smart, and also funny. She sits at the cool table and everything.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Now, Henny Pennies,” she said, “I’m doing this for your own good. When Big Ma comes out here, just look smart.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Didn’t he think he was smart, though, going out on a secret adventure before anybody was up? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cats was smart and sassy like Quincy is. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s cool. You’re smart enough to make it up,” he said confidently. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Because, Jake, even though I could get by on my looks, I prefer to be smart, too. Going for another straight-A report card.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop being silly. This school is perfect. You can be around other smart kids. It's not college, and it’s not middle school. I’ve called the admissions office to see how we can get you in.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why she was the smartest little sister in the world. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

She said it was smart to know what the poisonous ones looked like, especially spending so much time in the woods. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

After all, half of being gifted was just the fact that everybody expected you to be smart. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Kate, as she had always, drove in the smart but senseless knife of her cruelty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gruwell does things that are so smart, yet so simple. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Maddie and I were best friends in 5th grade, and our moms have known each other forever. She’s also wicked smart.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that this wasn’t the smartest move, but the need to do something here, anything, outweighed those personal concerns. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wish Amma were around to tell me what is and isn't smart. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as I submerged my hands, they smarted and burned. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to play the smart game,” I tell her. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

So besides the fact that Aileen would be betraying Kaira’s mother, Kaira just couldn’t imagine someone as smart and as cool as her being involved with someone as gross as El Genius. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Pay a dollar or two when you enter and what you say is smarter, funnier, than it would be in your own kitchen. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you get him talking, I mean. Probably the smartest kid I ever met.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

This smarted a little, and Amarante croaked a string of feeble curses as he limped around in the road, amazed by what a flabby uncoordinated old geezer he had become. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But not a very smart one to stay so close by.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I am sad you got hurt and didn’t get to join the smart class with me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I argued back that I wasn’t smart enough to get a scholarship. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So, you really think that these angels were that smart?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

How do you know how smart I am? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m warning you, mister, don’t get smart with me. I don’t like that, Ben. I simply don’t like it.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Trust is indeed something in these days. It is, perhaps, better to have a homely woman whom one can trust than a more chic maid—for example, some smart Parisienne.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are smarter people who could make a more informed decision, and dumber people who’d make a quicker one. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were one of the smart ones,” Valentine said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

So smart, so morally upright, but she talked too much, in a voice that came from too far down in her chest, and she was homely as a pig head three, like her father. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Believe what you will. You’re a young woman, Krithika. Young, lovely, and smart. All I ask is that you don’t throw away your life.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The smart ones learned to keep quiet and let Smith initiate a conversation, which he did every once in a while. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Sonny, you’re so smart,” Dorothy sighed on the couch in her living room when I told her how I was learning trigonometry. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“In the old radio days, when you were all little and all, you all used to be so—smart and happy and—just lovely. Morning, noon, and night.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Plus, whenever she was dealing with Noodles, the smart mouth came in handy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Eventually, people were so smart that they were able to decipher nature’s secrets, enabling them to tame sheep and cultivate wheat. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse followed still trying to figure out why two grown people and a smart girl like Leslie wanted to leave a comfortable life in the suburbs for a place like this. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You a smart girl. You watch us, do the same. Help us stack the tiles and make four walls.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She liked that, to him, she was smart and pretty and funny all rolled into one. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pellets under the skin of Boxer’s leg smarted painfully. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was a smart idea, but I guess it’s not so easy when your shoes are pulling you along feetfirst at full speed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She’s fun, smart, she doesn’t just hear me she listens to me, and we have so much in common, but . . . she’s white. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was the rich white people who were smart and knew how to treat people. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Marian wore a new powder blue dress, “very smart without being gaudy.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Francy was the smartest Low Cut when it came to numbers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Big Ma didn’t post herself up in the door frame immediately, so Fern left the run, but not without warning her chickens, “Look smart, Henny Pennies. Extra smart!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I figured I was as smart as Sam, but I didn’t have as much interest in school as he had. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A smart boy, but stubborn. That helm ... the others call him bullheaded, so he threw it in their teeth." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Already I got a Depression on my hands, I don’t need smart advice from you. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish you didn’t feel lonely in the smart class. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Alicia, who inherited her mama’s rolling pin and sleepiness, is young and smart and studies for the first time at the university. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The engineers were smart. They built the walls on old foundations that go down to bedrock. And don’t ask how I know. I just do.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

March 17—When I waked up this morning rite away I thot I was gone to be smart but Im not. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cully lost the vertical stripes of his first year’s plumage and became greyer, grimmer, madder, and distinguished by smart horizontal ban where the long stripes had been. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was smart enough to put things in my head in my youth and now I have a library in my head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He still smarted, more from Ellidyr’s words than from the drubbing; and he was hardly pleased that Eilonwy had seen him sprawled at the feet of the arrogant Prince. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was also surrounded by good, smart people who were ready to help. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Because a smart, handsome boy like you shouldn’t have to try so hard to be happy.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Luck or smarts, I don’t care, long as I’m not dead.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess. Until the jelly beans wear off, anyway. But until they do, I think you need to use your Spidey powers to do whatever smart stuff needs doing.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, but you made two hundred and eight dollars! You see? You're my little sister, and you're twice as smart as me." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was smart and fearless, with a flop of brown curly hair and the sort of glasses that made girls like him, square black ones. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Arnold, if you’re so smart,” Dodge said, “then tell us how it works.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those were smart people; they knew how to get hold of money, millions of it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it doesn’t seem smart to follow something that is broken. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think there is anyone smarter than me out there,” he went on. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

These kids seemed so smart and articulate, almost passionately idealistic, and they seemed to be suffering so pointlessly. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The not-so-great news: the sagging porch and drooping roof make it pretty clear that just waltzing in and finding the right room isn’t the smartest idea. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Were she smart enough to let me, I could use her as my living prop. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought I was helping her with something smarter,” Matthew says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re way smarter than me right now. I bet your IQ is off the charts. You want to take a test?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You think Joe is going to college? Like he’s going to Harvard College and strut around like he’s all smart and everything? Smarter than his dad? You think that’s what’s going to happen?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Polish, what do you think? You don’t need smarts to get into heaven.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We assume that being good at things like calculus and algebra is a simple function of how smart someone is. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

If she was going to make this plan work, she had to be smart, stay calm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I don't think I'm smart enough to handle more complicated," I say. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that they were smart. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Which is more important, never giving up or thinking smart? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true that in terms of pure intellect, teenagers are just as smart as adults, just as able to reason, and just as knowledgeable about the consequences of risky behavior. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say something that would lead Margaret offtrack, but when I opened my mouth to make some smart remark, nothing came out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think you’re smart,” she says, her hand raised again, but I duck. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Those were some of our best years, the ones where I didn’t feel like he was bigger or better or smarter or more selfless than I was. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But he does seem smart, and he knows a bunch of stuff. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lasher quietly explained to my mother that all the tests I had taken indicated that I was quite smart, but that I was going to throw it all away because of my behavior. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The thing he was afraid of, he was afraid somebody'd say something smarter than he had. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her eyes roved across my face, which was smarting with pain, and then settled on your cut lip, but she didn’t comment. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I think Mary Elizabeth is a really smart and pretty person, and I’m glad that she is my first date ever. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It lists Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, Sylvia Plath, and a bunch of other smart people who were kind of nuts. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sam always got scornful when other people disagreed with him, because he always thought he was right, although to be honest, a lot of the time he was right, because of being so smart. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s smart and he’s steady, the prince is,” Sir Stephan continued. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Driving past, my dad used to roll his eyes at the flocks of students haplessly jaywalking across Ellis Avenue, wondering how it was that such smart people had never learned to properly cross a street. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was too smart to fall for this. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I said that all my friends are smart people and their good. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to think you were smart enough not to be either.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She also just arrived in New York, but they put her in the smart class because she speaks French and English. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Kids still got teased and bullied, but it was over usual kid stuff: being fat or being skinny, being tall or being short, being smart or being dumb. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t look all that smart, to be honest, choosing something so huge. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This was smart on my mom’s part because my brother is the only person who can get my grandfather to stop making a scene because he’s really direct about it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s an indication of rain, of a water source for those who don’t have mentors as smart as Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I didn’t really think of something that smart until later. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t the biggest or the strongest, but he was the smartest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He knew he was really a smart mouse. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not smart, maybe, about fixing things or growing things, but smart in a way Jesse had never known real live people to be. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“That Mr. Harding,” said David as he tousled my hair, “sounds like a real smart man.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were smart. You went to college. You were good-looking. Why did you ever come here?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should they,” countered Sissy, “when they and everybody else knows that the Jewish doctors are smarter.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Yale lead was a smart one, but it led to nothing except how much I wanted it to work out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Siobhan was one of the smartest girls I ever knew, though she never rubbed it in your face like other people. She loved puzzles, especially ones involving math.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And he was already pretty smart before he got to North Hill. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I know that you're smart and careful and weird and funny. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“You'd be smart to remember he's not the only one who can leave bruises.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Bobby is smart, too, though not as academic as his older sister, a high school valedictorian and the rare Truman graduate to advance to an elite university. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t used to be smart aleck until you started hanging around with my son.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“She was so special, so smart. She was my only friend here.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, she is. And real nice, too. Not real smart, but real nice, with cute little dimples just here.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Friends were telling me how wonderful it was that I had made it into this wonderful school and how really smart I must be. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was smart, generous, her looks unquestionably homely, queer, egregiously frank, hip to the bones. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe he’s smart enough to know that.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if you don't believe me, look under "grim" in the dictionary, it sure doesn't say "a smart grown-up." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kind of smart, when you think about it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I said something really smart like, ‘This forest is under my protection. You won’t start any battles here!’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I only hope that someday I can be half as smart as he is. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This was a lucky find, boy. We got to play it smart though, or we’ll lose it all.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He has a smart head and a watching eye. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes smarted and it was as though some fever in him made everything too bright and sharp. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He said, “A son. Soon he’s going to be taller than me. Taller and smarter. He’ll be a great doctor. A brain surgeon. Or lawyer for the Supreme Court.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it is. Maybe if I wasn’t hiding I’d have street smarts or something. It’s early to be blaming myself, but maybe it’s going to be my fault, Lidia.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She used to be sweet on Son Black herself, so I reckon she knew what she was talking about when she added, “Son’s right nice-lookin’ and smart, but his mouth sure isn’t any prayer book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“The lizards have become smarter. They run faster now and hide under blocks of cement,” the boy who had climbed told Ugwu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they fooled the Ghost Teachers and Ghost Coaches, who couldn’t tell smart Chinese from dumb Chinese. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Paul acts like he’s not smart, but that isn’t true. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

So Grandma was smart—she was trying to get Ernie off his duff. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You would never think that he was smart and went to some private school in Manhattan,” I say. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“How about a holding cell, smart guy? You like that idea?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Place was right smart of fish if I ’member correctly.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Rachel gets disgusted a right smart lot of the time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no way am I smart like he says. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Papa always said it was because he and Mom were smart, and they had big ideas about what black people like us could be and could do. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Dad, not smart. Not smart at all.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At this moment the man on the box whipped up his horses and the van moved out of the yard at a smart trot. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“I used to think you were smart, boy.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He was smart, the way he recharged his pterodactyl’s battery.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The suitcase was full of smart new clothes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she would answer, “Because he was the best,” or “Because he was the smartest,” or “Because he was the handsomest. He would add, “And the luckiest.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they are so smart, so wonderfully smart about how they play it, because it all comes back to reflect on the government and President Snow in particular. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You are fairly smart,” I said after a while. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It does smart a little,” she admitted, “but it’ll fill in in a day or so. Things like this always do.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Father got into a rage. He said that Sam was too smart a boy to be fooled by sedition.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not smart to make a sudden move. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“But I’m glad we established that I’m smarter than you.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“She has a very unique style. And she’s exceptionally smart,” he added with a wink. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He told me it might not pay to show off how smart I am. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

James had more courage, more good heart in him than any of us “smart” kids. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She’s a smart girl too, because she reads my answer all over my face. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, this is really impressive. I had no idea you were this smart.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My sister is smart enough not to say anything else. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She’s a geek like Seven, smart enough for Harvard but Howard bound, and real sweet. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In these classes I was praised for being smart and hardworking. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was no talk of their coming back, unless their attempt to grow their own food should fail—and she did not believe that would happen; they were too smart. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

No, this was grown-up seeming, and I felt smart sitting there watching it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even her father had told Jinjoo that it was a good thing she had a pretty face and smart brain, because her singing would drive any potential husbands away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m not that smart. I didn’t know it all along. I had to figure it out.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she lacked in smarts Hasina made up for in mischief and a mouth that, Giti said, ran like a sewing machine. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was pretty, smart, and had a quiet sense of self-respect. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

David was smart and gentle, a tall, good-looking guy who was two years older than I was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Jeanine’s so smart you can see it even before she says anything. Like ... a walking, talking computer.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A week later, the inspecting man comes back with a friend, a woman with smart, dark eyes like my mother’s. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Devan was quick and smart and able too, which was more than could be said about most of her attendants. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And even though he refuses to take himself seriously, Molly can tell he’s way smarter than he admits, probably even smarter than he knows. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But really friends with no one but Simeon and Simeon was friends with everyone, because being his enemy just wasn't smart. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“He said I might be even smarter than you!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the carriage, there is a hamper of things to eat, which was smart of someone, because none of us has remembered to eat enough all day. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were too smart for that.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you ask him, then? He’s so smart,” I said, more curtly than I had intended. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy Drew is a smart and resourceful teenage sleuth who began solving mysteries in the 1930s and continues to solve them to this day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Then how come you got to be so smart? How come you got to know so much?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bullens liked to say that a smart man had an answer for every question. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was a time, she knew, that she was smart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His classmates roared with laughter, but his forehead smarted. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

But Siobhan had always been the smarter of the two, and she wisely turned him down. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It had started the cut to smarting again so when I went to wash I hung the vest on a chair and lowered the light cord so that the bulb would be drying the splotch. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was smarter; there was no debate about that. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Drawing himself up to his full height, he saluted in a smart military fashion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I studied hard, got straight A’s, but nobody seemed to see that I was smart and had nothing in common with this monster, this birth defect. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it wasn’t the smartest idea, but I couldn’t even help myself. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He got angry. Wanted to fight. But it’s easy for a metal sorcerer to fight someone who wears metal armor. He was smart enough to leave when I gave him the chance.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She was smart, but not in a nice way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” Teresa said—Thomas knew she was too smart to waste time arguing about it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So I practice a couple of smart faces. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s really smart, and not that cute, but I like him anyway.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My theory is it was because of two things Anatole saw in our house: one, plenty of books for a smart boy to read, even if he can’t go to school anymore. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be surprising to find them among the “smartest” girls’ and boys’ names in California, listed on pages 199-200, that are still fairly obscure. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re a smart girl, Esmeralda. Let’s try to get you into an academic school so that you have a shot at college.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

These are smart girls who speak their minds. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I knew I was no smarter than any of them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Eyes like a fish and she’s nearly as smart as one.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You were really smart to find us,” he said to Ms. Morales, because sometimes when Mom was mad, it cheered her up to hear a compliment. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

That's why I worry about Eden, because even though he's easily the smartest of us three boys, he thinks a lot like I do. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I struggle for something smart to say in return, but to my embarrassment, I feel tears well up in my eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Panther was smart enough to stay away, but dumb, lovable Fufi was forever trying to be Abel’s friend. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One day, when the wound was smarting terribly, Siddhartha rowed across the river, consumed by longing, and got out of the boat with the purpose of going to the town to seek his son. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was smart enough to learn ghost ways. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our nation is richer and smarter than North Korea. We have to use reason over confrontation.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It was impressive, the way you used your book smarts to get rid of it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It took her until February, and for a girl as smart as Leslie that was a long, long time. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t think it’s smart to parade you around looking exactly like the princess,” Anya said, not adding that Misha had already noticed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I said, “No, he don’t look that smart. He’s just wild.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell when you were being smart, and when you were being too smart for your own good. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He walks away, and even though I’m a huge idiot, I’m smart enough to know better than to follow him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I press my fingers to my chest to massage some of the smarting tension away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The villagers were too smart for the most part. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As she walked along the rising road that bordered the sea, Lupita’s eyes smarted from the sharp brightness of the blue water and the white surf curling onto the beach many feet below. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of smart people working on that project, and I guessed they’d figure things out, sooner or later. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now I get to shine in the smart class! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I know. But you were awarded a scholarship because you are smart, not because you are black,” Maxine says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Baz was smart and trying to be funny to cheer us up and said we shouldn’t worry and found some trashy paperbacks for us to read while we were hanging around all day. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, and a guy is about as smart as a piece of dead wood infested with termites. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The smart and charming First Aid Nursing Yeomanry girl who does the driving for the Moon Squadron didn’t ask Maddie any questions. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Bunny was a great girl who was better than any guy I knew because she was tough, smart, and daring. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I say to Frank, who is sitting up on the catwalk operating the spotlight, “Frank, that baby is smarter than half of my humanities class. Is this how things have always been?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Tell me the truth. Do you think I’m smarter or dumber than Hanako?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re smart as well as cute,” he said, and they began the ride down, back to a home with food. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“If Henry’s from St. Louis,” I said, “how did he get to be so smart?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I think you’re really smart. Definitely a bit on the neurotic side, but totally smart. And brave, too.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Being smart didn’t mean he had to be boring. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I ask him he will tell me how I can think now that Im suppose to get smart. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re so smart! I’m surprised they kept you in the remedial class for so long.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Does she think misery only matter if you rich and smart and don’t have no messed-up face? Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I think of all the remarkable things he is— smart and enthusiastic and observant, quiet and earnest and kind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Eleanor had always been a really smart girl—a little bit of a crybaby back then, but nice. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I was smart, and I looked forward to a college education. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I decide it’s smarter to keep all senses on ready alert. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite its being unmasked by the Soviets, Operation Gold secured Harvey's reputation inside the CIA as one of its wiliest and smartest operatives. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ravens, bigger and smarter, waited on the outskirts of the field to see whether it was safe to join the feast. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I guess it would be really cheesy of me to say I think you’re ten times hotter and smarter than any beauty queen.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At least some of the teachers are smart and decide to let us watch movies instead of actually trying to teach us stuff. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

If he’s talking about who he is, he wishes he’d been someone smart enough to have done this last year. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Next to my parents, Mrs. Baxter was the smartest person I knew. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t sound like bribery. That doesn’t even sound like you, Mrs. Frankweiler. You’re smarter than that. How do you know that I won’t slip about your secret as I did about the museum?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smart crackle of blows, a few agonized howls, and silence and order descended suddenly on the room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

After all, were they not smarter, wiser, more thoughtful and forethoughtful, the wealthiest, the most enlightened? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From the front, the hospital was a smart, sprawling single floor complex that seemed as long as the Griffin Building was tall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And she said mabey they got no rite to make me smart because if god wantid me to be smart he would have made me born that way. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes and her long braids were two shades darker than her brown skin; she looked pretty, but also smart. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

An andy smart enough to laser him could probably take me, too. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

You needed a good roll of the dice, a lucky draw of the cards, and some smarts, but if things went your way and you gave it your all, anyone could win. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Tall and skinny, a little on the homely side, but smarter than any woman I’d ever known. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even if they could, few rowing coaches would simply clone their biggest, strongest, smartest, and most capable rowers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, good-looking, smart, tough man who knew how to motivate people. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You know that smart kid that’s in your class and always knows the answers and the teacher leaves her in charge whenever she has to step out of the classroom for a minute?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Robert opens his hand to reveal a pair of silver earrings, says to my sister, This is a gift for how smart you are. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Everybody on this comer is smart. You ain’t no smarter than anybody here. If you so smart, why you got to come on this comer every summer? ’Cause you flunkin’ school! The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, you know. The wise guys firing the regular guys and putting on you colored college boys. Pretty smart," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fella was the smartest peddler in town, in my opinion. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as Celia had once told him, a smart person doesn’t spit into the wind. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not sure which option is smarter, or better. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The enterprising ones would skim off their share, and if they were smart and wished to enjoy their lives, they’d learn how to ski and play golf. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin still smarts from the scrubbing I got from two slave-girls, and my head aches from the tight bun they tamed my hair into. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He never would have figured it out, certainly; it was the sort of thing that occurred to smart guys. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, clearly, she had wanted me to have it—and wearing it, loath as I was to admit it, was smarter than running around in my camp uniform. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Only thing, what if never giving up means not thinking smart or speaking true? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

You are smart and strong and kind and selfless. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Row upon row of identical tents, cook fires, tethered horses of officers, camp followers, stacked muskets, the quick, smart pacing of sentries. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Foaly was so amazed, he couldn’t even formulate a smart comment. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But not strength, not particularly—he is smart, but not strong. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my quest, smart girl! Finally I get to be the hero, and you two will not steal my chance.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was too smart for the kinds of solace I could offer. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a large number of things to be bought for the cocktail party, and she also hoped to find a smart, new dress. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Be smart like your mother,” she kept saying. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was smarter than some of the kids in the class—but not the smartest. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to the doctor who is going to help you get smart.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she’s smart. But she’s incredibly weird. She’s going to end up living alone in a basement with a bunch of cats. Windy, you used to have better taste in friends.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Those two teams played smart baseball, the way I liked to see it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth finishes the song quickly in one breath and then snaps off a smart salute. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She says that the world is divided into the people who imagine their own funerals and the people who don’t, and that smart and artistic people naturally fall into the former category.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe because he was married to my mom, who was so smart and strong. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At first I thought it was cool for them to think I was smart but then I found out it made me enemies with some of the other kids. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to take an aptitude test before I started, and, based on the results of the test, the school counselor told me, “You’re going to be in the smart classes, the A classes.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Pearl was smarter than any of them and yet she seemed comfortable with everything she didn’t know: she lingered comfortably in the gray spaces. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bombarding him with questions probably wasn’t the smartest approach. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I might have been slight—but I was smart and cagey. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“He’s a smart dog. But I still don’t want him.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the window, I watched men and women in smart outfits—in suits and skirts and clicking heels—carrying their coffee to work with a bustle of self-importance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was smart in math but came home with a C on his report card in math that year, so my mother went to school and asked the teacher about it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s one of the smartest people I’ve ever known, so I would be stupid to refuse. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Woman to Woman is full of talented, smart, passionate young women from all over the city.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

While he is smart and all that, his English has not kept up with the times, so he pays me to make it more accessible. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I sit next to Tiffany Brown, the smartest girl in the world. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow’s Saturday. Does being smart take the weekend off?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Only this time, I was smarter about it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Herbert was not unintelligent—in fact, he was quite smart, with a particular aptitude for electronics and mechanics. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The smart of her hand and the ache of her heart were forgotten in the sting of the thought, “I shall have to tell at home, and they will be so disappointed in me!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Golden explained think tanks were groups of smart people who worked on solving the world’s problems. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The guest has to be smart enough to answer more questions correctly than his or her one hundred adversaries — and by that standard, few have ever seemed as superbly qualified as Christopher Langan. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I thought she was smarter than that!” one of them said. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So rice farmers improved their yields by becoming smarter, by being better managers of their own time, and by making better choices. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Turns out Stephen Hawking has something called ALS, and he can’t walk or talk, and he’s probably the smartest man in the world, and everybody knows it! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“What is it—am I not smart enough for you? Am I not a good enough partner anymore?” she asked. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Somehow Harley didn’t seem to feel anything at all, and he masked it with smart talk and laughter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Beauregard. He was the smart one. Belvedere was the muscle. And Ethan was like two inches taller than me back then.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“How about finding yourself a smart boy? Or better yet, a kind boy, a boy who listens to what you have to say?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You aren’t just the nicest kid in these parts, you are the smartest, you know that?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We need more smart Negro boys,” he said. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She's smarter than the Careers, actually finding a few useful items in the ashes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He smiles and says, "Well, don't get too smart all at once, okay?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they are smart, I give them that much, and this looks like a problem where smarts might count, so I'm headed for the kitchen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a terrific smile—a million freckles on his face—and new wire-rimmed glasses that made him look smart. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Glass’s bedroom reeked, and even smarted, of freshly painted walls. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

You think you could whip the heavyweight champion, and that you are smarter than anybody. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smart move now was to split and head straight for Middletown while I still had a head start. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His hand was still smarting, muttering to itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The Flight Research Division was a den of high-energy, free- thinking, aggressive, and very smart engineers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

My eyes were smarting from all the smoke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s smart to be afraid of things that smell of death.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were really cool, and smart, and I really felt bad about lying to you and everything.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

No matter how smart the doctors are, or no matter what medication I take, I’ll always somewhere inside myself be wired wrong and nothing can be done about it. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned that we wanted to be more like the noble eagle, the smart fox, and the powerful elephant. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is bold and brave and smart, and she wins almost every board game we ever play. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“So smart about how you present yourself before the cameras. I didn’t want to disrupt that.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You're very smart. You know exactly how to talk to this woman. I know that. So why did you call me?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure about that? I might be smarter than you think,” Wash said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm really smart! I promise you, I would do well!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The smart thing was to give Nita up, to buy the safety he couldn’t beg for. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She actually did. I told her you convinced me to go. She said that you sound like a smart girl. She ain’t lying about that.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I never said you were dumb. I just said you were smart, didn’t I? Why do you have to take things the wrong way?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe my mother wrong this one time. Treat did not get better in one hour. All these year, I think my mother never get anything wrong. Very smart woman.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And maybe not as smart and clever as the song sellers made out. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, you seem like a smart girl.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He says the smart humans owe it to every other living creature not to let the dumb humans wreck the whole planet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The only problem is that at my Choosing Ceremony next year I'll have to join Erudite, because that's where the killer is, and I'm not sure I'm smart enough to make it through initiation. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You ought to see the room in the hotel where they hold the contest. Gold chandeliers! Rich-looking stuff everywhere! And kids from all over looking smart. But we smoked them all!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You are clearly a smart boy. You must go to university, like I did. That is the only way to truly succeed.” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

How had they produced such a child—so smart and self-possessed, so dutiful, helpful, and precocious? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“This child’s got some serious smarts! She’s going to be our star in this program.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I was going to tell him about me getting smart but I remembered Prof Nemur said no. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stop walking and turn to him and ask real smart like, “Why you always picking on me?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

This Detective Stevens called me a smart cookie, but she’s a whole smart cake. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe when you live rich and with smart in your head, your hurts don’t get so sore. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was actually a wicked dew from an unwholesome fen, but I'm a lot smarter than Romeo, and I know when to shut up. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Of the two of them, everyone would call Felix the smart and trustworthy one. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t tell him anything personal except that I’m a senior, and that I think he’s smart for going to community college. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

As smart as he is, Luke doesn’t make a stink about it. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

His limbs were shaking, a terrible stitch was beginning in his side, and the sweat that kept dropping into his eyes blinded them and made them smart. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The smart couples in their convertible roadsters driving by without a second glance? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hattie denied any involvement in the crime but told one agent, “I am as smart as you are. I have been warned about you.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In fight-or-flight situations it’s street smarts that will get you out alive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And he believes a woman is just as smart as a man. He was the first to ever teach us as if we had minds of our own. Perhaps your daughter felt the same way.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not trying to be smart,” I’d reply, calming him down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Go on home,” she told her mare, Cinders, who was so gentle and smart that Miss Maggie could ride bareback and then turn her loose to meander home. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Myself and one very smart guy, much smarter than me, I should say” — a wondering shake of the head here — “who got his doctorate from MIT.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just smart and I worked hard. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Our classmates tease us about how smart we are: "You'll both end up being doctors or professors or something. Your kids will be geniuses." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I’ve told you, what I say is not what I feel, which is why I have a reputation for being boy-crazy as well as a flirt, a smart aleck and a reader of romances. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You too smart fer me. Yes, suh,” he says, looking busy as hell, putting five or six little packages into the wagon. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The board was smart enough to gradually learn how her body moved. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I heard you, smart meat, now get lost. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it’s the age difference, or simply that Beetee is probably about a million times smarter than the rest of us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Out West in Utah. Broke my back. Then I got smart.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“The teachers must love you at school. You are so handsome and so smart and so polite.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The school has a nice rep as a school for smart kids, mostly smart white kids. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got it easy—you have all your physical functions working properly. You never have to struggle just to be understood. You think you’re smart because you have a medical degree?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He told his family how he had persuaded me to take his case and bragged that I only represented people who were smart and charming. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She began telling people how smart I was. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So then he sends Gabriel down to kill the angels, and sooner or later he talks to Noah and sends the flood to kill off all the humans who had gotten too smart.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

From the time I was two, when I first started speaking in paragraphs that began with topic sentences, Malcolm and Maud had told me that I was exceptionally smart. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Because Luigi’s smart. He figured out that one of you library-loving kids was helping me hoard every single copy of that terrible book. It broke his heart. Crushed his spirit.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

My brother was the one everybody really liked—Kenny, the smart college kid. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

You wish you were smart enough to cheat your way in, I want to spit back—but I take a deep breath and force my reply down. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I feel smarter just by standing in front of it. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Andrius is a very smart boy. We must speak only to one another,” said Mother, turning to me, “and please, Lina, be careful with anything you write or draw.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

If only people were smarter, evolved enough to treat everyone the same even if they looked different. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

None of them got their smarts from jelly beans. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

In that way, I was like any smart wild animal. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I figured there should be some smarter way to get the fish—though we never discovered what it might be. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't roll his eyes or make some smart remark in typical Noodles fashion. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I kept my hands on the reins, ready to pull Selhan’s head up if he tried to drink, but he was smarter than that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I’m smart enough not to say it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

People don’t realize how smart bees are, even smarter than dolphins. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would both be very smart and read a lot. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain, he said, was too smart to be outfoxed by adults. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I don’t know what’s going on with you, but I know you are too smart to give up on yourself.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She brightens and says, “Great! I think that’s great, sweetie. You’ll master that algebra in no time, I’m certain of it. My smart girl.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I asked her if that was in the dress code, not to be a smart aleck but because I didn’t remember seeing cutoffs listed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

‘Johnny, here’s half a mince pie for you. You’re a real smart boy.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Nat every regiment looked smarter, stood straighter, and marched better than the last one. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn't he smart to rub it in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not trying to be a smart mouth. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The boys, who normally sported their high school letter sweaters, were dressed in smart brown military uniforms and jaunty hats. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I went limp as a baby—I was too smart to fight back. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Why, Red Pollard is one of the smartest jockeys in the country today, and he doesn’t have the strength to blow out a candle.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smart move definitely would have been to hang back with Zach and make fun of the performance. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“You know, girls are really smart,” Jon, a medical student in a blue suit, said at the end of the evening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I was officially going to be considered “smart.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

By the time dinner was over, and they all left, all my mom said was that Mary Elizabeth was smart, and all my dad said was my “girlfriend” was pretty. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing them, I realized that they weren’t at all smarter than the rest of us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This world is a place that can eat a girl alive, even smart ones like you. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Got tired of hearing some girl coo about how smart the Slip Kid is for making them plant carrots.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I kept eyeing students who walked by, trying to see if they looked smart. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"Max, you know what I mean. I'm the one who's not normal, so don't be so sensitive. If you're not normal, it's only because you're smarter than everyone else. I wish I had your problems." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the centaur, he was a smart one. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And it’s not smart to hang signs showing where the sweets are. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was smart; he loved “Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.”; and he had the best voice ever: deep and resonant and British. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I love that Joy is helping me to become so smart! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Being smart and getting good grades makes you an outcast in the projects. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I started for the phone, and Margaret said, “You know, Connor, kids who grow up in a university develop smart mouths before their brains can catch up.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A smart aleck, eh? Well, Mr. Rule Flouter, right down there in the forum—-Julia, point for me, please—” Julia dutifully set down the security tray and pointed toward the main plaza. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, how are you so smart and so dumb at the same time?” she says, pulling a magazine out from underneath her underwear. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Leastwise, if I live with her, I finally be the smartest person in the house. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They weren’t big guys and they weren’t smart either. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was, Mrs. Frisby knew, the smartest and most thoughtful of her children, though she would never have admitted this aloud. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A smarter girl than me might have wobbled a bit at the thought of heading west to prove up a claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His dreams of wealth quickly slipped away, and he wrote, humbly: “I guess none of us were smart enough to pass inspection. It made interesting conversation while it lasted, anyway.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Okay, smart guy. So what did you do when you got home?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a mighty smart cookie. He must have some of that extra-sensory whatever, you know, reading people’s minds and such.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The dumbest ward heeler was smart enough to know that time, no matter what else it did, passed, and that the school boy of today was the voter of tomorrow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

What this means is that the students—and parents—who choose to opt out tend to be smarter and more academically motivated to begin with. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He was pretty smart, too, but he made this big show of not caring about grades. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rondell looked at me, and I wondered if he was smart enough to know if I was lying or not. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I believe there must be a morsel of blueberry cake for such a smart pupil,” praised Hannah. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I ain’t disputing that I’m a whole lot smarter than most other children who’re near ’bout twelve years old, but I couldn’t for anything see how come a river made so much difference. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Ty'ree had gone to a special high school for smart kids. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was a surprising thing that I had never thought of it that way before, but I realized that whatever I wasn’t, I was smarter than nearly all of those white kids. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So what? The chicken is the smart one!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s a smart man, Sam. He gets it. He just doesn’t agree with our methods.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"The boy's a Stark, true enough. Only a Stark would be fool enough to threaten where smarter men would beg." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Close those back doors!” shouted Burt, who realized Algernon was smart enough to head in that direction. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he pulled something off, that was smart; if he failed, that was bad luck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a smart move, but one hell of a stop.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Peris reached up and touched her cheek, which smarted under his fingertips. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Virgil spent his hour with Ms. Giegrich, learning about numbers, and Valencia spent her time with Mr. King, although Virgil wasn’t sure what Valencia needed to learn; she seemed pretty smart. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not that smart, so I have to study pretty hard. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“She was the smartest kid I ever had. She was even smarter than you.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

That way he doesn't have to wear his leg brace or carry his crutches, and besides, I like how it feels to have a really smart brain on my shoulders, helping me think. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ignore her,” I manage to utter, even though my eyes are smarting. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Some of the time when a growned person asks you a question, you’re smart to tell ’em what it is they want to hear, but that waren’t what I was doing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It would be smart to put the tie on, he knew, and appear sober and respectable. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be the smart girl. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re not only smart, you’re the detective who is going to learn the truth about what those two are plotting.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I guess you had to show you were smart before being allowed to take an "arty" course. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

You could tell he was a real quiet, real friendly and smart man, he had one of those kind of faces. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The smart ones had flown off into the darkness, shrieking in terror. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even Bodega with his street smarts and cunning lacked what Nazario had. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He smiled big and said: “Ain’t as smart as me, but you all right.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Alex, he seems very smart, but I don’t think he’s the best influence.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

If you can get smart when your going to sleep why do pepul go to school. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Junior was a rotund little man with a cherubic face, who was as smart as a whip and liked all over the town. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Martin is a smart boy. He will find a way to get back in school, Caitlin.” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The people in my community always greeted my brother and me with smiles and hugs, telling us how smart and precious we were. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Francesca was smart and beautiful and sometimes let me brush her long hair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

First off ’cause they’re always telling us how smart Mr. Frederick Douglass is. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I told him you were really smart. And they’ll figure it out soon enough. In the beginning, I thought you might want to be treated like any other kid.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Carl is one smart person, and he’s got a good heart, too. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

There are some smart people here, but I’m a genius. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The smart one—the dark one—bothered her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Would that be the smart thing to do? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw the bag into the air, said “Arigatō” a little rudely, kind of like a smart aleck, then said, “Next time I’ll bring you something. Maybe a kimono? And then you’ll give me rice.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then again—being smart requires you to examine things from all sides—why pick on the guys? Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t mean Langan is 30 percent smarter than Einstein. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Too bad. For a smart guy, you sure have a lot to learn.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Besides this genetic reason, there is also a second reason why New Guineans may have come to be smarter than Westerners. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Far from satisfying him, the sketchy meal only whetted his appetite; moreover, the onion had made his lip smart and burn. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Try it and get it over with. I thought you was supposed to be smart.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, sir. I don’t understand exactly. Maybe I’m not smart enough. I don’t know what you mean when you say ‘the whole world’ or ‘generations before him.’ The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was smarter than all of them, but they were too many. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’s much too smart to fall for this, but he wants it to be true. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody says you’re so smart at school all of a sudden,” said his frustrated sister. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Pascal was almost three, picking up English like the smart little parrot he is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris was laughing and calling her to come along smart with those buckets. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I thought perhaps any humans he came across would be way too smart to fall for his schemes.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All three of them wore matching pink dresses and smart black shoes that they had left on—an act of defiance they’d get a scolding for if Aunt Rose wasn’t out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Plus it’d be messed up if somebody who was God only cared about seeing people who did everything right, or rich people, or smart people. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I never retaliated the way I felt I could or said anything smart, like, “Does madam need help?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they’re working for him. Are these things smart enough to take orders?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Nobody ever understands you, not with all your stuck-up words. Like, you just want to make everyone else feel stupid. You think you’re so smart.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Because you are the smartest girl I know.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She gazed at Miss Trotter and kept her smart Vonetta sass to herself. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They smarted from the weight and the grooves that the block had dug into my skin. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But no, Cora didn’t like his smart talk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You have to understand, Grandma is a very proud woman. A very smart woman. She had a really hard time working at Ford when she graduated.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Doyle’s voice, bragging to the police officer that Amanda and I are two of the smartest kids at Wagner, rings in my head. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

David puts on his I’m smarter than you face. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In the twentieth century, because of football, the real smart people use these blacks just like they would on the farm. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That means he looks good but he isn’t very smart.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The enmity between them was the younger, and smarter, boy’s fault. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I am smart and funny, and I know I’m a good person. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is very smart and certainly engages us on many levels, but when we asked a difficult question, she’d say, ‘Because I said so.’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Pax was ten times smarter than any dog, so why wouldn’t he be able to find his way? Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He dealt the blunt end of the bar a smart blow, setting it firmly into the crack. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Anyone smart enough to accomplish what they have should know better than to risk everything by talking to the vultures in the media.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was artistic, smart, strong, outgoing, and practical. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If I’d been smart enough to figure out what was going to happen next I would have never gone into thjit room. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let him be both quick and fast, smart and strong. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s also where my mother works. And she’s been so proud of the smarter version of me....” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turns toward me and adds, “Not very smart of you, either. Do you want to get us kicked out?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like all of my detail leaders, he was smart, trained to be hyperaware at every moment, a human sensor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, “My mom and dad are pretty smart, too, so I guess it runs in the family.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Earning a high school diploma in East Africa marks a man as smart and successful. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, there it was once more, evidence of how smart they were. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull remarked that it was usually a smart idea to put on shoes before you started kicking somebody. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he treated me like I was strong. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nancy Drew is a smart and resourceful teenage sleuth who began solving mysteries in the 1930s and continues to solve them to this day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get smart with me, Wilbur. You can’t afford to. Have a seat. I want to have a long talk with you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing them all running back and forth in the lobby, chasing a white mouse smarter than many of them, was the funniest thing that had happened in a long time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sapo was too smart to work for a guy who only blew hot air. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the smartest kid in the universe and his superintelligent best friend sounded like kindergartners. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“How about you, Frankie? We’ve gone to school together for years. We dated until you backed off. Did you figure out I was smart enough to do this?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She probably wears the glasses out of vanity rather than necessity, because she thinks they make her look smarter—my father said so. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then I started to wonder how come someone so smart like Calista would have a boyfriend who was a real idiot. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Book smarts are nice like heelies are nice: They’ll only get you so far, until you have to use your freaking feet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The doorknocker was this huge Siberian tiger head, something out of Anna Karenina, a book I never read but told everybody I did to sound smart. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“All right. Have a good day, sweetie. Dill, you too. And congratulations on college. You made a smart choice. I’m excited for you.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Between all he knows about the library and getting my mixed-up words, Clem is a lot smarter than I thought. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Here’s a likely theory: most parents who buy a lot of children’s books tend to be smart and well educated to begin with. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And I’m also determined that she will never, ever have to be that smart or that brave again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You are a smart girl and someday you will be a smart woman. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know they were smart pills when I ate them.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The combatants were smart this time,” the teacher said grimly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He more or less repeated his TED Talk and predicted that the future, the world you two will live in, will be a very smart place.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Small caves smarter along the rock’s face behind either side of the falls. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But I really do love him. He’s kind, and smart, and so good...most of the time.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because the people who thought they were white told her she was smart and followed this up by telling her she was not really black, meaning it as a compliment. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, you started praying when it was night and you ain’t stopped praying till it was morning. That’s a right smart time, it seems to me.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

For some reason if you were famous for being smart no one thought you’d ever looked at a dirty book. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone fast and smart and good at looking innocent. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s smart, but he acts like a goof-off. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom's all proud of me for being smart, but most of my homies don't know I'm on the honor roll. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In her unshakable opinion, he was the smartest and most attractive man she had ever met—and she made sure he knew that. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, when I didn’t know an answer, my teacher looked disappointed and said, “I’ve heard your sister is very smart.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Don't believe what people say—cartoons make you smart. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And her answer would be so smart that you’d start to realize maybe his question wasn’t so dumb in the first place. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Paolo is in charge, which does not seem such a smart decision because he is doing most of the bouncing of the soccer balls. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Early losses condition you to believe that short-term plans are always smarter. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

No human wanted to teach a clone and no eejit was smart enough. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a right smart of my money with it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good he’s not too smart,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Will and George were doing well in business, and Joe was writing letters home in rhymed verse and making as smart an attack on all the accepted verities as was healthful. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas knew he was a smart kid—he somehow felt it in his bones. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

To be honest, he wasn’t as smart as any of us Angels. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

My parents haven’t raised me to fear the police, just to be smart around them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I knew they were smart chickens, and special, but what would that do against a hawk? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes were still smarting from the direct skunk hit. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ken and Bob had this smart, competitive way of joking where one would make a wisecrack and the other would have a comeback and the first would have a retort to the comeback. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gabriel was smart, too, smarter than me even. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And it pleased me that I was named for a bird that was smarter than most. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then I asked myself what Sam would do if it were him, because he’d be brave and smart and do the right thing. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ky Ebright knew exactly what he had seen in the varsity race, and he was smart enough and diplomatic enough to acknowledge it straight out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But I guess I never stopped wanting to be the smart boy she wanted me to be, so that she would love me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And, yeah, my grandmother was smart and kind and had traveled to about 100 different Indian reservations, but that had nothing to do with her greatness. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a bit, he went slowly back and lay down again beside the fire, staring into its red heart until his eyes smarted. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Lucas was one of the smartest and strangest people I knew, and so I wasn’t very surprised by his choice of topic. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think that is extramarkable and smart, and sometimes I think it is so sadful that peoples have to worry about invaders. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

To be a Nobel Prize winner, apparently, you have to be smart enough to get into a college at least as good as Notre Dame or the University of Illinois. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"Such a handsome, smart, polite boy—though we can't take any credit for that. His mother raised him right." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I’m not smart enough to be writing poetry in the first place, though Mr. Ward says I’m smarter than I know. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was smart, really, to rat on one of her friends, because no one ever thinks to blame the friends. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I guess we thought we were pretty smart, back then.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re all like that! Your father’s got some for smart parties!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I take the letter with shaking hands, marveling at how smart my sisters must be to be able to read and write Chinese. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father was a wealthy white planter and engineer who recognized that the boy whom he had fathered with a free woman of color was unusually smart. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I saw myself as smart, analytical, and ambitious. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Now look here, Mike,” he said, “you shouldn’t do a thing like that. If that poor fellow had been just a little smarter you might have got him hanged.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I see that part of Nino Carlitos is proud of how smart and accomplished his wife is, yet part wishes she would be a simple mother and housewife. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re stronger than you think, and you’re crazy smart. As my mom always says, ‘our ancestors fought too hard for us to give up now.’” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

That he was only the smartest kid in the universe because, one night, he wolfed down the first sugary snack he could find without exerting any effort. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It had a lot to do with thinking through things and making smart decisions and not taking dumb risks for no reason at all and in fact not taking dumb risks period. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

It’s just as likely that John, whom she likes more than anyone else, could turn out to be attractive and funny but not particularly sincere or smart at all. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It would be churlish to argue that smart policing isn’t a good thing. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She was only a farmer’s daughter, but she was beautiful, and also smart, as the daughters of farmers need to be, for farms are complicated businesses. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, boy. You need to remember two things: One, Lana is as tough as I am and a whole lot smarter. And two, you’re forgetting the details.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And that realization made me instantly sad, too, because I’m a smart kid; I knew I had absolutely no chance at all. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Delsie, you surely are the smartest thing on two feet. You could even be a game show champion someday.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

That Theo thinks he's so smart; well, Sandy showed him, Sandy beat him at chess. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's because Mrs. Trent is smarter than she looks, plus she has a big nose. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were only about fifteen miles down the road from where we’d started in El Sacrificio, but it was far enough that going back there wouldn’t be too smart. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was smart, kind, and gentle, and she reminded me of my mother, so I worked hard to make her proud of me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perry could not imagine “anyone smart enough to cheat that kid,” he said later. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a former lawyer, he had made a smart legal deal when taking the job with The Mercury Theatre on the Air in 1938. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He’s very smart and very willing to help the cause, but not really firebrand material. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you think a bunch of smart people like these Bureau scientists could figure out the cause of bad behavior?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At this point, it wouldn’t be smart to go back to the Braddock, either, where I’m so well known. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like the smartest thing to do would be to capture the city and keep it for yourself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and walk up the street where a smart boy is wanted. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We’ll be free and the smartest will then be able to enslave the others. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Very smart answer, Mark. In Socrates' Greece they would have considered you a fine rhetorician. Is it ethical to get every secret out in the open?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She would prove to these Americans what a smart woman could do with a pencil and pad. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The wound still smarted; he still rebelled against his fate. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Admired as a pathbreaker, Elizebeth is now regarded as a role model—a woman who excelled in a technical field through her courage, smarts, and grit. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It would be smarter to go in the back entrance, the one that requires jumping off a building. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It would be the smartest thing he could do. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A smart person like you oughta be able to think of a few regular words to stick in amongst the cusses.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

A good ball player always listens to his coach, especially when his coach is as smart as mine. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The board was smarter than her old one, learning her moves in a matter of minutes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And then my own pencil moving late into the evening: In big fine houses lived the whites in little old shacks lived the blacks but the blacks were smart in fear they took no part. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know if they were noisy the entire time they hunted, though, or if they were smart enough to be quiet if they wanted to. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I dont want to make a killing; save that to suck in the smart gamblers with. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

If your smart you can have lots of ffends to talk to and you never get lonley by yourself all the time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m feeling less again, not smart, just dumb. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Aunt Rose thought everyone in the family was the most beautiful, the smartest, the greatest, even if it wasn’t true. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are smart, Ally. And you are going to team to read.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

All we can say is that when it comes to thinking about really hard things like physics, they are both clearly smart enough. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In mathematics and history he was the smartest boy at Vocational. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nehemia might not be fully versed in their language, but she was smart enough to know the power of saying those two words. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I convinced myself that all the kids are going to be smarter than I am because they went to better schools. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After a long talk in which I tried my best to be as smart as she wanted me to be, she told me to come back the following week at the same time. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Not that you’re not smart, but intelligence is very important in a guy—it really is the most important thing, up there with sense of humor. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Just ’cause someone isn’t quite as smart as you are don’t give you no right to look down on them.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Just try being the smartest and most Christian seventh-grade girl in Bethlehem, Georgia. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stand in front,” he urges, “so you will be seen. Wear a big sombrero, so you will really be seen. Most important, look smart.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

"He knew you were smart enough to get it right," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In Kenya the students across the country are competing against each other all the time because advancement is limited to the smartest, hardest-working students. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The really frightening thing about Olaf, she realized, was that he was very smart after all. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

But beyond the language issue, that kind of reasoning was beyond bonobos, smart as they were. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Leo Slager came from the same school, but isn’t as smart. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sounds to me like she comes from a real smart family. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A smart count in the Champagne region of France guaranteed the safety of any merchant coming to sell or trade at the markets in the lord’s lands. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps he assumed we weren't smart enough to find you out so soon." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you are smart, hardworking, well educated, well paid, and married to someone equally fortunate, then your children are more likely to succeed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A smart one, Leon, hard to pin down. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older I get, the more I realize how smart my grandpa was. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I actually don’t feel like drinking, but I hear Kyro’s voice in my head: Be smart—stay hydrated and keep your fuel up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he started, “your mom is a smart woman, but for me it’s different.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Zach claimed Cap was the dumbest kid in school, but he was really smart. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She was standing at the front of the room, her arm stretched out toward the smart board. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

"They're not too smart, but there's lots of them and they keep at it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

And if you tell ’em you knew a witty boy, you gotta tell ’em he was kind of a smart aleck, though, or a wise guy. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

"You always have to let everyone know that you're the smart one." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I was smart, talented, and I loved my school and church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh Sam’s smarter than I am, sir,” I said, just to be modest. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the rest of the world, Katherine appeared smart, curious, calm, together. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Take a real smart guy and he ain’t hardly ever a nice fella.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t tell Mom anything. I’m a lot smarter than you.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“They’re not smart enough to talk. See how blank their eyes are.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He seems very smart—intelligent enough to pretend convincingly, which makes me wonder if Coach’s theory is correct, if Boy21 is just acting. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think that’s why I thought she was smart, but for some reason I had confidence in her right off. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I started dating a football player who was smart and spontaneous, who liked to have fun. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“How funny you are, and how kind and smart. When I told him you read Dragon Rider when you were six, he was like, ‘Wow, I have to meet this kid.’” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Most people in my neighborhood figured they weren’t smart enough. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Would you want someone to help you? If the person was nice, and smart, and super experienced in...office stuff, and really loved coming here all the time?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But then she saw Claire and the hurt bubbled over, taking over all the smart things she wanted to see in a jealous, green-fueled fury. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Among us boys, Lally is the smart one. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to get smart if they will let me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The smart answer would be to tell him yes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Dubonnet, you’re smart too,” I said in an attempt to figure out why everybody lately seemed to want me out of town. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If reading books doesn’t have an impact on early childhood test scores, could it be that the books’ mere physical presence in the house makes the children smarter? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I knew you were as smart as Hercules! I will call you Black Bottom, the Sequel!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then she gave me a little secret wink and a smile because even though I’m difficult I’m very special and smart. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a smart old fellow and had a sackful of tricks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell, smart as she was, she’d never thought of it like that before. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

You might say that I’m smart—but just not the scholarly type. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I considered myself to be pretty smart, I didn’t have any work experience, at least not any that was on the books. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But as the silence mounted, he impulsively described another smart guy who didn’t get an offer at all. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to convince myself that Prince Dain is only doing the smart thing, the necessary thing, in binding me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re too smart to get mixed up in anything like that. And I told them, too.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If Balekin is going to murder his brother, he’s smart enough not to leave evidence lying around. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I do not worry about you because I know you are very smart and keeping yourself safe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I still love her and I still want to be smart but I had to say that so she woud go away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been stressful, being that smart around people who didn’t appreciate it. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When we got back to the dock, Mom came down in the cabin and said have you got over being a smart mouth? and I said no. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They thought they were so smart,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Even though you quit college, it wasn’t because you weren’t smart.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I like that. How do you know until you know the question? I like that. That’s smart—and honest. Listen—you have a brother. Does your father like him better than you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe thinking smart is cutting loose the fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It made it look extra-interesting and complicated, which made me seem smart. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“He wants to give me a chance to show how smart I am.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew someone as smart as Rain would appreciate it if she’d just give it a chance. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He was, I would ascertain, not especially smart, and his slow wits and mild manner were no match for the chaos swirling around him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again it occurred to Brave Orchid that her sister wasn’t very bright, and she had not gotten any smarter in the last thirty years. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The selective breeding of the strongest, smartest, “fittest” humans—unnatural selection—Galton imagined, could achieve over just a few decades what nature had been attempting for eons. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She is too smart and I am as easy to read as a Frog and Toad story. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they didn’t need to tell her anything; maybe she was like Emma: smart enough to figure out everything on her own. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Obviously Dari did, because Dari’s smart, and forgetting the egg at an egg drop contest would be a not-so-smart move, but the question got them back on track. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We were different, but most days we believed Ms. Laverne when she told us how special we were, how smart, how kind, how beautiful—how tons of successful people had different ways of learning. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

All but Little Rabbit, who was little enough to hide in a pile of rocks by the pond and smart enough to stay so still that the Terrible Things thought he was a rock himself. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably, but I don’t know what’s worse to face: a wild pitcher or a smart one.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think it is so easy. One day quit, next day play. Everything for you is this way. So smart, so easy, so fast.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Peasants aren’t smart enough to lie to the gentry. You heard her yourself.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She always called the grading system new wave, and said things like, Charter don't mean smarter. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was five-foot-eleven but I had twenty-five thousand cotton dollars in my name, and if the beauty in that was not apparent then, by God, he wasn’t smart enough to be in the family anyway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He’s smart enough to latch on to me. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Once I overheard Ryan tell someone that there’s a big fish that lives under the raft,” I say, still smarting from Kristi’s long look at his house. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’m not the smartest person in the world, but at least I keep trying. I keep learning,” she said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“The wind’s come up right smart. I’m going to go down and take off my motor and sink the boat.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like so many other Black athletes, I was being pigeonholed as strong but not smart. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Gonna corner the hipster market on this train, then? Smart, Moss. Very smart.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rob, the smartest of them, made good grades with ease. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how Daddy feels about the library and me reading poetry and me being smart like Mama. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I been practicing a smash dance with it. The bird’s very smart. You oughta hear that thing talk.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He figured it was some smart aleck poking fun at the man running along the road with a bike over his shoulders. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t start acting smart with me, boy. Don’t start with me, Ignatius. I’m warning you. I had enough. I mean it. How I’m gonna face people after this?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wants the teens at our mosque to compete against other youth groups in our region and be the smartest Muslims or something. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, Mark noticed Darnell taking in a breath, his mouth opening, probably to say something smart and funny back at the Toad. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Studying in earnest this time? That’s my smart boy. I’ve always known that you would find a way to help our family.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Word is he’s a good, honest, and mostly smart man, but to me he was showing signs of being a bit slow. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun slanted in from the other side of the platform and most of the children, feeling too late the smart of sunburn, had put their clothes on. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“My papa always tells me we gotta be twice as smart to get half as much,” she told Tony with a frown. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I will work, mistress. I am stronger and smarter than I seem.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing he did not look like any more was a smart, industrious Boston apprentice. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used his mind, his heart, his incredible street smarts, and his fortune to save our lives. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be smart,” he’d say, pointing at me with the finger of fury. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was the smartest of the seven, the one with the answers. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Grace, another seventh grader, was, without a doubt, the smartest student in the whole school. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing Master Williams for the first time, I had the feeling she was a smart woman. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

You didn’t get all Excellents on your report card every year, and win the chess championships too, without being really smart. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I want to welcome the prettiest, smartest bunch of young ladies our staff has yet had the good luck to meet," the plump, bald master-of-ceremonies wheezed into his lapel microphone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Seems like she’s pretty smart. You might want to stick with this lady,” I say, elbowing him. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hugely, even though he had been to college for like, a million years, would never be smart enough to see inside of me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She was smart and beautiful, with eyes that could captivate a room, and sweet potato pies that were the best in the county. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

“That’s amazing, Luce. Maybe you could go to NC State. That’s where I would have gone if I was smart like you.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mainly Dimple tried not to be jealous that not only was Celia smart and glamorous and rich and beautiful, but she also spoke passable Spanish, excellent French, and fluent English. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“The smart ones do,” Phoebe said, grabbing George’s arm. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was too smart to walk right up in the face of a fight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This girl you told me about. The smart one.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t like Joshua, and Caleb’s named. He’s the smart one—the dark one. See, the other one is awake too. Well, Aaron I’ve always liked, but he didn’t make it to the Promised Land.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What he did figure out was that Haley Daley was much smarter than he had assumed. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I know she was smart and shy and liked to read books. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

You never saw a little kid so pretty and smart in your whole life. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then he’d say, “Well, at least you got enough sense to get a smart girl. I guess I gotta give you credit for that.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Very smart, love. Have you had some to drink?” asked Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Stanley's father was smart and had a lot of perseverance. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Anyways, it’s probably a smart idea for you and your brother to lay low for a while.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Be smart—stay hydrated and keep your fuel up.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The kids in the classroom were smart and engaged, and the kids in the playground were well-behaved. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Michael is very smart for such a little kid. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally the films had talking dogs or kids who were younger—but already smarter—than us. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

"They looked at the door and looked at us and then”—he thrust his arms straight out and waggled his fingers—"gone! I didn’t know things could go sideways so fast. Boy are they smart.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals in her stories were always smarter than humans, and capable of making complex moral decisions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Duke’s notice did not escape the notice of the Duchess either, who was not very beautiful and not very rich, but plenty smart. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What about Peeta’s family? They’ll never come. In fact, they probably couldn’t wait to inform on us. Which I’m sure he’s smart enough to realize. What if he decides to stay?” he asks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra—daring, clever, smart, rich, determined, and rash—intended to win at any cost. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

This time Percy was smart and brought most of his supplies from the boat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was a smart guy and I knew him only because we had worked together at the grocery store. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was still watching the horses, his hand tight on his sword hilt, but he was smart enough to follow Annabeth’s lead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m too old for school. Too smart, too.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ever afternoon, I tell her: You kind, you smart, you important. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I know it’s smart to keep one of our guns. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time she knew she was smarter and prettier than anyone else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” he said mildly, “I suspect that a smart young whip like you can figure it out. Come back and tell me when you have.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Taro has always been smart, but he lacks motivation. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You must be so proud of them. Your children must be so smart.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, he believed he was much smarter than the Jackboots. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris said, “Kids are too smart nowadays. They don’t believe in magic anymore. Except Marly.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first was knowing I’d need to work smart during my life because I wasn’t going to be able to work hard physically. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Jon is quite right, except it isn’t just girls who are smart. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Chas was as big as a tree, and every bit as smart, too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His father was the smartest person in the world. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad someone in your group is smart. The pinecone is a fearsome tool of destruction! I was a demigod myself in the first Giant War, you know. The son of Jupiter!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Ram’s really smart, but you must know that, huh?” he says, right before he turns the corner to head back to the front desk. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

People who are actually smart don’t have to. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It’d take someone a whole lot smarter than me to tell you why we love what we love. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I have to admit...Piper is pretty smart. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t realize that he treats Margot differently than he does me: Margot just happens to be the smartest, the kindest, the prettiest and the best. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“No, I wouldn’t, for the smart caps won’t match the plain gowns without any trimming on them. Poor folks shouldn’t rig,” said Jo decidedly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were then just about as smart, just as curious, just as involved in things social and sexual. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid that she would be too smart for me, but she wasn’t. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem was, this Lucky Strike was almost too big to be smart about. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jake grabbed a small bottle of water out of the fridge and realized that there were some things even the smartest kid in the universe couldn’t figure out. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

So, who knows how smart she must be.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t smart enough, so they kicked me out. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to have a smart comeback, but by the time I thought of something in English, most conversations had usually moved on. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“He must be very smart—he’s the only one who really made home.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And what if the fire moves faster than we can hike? We’d be climbing right into the fire. Not smart. Our only escape would be to outrun the fire.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But right away, I found out that he was just smarter than all of that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s too smart for regular school. I went to regular school.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody knew that underneath Mama’s linen duster she had on mourning clothes, but she looked smart and stylish all the same. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And ducking would have been a smart move, no doubt about it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was running away for sure now, and with a smart kid like Bubber it was no telling where they’d catch him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They told me it’s not smart to move while a cop has his back to you. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I’ll take every opportunity to speak openly to Mrs. van D. about our many differences and not be afraid—despite my reputation as a smart aleck—to offer my impartial opinion. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Where he was getting these sudden smarts, I hadn’t the foggiest. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“At least, Papa,” she says out loud, “I was smart about the water.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was a smart missile aimed for a predetermined destination. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She told me, “It’s because you are smart.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Okay, son, well, let me ask you this. She smart?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Everyone always says the same stuff. It’s like ‘Vote for me because I’m smart,’ or ‘I care about you,’ or ‘I’ll fight for you.’ Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I was smart, which had come to mean that I was cutting myself off from people whose interests reflected their not being smart. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It means Roli wouldn’t go to college and get even smarter. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“These Gentiles don’t like either one of us. If the Jew wasn’t smarter than the Gentile, he’d get treated worse than your people.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaves fell around them in flurries, stinging and smarting when they touched Tristran's skin, cutting and slicing at his clothes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That was smart, bro. Couldn’t you wait till morning or something?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Who will also be the smartest bidder,” said Mr. Huxley, stroking back his slick black hair. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Technically untrue—there are plenty of smart athletes. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I look at the man at the door, I think of Uncle Pa Keating and what he said, I think of the sign in Easons’ office, smart boy wanted. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was just debating whether to give it or act smart and show off before Pink. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The smart thing was to turtle down and let the girl go and make a profit in the bargain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

By dinnertime I was back to the way people always saw me; sweet, smart, and innocent. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the end, he had five kids who were as smart and disciplined as he was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The first was to take his advice: to be smart, to avoid him as much as possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was feeling awfully smart when she grasped the scale and sat up, but she stopped when she saw her mother. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There was even a special name for the smart ones. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m smart enough to do this,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can picture her as a great wildlife biologist—the kind who will make smart television shows for kids. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Someone much smarter, more sophisticated, I imagine. A social butterfly, she said.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So, as long as I’m being . . . not smart, we’ll try to be friends?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was just one of those smart people like Mom was talking about who mixed up their numbers. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to be cautious and smart and ruthless if it comes to that.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, nothing happens in life unless you try. And we’re pretty smart kids, you know.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

So they put me in 9–3, with the smart kids. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Carl was the star of this kids’ science show I used to be into because I always felt smarter by the end of the show. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He's this quiet black kid who’s supposed to be really smart, but I’ve never heard him speak unless he’s forced to. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

By seventh grade, the tracks were well established, and the smart kids had all of their classes together. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“You are a very smart girl, Charlotte,” he said gently. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Maddie clutched hers tight in at the sides when the officer spoke to her, standing upright and hoping she looked smarter than she felt. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My mouth is slightly open like hers when I or my brothers “get smart,” as she calls it, I’ve pulled my chin back a little, and my eyebrows are raised. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You’re a smart kid, I know that. But this stuff is complicated.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The first time it happened, my brother didn’t understand what the cow was up to, but he is smart, he knows that sometimes cows can have a sense of danger, an instinct. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, Langan took an IQ test specially designed for people too smart for ordinary IQ tests. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"And I bet you're going to be famous now," she tells me with her head tilted and her mouth in a smart twist. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But are we really so much smarter today? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It had taken the smartest man alive to defeat it, and she was surrounded by the not-smartest people alive. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It means Dad already has the answer, and he wants me to say, "Duhhh, I don't know," so he can show me how smart he is. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You are the smart one, but you are not ready. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Off the field he was quiet, serene, and smart as a whip, his passivity neatly hiding an astounding determination to succeed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, she was brave, smart, and strong. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That was Joanna’s crime, decided Francie—not that she had been bad, but that she had not been smart enough to get the boy to the church. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing was, because I loved to read, people thought I was real smart, teachers especially. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s tall and attractive with cool black eyeglasses that make her look smart but in a posh way. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lyons was a smart, hardworking man, and Mrs. Lyons was a very good woman. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was smart of you to call the FBI, Kojo,” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted Jackie to see how smart he was and how much he loved me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

How could my mother be so smart, and not even question what that might look like? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But in general she preferred to assume that her children were smart enough to make their own decisions, that the school had armed them well with knowledge. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s second, the great Danish player Bent Larsen, who was there to help him as a trainer and mentor, instead criticized his charge, perhaps smarting from the rout he’d suffered at Fischer’s hands in Portorož. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A soldier climbed out, holding a gun, wearing a uniform so smart that the lines of ironing were visible down the front. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Divergence is just another problem for her to solve, and that is what makes her so terrifying—because she is smart enough to solve anything, even the problem of our existence. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

What Seven did know was that she had never given up on anything before—that she was smart, she was capable, and, no matter what was thrown her way, Seven was ready. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He's smart like that, and I can see it even if his family don't. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The writing was round and scraggly and the smart little kid hadn’t misspelled but one word. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I thought the same about him but had i he smarts not to mention it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I promise you, she’s probably five times smarter than the seven of us put together.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She is faster than I am, spry and probably smarter, although I am twice her size and that, too, is important. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Not to mention that I hear from multiple sources that you’re the smartest kid in the family. I think that you thought you could get away with it. Why? Did you want their money?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But I had learned that fear was fear, most of it not very smart, and I was happy if it gave the little grave time to heal. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

If life were fair, the smartest among us would be the wealthiest and most popular. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s pretty easy to train ’cause he’s so smart. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Why did the boy have to be so infernally smart with his hands—and his tongue? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could still hunt every night Feeling smart for figuring out their conversation, I turned over and fell asleep. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You had time. Now, you just have a deadline. Now, you’ve got to get smart. We can’t cut you any slack, not any more. Sick of waiting, we are, every man Jack of us.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It helped that his father hated Chandler, still smarting from a row years before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She seemed really smart from what she said, and she was pretty, and I was still thinking about that globe of juice floating in front of her face. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s a smart little girl, though this guarantees nothing, of course. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day he'd talk about how smart he was, and it was always the same conversation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Not only was he smart about academic stuff. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was just being a smart aleck and Father and I didn’t answer him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They could open the gate right now, if they were smart enough to figure out how.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I gave them to Holly, her eyes filled, she took my hand, and said, “Hiring you might have been the single smartest thing I’ve done in a long while.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not that smart. You say that, but I’m not.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“So is your plan to die really, really smart so you can join the debate team of the dead?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I know Pink Boy will get me, but right now I feel smart. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When asked why Fischer hadn’t won, Pal Benko, still smarting over his fight with Bobby, replied: “He simply wasn’t the best player.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They swore that they were going to do something important with their lives—solve a great mystery, or rescue somebody, or be so smart in school that they’d skip grades. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

And they would always say no and something like ‘You know, I just don’t think I’m smart enough to be here.’ Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“A smart mouth could get a boy in trouble,” she warned. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could tell that Dickinson was a layperson where ships were concerned, and she made smart guesses about where and how Dickinson had obtained her information. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“My sister is smart and brave and wouldn’t have let anybody make her do something she didn’t want to do.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The two smartest kids in my kindergarten class were Teddy, a Korean American boy, and Chiaka, an African American girl, who both would remain at the top of the class for years to come. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You the only one. You’re smart to stay away from the general store, though. You go there, your pockets empty real fast. They got the prices so high, even a penny whistle costs two bits!” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He was very right when he said I was too smart to believe magic powers lived behind a couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a smart man to know where the difference lay between the sects, but anyone could see what they had in common. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once they had all been deemed smart enough, they trooped out into the sunny backyard to await the visitors. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We are a smart people, very strong, tricky, and famous for winning wars. You know Sun Yat-sen, hah?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s very smart—’cause I kept him in the house. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life he realized that he wasn’t born to be a delinquent but actually had some smarts, or else the army was filled with exceptionally stupid people. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And Johnny loved those pralines you did. He thought I was the smartest girl he’d ever met when I gave him those.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Okay, smart mouth, let’s see what we find on you today.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Grandpa looked at her like she was just the smartest businessman in the world. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“A dress. All the girls at school wore exactly the same thing. It looked very smart to see them lined up with their faces scrubbed and their hair combed.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I didn’t agree with what had happened with Senor Betafil, so many smart people supported the revolution, they couldn’t all be wrong. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Horses are unique in many ways, though—and I know there will be wild disagreement here—not as smart as dogs, certainly when it comes to math. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if the elephant is smart enough to connect me to her punishment and wonder why I didn’t do anything to stop it, but I am and I do. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Definitely cuter when you’re smart. Yes, the pellet’s an enzyme-based casing filled with chloro powder. It’s harmless unless it comes into contact with any amount of ammonia. Which it just did.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You are very fearless and very smart,” she said. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that was a pretty smart answer; it was like one of Sam’s telling points. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized how much that familiarity was worth, and felt that in bidding my job, I’d done a smart thing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's the smartest person with a store in the whole city, and maybe even the world. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

So my mother took me to a doctor whose job it was to figure out how smart I was. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

For someone who is supposed to be smart, I can’t figure out how to get Pi adopted, and I can’t figure out Windy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d insisted I was exceptionally smart, and I always got perfect grades in school easily. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I see. That’s smart. Rootwork is usually passed along by word of mouth, so writing it down while you learn is a good idea. You’ll have it to study on later.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be “the smart girl.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I understand now that Titid made me teacher not because I am smart but because I am strong. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer would have been smarter to simply let Pima pigstick the girl and be done with it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Zach was smarter than I was, and I was never going to win this argument using just my mouth. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

For instance, I know my brother is the epitome of the golden boy: He's athletic and smart and Harvard bound and does SAT practice tests "for fun, dude." From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bran thought he was the smartest of the litter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I know you know about sex. And I know you’re smart. But you’re about to enter a whole new part of life where things aren’t as simple as they once were.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I think you’re smart enough,” he said, “to make her happy without actually telling a lie.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy wanted to run down Cherry Street, but her ankle still smarted a little, so she slapped her notebook shut and forced herself to walk. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Celia is as smart as any of these idiots. She needs more focus, is all,” drawled the woman. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She was so smart, and so kind, and extremely easy on the eyes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You got it! You are a very smart little colored boy. And I am going to tell Oxford University about you.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was smart and had a sharp tongue, but I was quicker in an argument. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Cade, as I have said before, was actually a very smart kid. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe someday I’ll go back to school,” the boy went on, “but for now I’m ’bout as smart as I need to be. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But yes. You think, do you not, that I should have a smart Frenchwoman to attend to my toilet?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm starting to wonder when the smarts are going to kick in. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The man is smart is what he is. Helping with Nelson’s release will do what twenty sancochos couldn’t do. Soon the Gonzalez clan will have him baptizing their babies!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Call would give me a look that indicated that I had lost my mind, but he was smart enough not to think it out loud. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethan was smart, yes; he had a certain independence of mind, yes, and he still asked "Now what?" instead of "So what?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Still, you did better than most people. You’re a pretty smart kid.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter how smart he is or how old he is or what he does. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If those fairies are smart, they won’t show their faces around here,” growled Seth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I proud you make such good choice. Very smart boy make good choice in life!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He noticed Small Bob the cat had hidden himself in Bob’s coveralls again, which reinforced Percy’s opinion that the kitten was the smartest one in their group. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were seventeen and eighteen and doomed from the start, both convinced they were the smartest person in any room. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You guys have been geniuses since kindergarten. You were born smart.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

His wanting to stay in jail’s nothing but a dodge, but he’s not so smart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I also don’t care that at the end of the school year, a girl named Aubrey said, loudly enough that everyone could hear, “Franny Jackson isn’t pretty or smart.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I told Joe Eddie that it was a shame that he and Gabriel didn’t hang out anymore, and he said that Gabriel was too smart for him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I bet he’s glad to have such a smart student. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I must be getting smart to beat a smart mouse like Algernon. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“One more race? I like beating the smartest kid in school at something.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Fortunately, you don’t have to be too smart to do this.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She actually walked right past one scythe, certain she’d be caught, but she was smart enough to cross downwind of his DNA detector. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Why should I get hurt? I couldn’t be any worse off than I was before. Even Algernon is still smart, isn’t he? As long as he’s up there I’m in good shape.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wanda’s voice was clear and sharp, and Moss had heard her speak like that on the rare occasion when he decided to get smart with her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I tug at my hair like it could make my head bigger and some smart could get inside. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Once upon a time,” I say, “there was a baby elephant. She was smart and brave, and she needed to go to a place called a zoo.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“We were . . . smart. And I think it might be part of the Variables. But most importantly, Teresa and I have a . . . gift that made us very valuable as they designed and built this place.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was head and shoulders smarter than the run of the mill, and after he’d watched the sun and moon and stars fer a long time he set down and he done some figgerin’. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a smart monkey, Colin possessed an extensive vocabulary, but very little grammar. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Whitefolks said he was a witch doctor, but they said that so they wouldn’t have to say he was smart. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You gotta be really smart and fast about how you use this bathroom, okay?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Though she guessed that was the smart move. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe the bus driver would let him on the bus because he was so smart and would do tricks for all the kids. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She shook her finger and frowned, telling him he should have been smarter, especially since he was a doctor and all. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When everybody saw Byron wasn’t going to do anything to me for being smart they all decided that they better not do anything either. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, a friend of a friend was gleaned at eleven because he was the smartest kid in fifth grade. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And one of the best things was that some brothers of this type were developing into smart, fine, aggressive young ministers for Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gee, you know how to hit a baseball and you’re smart, too.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Which was a remarkably dumb emotion for someone as smart as you and your jelly bean brain.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I’m smart enough to see what’s coming, and clever enough to turn it my way. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Geeks are smart and talented and passionate,” I mumbled, not even looking at her. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Someone has written a book about the intelligence of animals. Border collies are smartest." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Helps me think how to be smart and never give up, both at the same time. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

With one smart jerk, the Owner ripped the faded flowered lining down the seam. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was easy to forget that as big and childlike as he was, Tyson was pretty smart. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Wild things are smarter than tame ones, that much is clear. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her name was Mathona and she was a bit of a smart aleck. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you. And the twins, of course. They’re smart. Everyone says so, even people who think Mexicans are only good for shelling pecans and picking strawberries.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was the smart kid, a little nerd. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I miss knowing I’m smart. That used to compensate for a lot in my life.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And I learned that cops were smarter than I thought on the corner of Laconia Avenue. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“The little ones aren’t smart enough to keep it to themselves. It’s my fault. I never should have called them here.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Where the rain touched my forehead it began to smart my hand came red away streaking off pink in the rain. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were expected not just to be smart but to own our smartness—to inhabit it with pride—and this filtered down to how we spoke. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He thought he was smart enough about his own identity that there weren’t any questions left. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe Emily just got smarter and realized she wants new friends in middle school. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“All the other kids are too much smarter.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Like our vandal was some kind of swastika supervillain who was too smart and wily ever to be tripped up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But Brian thought it was the smartest thing she could do for herself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But here we were in real life, and for all of my smarts and skills I couldn’t think of one single way to get what I wanted, a good job in corporate America. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He’s toting that hundred-dollar pistol what come from God-know-where, we know he’s smart as a whip, and we know he’s young, real young. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She saw herself shining back at her, very smart, very interesting, her hat on straight, her coat nicely pressed and her new gloves just completing the whole effect. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I think of my father, a born Erudite, not Divergent; a man who could not help but be smart, choosing Abnegation, engaging in a lifelong struggle against his own nature, and ultimately fulfilling it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s because we were getting too smart. See, these fallen angels—” “Fallen angels?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I talked and she liked me; she thought I was smart. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

We were surprised that Emma Collins, being as smart and fra-gile as she is, would be brave enough to call them words out right in front of everyone! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“How smart of her,” Zella says, straightening up from the map. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—we—thought he was smart. You know, principled. Remember his speech when he was running for class president? You said it was the most amazing thing you’d ever heard. And it was!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

If God cared, he would have made the wasp smarter, so it wasn’t stuck, bouncing against the glass, trying to get outside to the sunshine and the rest of the world. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I think they might have to change the whole system. Look, two people like you, smart young people, sent in here because of pressure.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Course we got plenty a smart people in our church with they college degrees. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Because Mr. Clifton was smart, so what he said was worth thinking about. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You know he does try. He’s a smart guy and he cares.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

Bernard was a lot like Michael in that he was smart, determined, and extremely hardworking. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he was smart, that Green was. He took a job with the government. Mrs. Dalton made him go to night school. Mrs. Dalton’s always trying to help somebody.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d’ve been smart enough to put one and one together and would have choosed something off the bottom of the lake for supper. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I guess so. I like it, and all those books. Do you think our grandfather was smart? Do you think he went to college or just read? What do you think he was like?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You forget? I thought Stanford students were supposed to be smart. How are you going to get there if you don’t know where it is?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Joe said under his breath, “A soup carrier. I thought she was smarter than that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know that I would have been that smart. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Nearly everyone from taxi drivers to sanitation workers had been outfitted in some kind of smart new uniform. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were old and young; some carried babies on their backs, some wore tribal blankets, while others had on smart suits. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angel pokes her lips out, but she doesn’t say anything smart. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But this was the Preacher, and he was so smart it’d be hard to fool him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

People fear what they don't understand, and let's face it, the world of a geek isn't something most people can understand, if only because it's a complicated world filled with smart folks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when she said that thing about brave not being the same as stupid, and that before I could try being brave I had to use my brain and be smart. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The smart money was on half a century, at the outside. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

So if I dint get smart why are they paying me to rite these dumb things. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The taunting, pinching village boys bedeviled the cat as they did her, but he, quicker and smarter than they, always escaped. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the way he rolled his eyes, it made it seem like maybe he didn’t really think I was a smart guy at all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My knuckle still smarted from socking Ellis Carter in the jaw while he had been telling the truth. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am learning a lot and getting smarter every day. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I can tell you’re smart, you know. Even though you ask all those questions you know the answers to.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I guess I admired pretty much everything about Stan. He was cool, funny, smart. He was just a good guy, you know? He wasn’t afraid of being good.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I got better grades on our tests, but he was sure he was smarter than me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“We have scholarships at our school for smart students,” he said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be back in Phoenix, sitting under the orange trees behind our adobe house, riding my bike to the library, eating free bananas in a school where the teachers thought I was smart. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Laila jo. I am not smart like you. He asked so many questions, I didn’t know the answers. I’m sorry.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t going to let a bunch of low-class idiots think they were smarter than she was. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

If he’d been smart he would have let the whole thing go when Lucky Girl disappeared in the Orleans. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could probably finish off the job by sense of feel but that may not be the smartest plan. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the school year, the teachers treated me different and gave me better grades even though I didn’t get any smarter. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody was congratulating me and congratulating my parents for having such a “good,” “smart,” and “fascinating” son. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"That she was smart. Top of the class. Maybe a little competitive." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the town was so big and the little kid so smart that she couldn’t think what to do. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that smart. You fall, it catches you. No tricks necessary.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Who can blame me when my grandchildren are so smart and beautiful? Who do you think you take after, Junie? Your mom or dad?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

One of the favorite tricks of a smart old ringtail is the tree- barking trick. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I sat there with my palms pressed into my forehead, thinking about Violet, at home, being smart. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad always got on Spoony, asking him why he wasn’t inspired to make something of himself since he dated such a smart girl. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

SP stood for Special Progress, and all the kids in the class were indeed smart. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was too smart, too wary, and even if he had had some kind of incident, he was indestructible. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“It means I’m smarter than the other kids,” he said without flinching. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

So, still smarting from my perceived humiliation, I brought in the paper to show the teacher. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm looking at a small war between two smart women. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she really is a smart little girl. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

That night Dr. Marrigan told me that I was too smart to be a slacker faculty kid. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Fine. I’m the third smartest girl in the seventh grade.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will have to be stronger or smarter than I am.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I got into one of those programs that takes smart kids from the hood and puts them into private schools,” Warren says, rubbing his chin. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Freak shakes his head, like he knows I'm not smart enough to understand. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the smartest thing I can do, if Mister Johnny’s got a say in this, is plant my pork chop in his hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then I heard him whisper something under his breath, and it had just the tone of a first-class smart aleck. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rosewater was twice as smart as Billy, but he and Billy were dealing with similar crises in similar ways. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might knock Safer’s whole family back from “smart bohemians” to “nice bohemians.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I thought she was smarter,” he said to himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I am being smart. She has something bigger planned, and if I were you, I would run far away from anyone who lies to me about what they want me to participate in.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I knowed right at that second how smart my pa was. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He was also smart, smarter than me if his grades were any evidence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Reynard, you pathetic fellow, did you honestly think you were smarter than I? Did you truly believe you could guess my code? ‘ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It said I'm brave and smart and kind to my friends. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost forgot and started to tell them I was going to be very smart soon like them but Burt intiruppted and he tolld them I was cleaning the psych department lab. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It will be my first day in the smart class! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Not so much book smart, even though he did know all forty-eight states and capitals and all the presidents from Washington to Roosevelt. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I think the Department is smart enough to know that today’s COs would only laugh. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, maybe not as smart as Charlotte or Ximena, but he’s up there. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There onstage was Robert Fumulani and his Likhubula River Dance Band, with the singer dressed in his smart white shirt and his guitar strapped to his neck. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted so bad to come up with something just as deep, something that would impress Mei-li and show her how smart I could be. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn't a smart thing to do, but she was outraged by their prodding. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He could ask directions, but that wouldn’t be too smart if he was trying to escape. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Girl, you’re smart enough to know everything your grandfather is going to say,” Duke said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You bet I wouldn’t. I don’t understand why a smart girl like you goes around booby-trapping herself. You could have stayed here indefinitely, you know. They’re both crazy about you.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Jade. You’re a smart girl. Are you really going to pass on a chance to get a scholarship to college?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And as smart and skeptical as her kids were, they believed her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There was perhaps no more attractive theory than the belief that smart policing stops crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Me? No. Not really. The closest I got was when I dated Matt Jacobs for one summer. He was smart enough. And nice. Too nice. He stared at me all moony-eyed a lot.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I mean, Twig was right: he was the smartest kid in our class. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was too smart not to know all the things that could have happened. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t understand that his own brothers—older, bigger, stronger, smarter—were rivals for Lula’s affection. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I liked you better when you weren’t such a smart aleck.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I guess I couldn’t have stayed around so long if I hadn’t. He is not smart in a worldly sense but he’s a good man. Maybe the best man I have ever known.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He was a big smart tall boy to be in the granatieri. Always in Rome. Always with the girls. Always with the carabinieri.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I suppose these smart pills might put a few of our top colleges and universities out of business.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

First of all, I learned that I was smarter than most of those white kids. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

For example, he always thinks he’s so stupid and we’re so smart. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Life, you’ve got a smart boy there. Smart as Sam if he wanted to be. I hope he’s going on with school.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my nose a little bit up in the air like smart people on the TV. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was eleven and very smart, that I granted, but after all he was so small. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we laughed louder, we kissed longer, we tried to say smarter stuff, hesitating a second to think up the best gag. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anyway, now I know I’m getting a little smarter every day. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

For all of her street smarts, siphoning gas is something she’s clearly never done, and for all of Kelton’s survival skills, he’s useless in this particular pinch. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then I spotted a smart leather envelope that would be exactly the thing for a young lawyer to carry. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if I’m smart enough,” I said, mostly to be modest again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Father says he’s headstrong, but he’s very daring besides being smart.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had dream children—clean, pretty, smart children who were growing up sort of ashamed that their father ran a saloon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Petey had smarter smarts than the smartest students at Fry High. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Catfish must be the smartest fish there is, it’s like them and carps were the only fish that added rocks and horseflies together and came up with something bad. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Everybody said Miss Minner had sold her brains to a famous doctor for ten thousand dollars, so that after she was dead he could cut them up and see why she was so smart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But next time, he’d be smarter about where he kept the stash and how often he moved it around. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He’s funny, and a good person; he’s popular, athletic, and so smart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"How? You were the smart one. My job is frying the onions. You should be here to save them, and then you could all live happily ever after." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was very smart, and extremely well-read, but she wasn’t after intellectual pursuits in the same way the Horner girls were. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask him, getting too smart for my own good. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was, of course, much smarter than I gave him credit for, and he eventually proved his intelligence by breaking up with me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I said that he was exactly the kind of smart, decent president I would choose for this country, even if selfishly I’d have rather kept him closer to home all these years. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“That wasn’t a very smart thing to do.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

They were smart, curious young women, all of them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The rules for pursuing inmates there are not hard and fast, but the conventional wisdom says that it’s smarter to wait for the pursued to leave. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The individuals I was looking for had to be smart and trustworthy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if it’s smart to forgive her or not—to forgive either of them, after what they said to me when the rankings went up yesterday. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Cora sat in the front of the class nowadays, and when Georgina corrected her—on her penmanship or arithmetic or speech—she no longer smarted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Eva was fearless and smart, and she sorted everything out so that a few dollars could trickle in. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart was stung by the blunt rebuke and skulked guiltily about his room in smarting repudiation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It indicates a possessive in a singular noun: The boy’s hat The First Lord of the Admiralty’s rather smart front door This seems simple. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think there’s something wrong with everyone, don’t you? But my mom’s smart, and she’s strong, and she always puts me first.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though their reading scores don’t indicate that they’re “smart” in the conventional sense, it’s amazing how savvy they are. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Blood dripped from his smarting skin, ulcers formed, and Siddhartha remained stiff, motionless, till no more blood flowed, till there was no more pricking, no more smarting. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reminded them of all the pranks Tommy had played on them, of all the sterling qualities of the smartest student in their class, of why a girl, not a boy, should represent them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not very smart,” she said, insulting herself like she always does before she gives an opinion, “but I think the matches are short so they can fit in your pocket. Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"What do you know, honest Josie-Jo on the Supreme Court. She was a smart kid, too, but she never once beat me at chess. Tell me about the others, Turtle. How's poor, saintly Crow?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a strong and gifted athlete, charming, smart, and immensely good-looking–"handsome almost to a fault," in the description of William H. Cropper, "an Adonis" in the words of another admirer. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes smarted and teared until he could hardly see two feet ahead of him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m smart but not enough—just smart enough to have problems. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

If you ask me, he was smarter than some of those cowboys. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still think this world be harder for folks like me and Biddy than for folks that are smart and don’t have a smash-up face. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They weren’t smarter or more focused or more serious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Grandma goes, “Mm-hmm. That’s why it’s been flickering forever. Trey, you found a smart girl here. She got a high GPA. Studying marketing and even pursuing a music career on the side.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

All that scotch didn’t seem so smart now. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was hard for me to believe that this man, who was as strong as February and August combined—and smart, besides—would be afraid of something like that. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seven bucks he took off me still smarts, even though we’re friendly now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately Professor Ghering and his Survivalist cronies thought they were smarter than the average foot patrol. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Degrees don’t mean you’re smart, and Daddy’s the smartest man I know. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was so smart; she was going to be in the Advanced Calculus class with me, and Chas could barely count. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You look smart. I told Daddy most people would probably wear dress robes, but he believes you ought to wear sun colors to a wedding, for luck, you know.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You think this is my destiny? To be super smart?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She is, according to Vincent, smart and compassionate and a good businesswoman; she is a partner with her brother, Louis, in a linen mill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She made me sound smarter and not nearly as confused as I really was. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He never tells me that he thinks I’m smart.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m stronger. And smarter. And better than you.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They smarted as if each of his fingers had been stung by hornets. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

‘The cutting of the bands on your wrists, that was smart work!’ said Gimli. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You're hardheaded, but you’re smart. You can read better than any of us. And the way you do those numbers, all in your head...” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tim hadn’t been on her father’s staff as long as the others, but he was smart and perceptive, which is why her father’s chief of staff hired him right out of graduate school. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I have the map of the aqueducts memorized, not these roads. And on paper you’re technically supposed to be smarter than me, right? So why don’t you tell us how to get out of here.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t deserve anything. Maybe Sloth was an oath breaker, but she was smart enough to know you don’t deserve things, you gotta take them.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But even the best software isn’t smart enough to assign trees reliably, so writers cannot offload the task of minding the tree onto their word processors. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

They came in their Bermuda shorts and smart linen dresses and shiny shoes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that’s what I call something. Oh, you wait. You’re going to be the smartest boy on your block before we re through with you.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was a much smarter dog than the boy dog, more sure of herself, more cautious. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoot, I figure if that man was smart ’nought to cheat all us, he have to be smart ’nough to know better than to gamble with no white folks.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She’s the smartest kid in the class after me, but she doesn’t seem to be paying attention. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I paused, thinking of all the wonderful things she’d said—about my imagination and how smart I was—and how she’d encouraged us both. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"You weren't being smart, were you, boy?" he said, not unkindly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s a bit of a smart mouth, but I like him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He had laughed loudly when he read Benton’s description of him as “looking much smarter than he actually is.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It troubles me that the smartest man in town doesn't have the answer to what should be a simple question. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

At first I swung wildly, battering Manolo Colon, the smart, shy boy who liked me. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting an award for not being smart enough to deserve it is the worst feeling I’ve ever felt. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Basil sprang up in a smart military fashion and saluted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“So how’d you get so smart so fast if you didn’t study?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, she's smart and funny and easy to talk to and kinda feisty—which now that I'm seeing her in this new light is kind of a turn-on... Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like maybe I wasn’t so smart after all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry—you’re smarter than all of them put together! So we’ll be cheering the loudest—your mom and dad and me and Penny.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

So I told him I dint think I was goin to get smart anyway. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You are smart, but you are the biggest dork in the world, you know that, Delsie?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Lord, smart as Hosie was, it wouldn’t be any time before he’d know how to drive and start taking people out for demonstration rides. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a right smart load as it is,” said one of them; “and it’s not me should tell you your business, but I wouldn’t tote that tent along if I was you.” The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If perfection were possible, which type would reign? Moral perfection? Mental perfection? Would the smarter man win, or the stronger? The dark-skinned or light-skinned? Would the winner be the most beautiful?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Haley was smart enough to know that Chiltington was hoping to steal the book geeks’ ideas. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They marched in their smart gray uniforms with their legs locked straight and thrown out in front of them the way ducks walk. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He always had to prove himself the smartest, the trickiest, and above all, the most renowned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I'm smart enough to read between the lines. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

J “He very smart,” the man said defensively. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you he’d figure out how to find me. The boy’s smart as a whip!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The wizard turned and set off along the dark track at a smart pace. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Don't make fun of me. I'm a lot smarter than you." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Bankers are considered smart people, and they make a lot of money. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked away, my scalp smarting, and scrambled into the oregano bushes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

So he hadn’t been promoted regular, despite he was right smart for a mill boy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She had fought her hardest and her smartest, and she had lost. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how smart I thought I could be at a moment like that, I couldn’t think of anything to tell him except the truth. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’s been the smartest kid in school since kindergarten. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re smart. Forget about what everybody else does so well. Singing. Dancing. Playing the ukulele. Do what you’re good at! Do something you love.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for having such smart friends,” she said. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing, Minerva adds, real breezy and smart the way she can be so cool, is the poor man’s already engaged to somebody else. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, wise guy. That’s enough smart talk for one day,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to lie to her after I first visited the orphanage, but I am a poor liar, and she was very smart. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you figured it out. I guess Ivan was right about how smart you are.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"Some smart kid, hey, Judge? Chris, the judge and I have a little business to discuss. Excuse us for a minute." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the way, and not that I think you're not too smart or anything, but I just want to make sure: You do know that she wasn't really offering to help, right? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And a right smart of my money with it Old Mr. clear his throat. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids at school started expecting him to be clever and funny all the time, and even for a kid as smart as Nick, that was asking a lot. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, you went to school to get smarter, right? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Baffled and smarting from the snub, C.P. wandered down the street. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t need a shrink, not even a smart black shrink. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listen to him, I thought, he’s smarter than you are. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

For such a smart person, Emma never explained things very well. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make me pinch that freckled cheek a little too hard. It will smart. Seriously, what draws you to the Lawrence movie?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had never encountered a girl like Pearl before, who wasn’t embarrassed to be smart, who didn’t quite fit into the orderly world of Shaker Heights, whether she knew it or not. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You look smart in your new clothes,” I managed to say. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But days like today were making Wes think that maybe Levy was the smart one. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And she's usually right about people—smart enough to trust the right prisoners and stay clear of the mean guards. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m as smart as can be,” he remarked in twelve different languages, “and I’m as stupid as can be,” he admitted, putting both feet in one shoe. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Following the stream against its current seems the smartest course of action. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We kept on staring, and it looked like a smart, cosy, self-contained world. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he’s a smart man too, Will. He showed me a new kind of windmill he’s invented—goddamest thing you ever saw.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I had been smart, if I had been honest with my survey, I would have described Hannah. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Thats how I use to rite it before I started to get smart. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

How could he feel otherwise when all he heard, all he read about, was how smart the Japanese were and how dumb Americans were? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sides stealing, worse thing you’n do for your career as a maid is have a smart mouth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“For a smart girl, sometimes you make dumb choices.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Judge Byrd was knowed as the smartest man in the county. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He may not have been able to walk well, but he was a good shot, and he was smart—he knew where to find the birds. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he is actually very smart about them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Since you’re so smart, tell me what I’m supposed to do!” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At eleven years old, Denise was a few years younger than I was, but I thought she was pretty and smart, and I always liked the way her mom fixed her hair. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never admit it to her, but she was smarter than me, even if she was annoying sometimes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know, I really wished I was as smart as some people thought I was, ’cause some of the time it was real hard to understand what was going on with Byron. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you see me as a little knot-headed kid or just a smart little know-it-all? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I said before, my uncle is very smart. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Oh, there were a couple girls and one boy who were little Einsteins, and there was no way I’d ever be smarter than them, but I was way smarter than 99 percent of the others. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Fourteen,” said Charles eagerly, the way he always did in math when he wanted to remind the teacher that he was the smartest kid in the class. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Rules that defined how smart was too smart. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I knew she was old enough and smart enough to know that my head didn’t actually break, but she’d been calling it that for so long it didn’t matter anymore. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“It would be smart to check every house in that section. But remember—they were alive this morning. I saw them, no doubt. Don’t give up hope yet, son.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Just like there’s a time that a smart person knows enough is enough, there’s a time when you know you’ve got to fight. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She’s the only girl smart enough to stay out of Alexia’s nonsense. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

His language was so formal—he sounded so smart! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was fourteen and had never made less than an A. I was smart, but I was as naive as they come. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was a dog, and a smart one. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was a way out, it just might not be the safest, smartest route. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Nothing but the best for my smart girl," Ma says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Many blacks in South Africa believed that any effort by the black man to challenge the white man was foolhardy and doomed to failure; the white man was too smart and too strong. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides the fact he’s adorable—” I say, and Daddy makes a gagging sound, “he’s smart, funny, and he cares about me. A lot.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I tell myself that he is wily and smart, and will not easily fall into Chief Powhatan’s trap. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He’ll keep his head low for a few centuries if he’s smart. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I told you it was smart to pretend you were asleep some of the time. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Very smart! The noble Junkers have concealed their drive,” said Poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And sometimes Newcharlie walked down the block with his arm around my shoulder bragging to everybody about how smart I was. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

They ran as Robert said they did, wilder than antelope, smarter than elk about human beings. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom likes to say that he was one of the smartest people she’s ever known, but that he wasn’t “good at school.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He sounded like the sort of people she had met at Mrs. Coulter’s: smart and educated and important. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We are individuals first, a team second, and I would be smart to always remember that. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Pasqual looks like a nerd, but he’s not even smart, which is always disappointing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But he was smart and he knew enough not to even look at a white woman. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, anybody who knew Mr. Wilson would expect his granddaughter to be smart, but Kitty was outrageous. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nina had stomped off, pride smarting, embarrassed by the tears filling her eyes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and said, "You've always been a smart girl." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Splendid, Ryan,” said Miss K, “but why not show us how smart he is? Do you know what a maze is?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m smart enough to knock on his bedroom door ever since a few months ago when I walked in and he was really going at it with himself. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He had a new respect for Aunt Anne, and the whole top of his head was smarting from the hair-pulling. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I just said you were too smart for your own good," she said. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’s going through a hard time that isn’t permanent. You’re a smart girl—very smart. Is it pretty hard trying to live up to the one—in your skin?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps—p-e-r-h-a-p-s—you are under the misapprehension—m-i-s-a-p-p-r-e-h-e-n-s-i-o-n—that I am dangerous,” he said, turning a smart loop to the left. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a quick meal of macaroni and applesauce in the car—smart Mom, nothing red—we head downtown. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Well, he's not as smart as a horse, that's for certain." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Terupt, why is James in that room? He seems really smart.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

"I'm told that he is the smartest boy we've got out there in Greenwood. I'm told that he knows more big words than a pocket-sized dictionary." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this a cry for help, Lucy? Are you trying to prove some point? Because I don’t get it. Your old grandmother isn’t as smart as you. Tell me what’s going on.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She picked someone who was tall, skinny, and smart, like her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It must not have been the smartest monster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She goes to the school across town, the school for smart girls with attitudes, she likes to say. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Feeling just about as smart as Sherlock Holmes, I headed for the store. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sacerdote found that parents who adopt children are typically smarter, better educated, and more highly paid than the baby’s biological parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Momma says that she believes that someone as smart as me can figure her way out of this mess, no matter how big it is. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I just didn’t have the smarts for it. And there’s the religious thing, too. All these years, man, I still hate church.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to them stood a smart soldier, his uniform perfect, his hat off and under his arm, looking away like he wasn't supposed to be seeing this. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I have complete faith in your inventions, Father! No one has ever been as smart as you.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

By some standards, it is about as smart as a grasshopper; by others, only as intelligent as a bacterium. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the time I wished I was as smart as these teachers thought I was because if I had been I would have dropped that book and run all the way home. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the fact that Damaris was Black like me, smart, and also reveled in spending her summer learning about cell reproduction and the best way to solve algebraic inequalities. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By the time I was seven or eight, I was too smart to be tricked, so she changed tactics. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But maybe there’s someone we could ask to help us, some smart guy —” “What smart guy?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt incredibly sorry for her, but he was also starting to realize just how smart she was. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re a smart girl; that is what I always tell my son. That is why I told him you have to be the only one to walk me—you know that.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Surely the other kids couldn’t help but see how smart I was. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Jewish guy did not know this, but “oppression Olympics” is what smart liberal Americans say, to make you feel stupid and to make you shut up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was never very smart to begin with, but now his anger made him reckless. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It starts to kick in after ten cards, and it’s really smart, because it picks up the problem with the red decks almost immediately. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was the smart girl who schemed to get out of schoolwork, but also a stranger who suggested hanging out with someone new. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You two are smart, already making money at your age.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Malcolm was one of the smartest men in the western hemisphere. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Albert. He wasn’t all that cute, but he was smart like me and funny. He was short but I didn’t care. I liked him. And he was nice to me, so I thought...” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Now and then a smart girl came into the profession, but she usually moved up to better things. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess because Lynn was so smart and it had seemed easy for her to get good grades, I never noticed how hard she worked. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My father didn’t think he was so smart for joining the Rebels. They’re likely to be hung when the war’s over.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My nose was tender and smarted when I touched it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought black guys from New York were supposed to be smart?” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, smart guy? I’ve seen the sucker’s bones. Cut in half like a knife through whipped cream. They keep him in a box to remind future kids not to be so stupid.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He acted quite smart about it, but then, who wouldn’t? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t Candor. There are liars here, Caleb. There are people who are so smart they know how to manipulate you.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I looked for a way out, but there wasn’t gonna be no escaping; the sheriff was smarter than he was letting on. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I could make him hurry it up and finish in one year. He’s smart.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She was Hailsham, maybe a few years before you lot. Apparently she’s working in this clothes shop right now. A really smart one.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on that subject why was it that the smartest people mostly missed that point? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ophie huffed out an annoyed breath, but she was smart enough to know when she was beat. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

You could be smart, he was saying, even if you looked peculiar. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Whitney Young, it was safe to be smart. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But like the Indians I’d rather discover my own medicines. They were smart enough to make natural remedies, and they knew what would cure you or what would kill you.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If the queen were smarter, she would probably be hopelessly neurotic. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom argued that they gave scholarships to smart boys. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“How are you so smart in almost every possible way except this most basic of things?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“She’s a smart girl. She’s capable of so much. I just wish she understood how important it is to go to college. That she can strive to be something more than—more than...” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He wasn't cool enough or good-looking enough or as smart as they'd hoped—in short, he didn't matter enough. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I could’ve lied and told him the cafeteria burritos gave me stomach cramps, even though I’m smart enough never to eat those cheesy laxative bombs. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Shy Jerrie was overwhelmed by the attention, but she was smart enough to know that positive publicity would help the cause. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wish all the kids could come with Ramu and me to the smart class. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He came up to me when I was loading the sacks of flower and he said hey Charlie I hear your a very smart fella—a real quiz kid. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he’d first arrived, she’d thought he was a little goofy from the questions he’d asked—about the Feast of Tuna and all—but clearly he was smarter than he let on. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They would walk to the falafel place on Howe Street for hummus, and sit in a dark corner talking for hours, and finally emerge, tongues smarting with garlic. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That would be the smart thing to do. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was smarter and more curious than his brother or his cousins. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“And here you thought you were so smart,” said Boo smugly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One afternoon I was watching TV, getting smart on The Brady Bunch. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In three adjectives, I was pretty and smart and popular. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As she lit a new cigarette off the butt of her previous one, she told me that the Colonel was smart but hadn’t done much living when he got to the Creek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Candace was right: I knew I was fast and strong; now I had to learn how to fence a smarter match even under pressure. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The cruelty smarts; my chest aches for him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Second of all, if I’m so smart, then why am I in retail?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The soft heart is also a smart heart because it is not soft for every puny silly thing, but over the things that are matterful. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

But Old Yeller was too smart for that. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgetown’s students may not be as smart on an absolute scale as the students of Harvard. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“You’re the smartest kid in the school. And I don’t want you to fail. I don’t want you to fade away. You deserve better.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You think you’re so smart, don’t you? Well—” Mr. Flux lunged away, attempting to exit stage left. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Its good to no things and be smart and I wish I new evrything in the hole world. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the smart bipedal dinosaurs, or the raccoons, or the otters, or the squid. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If smart people are parodying it, that’s a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I'm standing there with Freak high above me and it feels right, it makes me feel strong and smart. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

There's a rasp to his voice that makes him sound tired but smart. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Oh, why had I been so smart to him? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I use to watch the late show and the late late show on TV all the time before I went to sleep and it never made me smart. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

What he did in the park wasn’t smart. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are smart. Your mother told me how your English was so good that those Americans had no choice but to grant her a visa.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take many miles to see his favorite thing to talk about was how smart he was and how he was better’n anybody else. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Paul Van Riper’s Red Team did not come out on top in that moment in the Gulf because they were smarter or luckier at that moment than their counterparts over at Blue Team. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then there was the stewardess in her smart blue uniform and jaunty hat, with the microphone in her hand, announcing Lily’s flight and that the passengers could board the plane. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

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

He figured they could go on from there picking up their own knowledge and, according to his calculations, when they reached thirty, they would be twice as smart as he had been at thirty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since I know that you don’t equate ‘smarter’ with ‘better,’ I’m going to say that that’s not true.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She knew better than to repeat Big Ma’s words; and if she didn’t, that kick should have smarted her into knowing better. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some might have said that wasn’t smart, that was magic. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I let out a scream and drew back momentarily, dazed and smarting. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water made my finger smart a little, so I painted it again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounds like a good plan—a smart plan. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could not quite believe what had happened, even though my hands were smarting and bleeding. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You very smart girl! I quite proud of your smartness!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Miss Love was looking up at Grandpa like he was just the smartest man in the world. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“The two of them are peas in a pod, but the sheriff is only following his daddy’s lead. He’s mean, but he isn’t smart enough to run this town on his own.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Quit being such a smart aleck, Newt,” he spat, his face flushing red. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was smart enough to know you were never meant to say such words out loud. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“But it reminded me. Open-plan office, smart smiling people.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That part didn't worry me too much, though, because I knew Mr. Antolini was very smart and that he could make up something to tell her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Anyhow, they wouldn’t be smart enough to figure out how to turn me in without getting the rest of the family in trouble. What about your brothers?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was going to assume that the smart fellas who sat across the desk, with whom she shared a telephone line and the occasional lunchtime game of bridge, felt the same. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Exactly! Your girlfriend is smarter than you are.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Go make an offering to the Fates. Be glad you were lucky and fast and smart. And then go do something right in the world.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

That never made sense to me, because he was smarter than me, so if I was too smart for retail, then he really must have been too smart for retail. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If we saw a creakity wagon up ahead full of country folks going to town, I’d cluck the mules to a smart trot and we’d all wave as we passed them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As an afterthought, I buy three bottles of white liquor from a one-armed woman named Ripper, a victim of a mine accident who was smart enough to find a way to stay alive. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Emma’s smart and widely read brother attended seances, communed with spirit guides, and collected photographs that seemed to show ghosts and spirits. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To me, that’s probably the best half of you, the part that makes you smart and funny and lovable and just plain cute!” he told me with a big smile. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We were the smartest junior class in the galaxy! 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not that anybody here had ever pushed them to get out, told them they were smart enough to, or offered much help. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I read to them, and they told me I was very smart and could read as well as a six-year-old. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mary is one of those smart sisters who has a good job downtown. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cheetah, who believed I was the smartest girl in the world. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nox was too smart for his own good. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Alex clenched his jaw, smart enough not to lower his guard. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I am sure she would have, for she was a smart and understanding dog, but I never tried to find out. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Benedict had expected him to be a leader to his friends, to be smart enough to devise a plan, to be brave. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The wedding dance your friends are doing. You do not play such games in Lublin? Perhaps you are smarter than we.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Molly’s parents feel good about having made such a smart choice to protect their daughter. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

At least he was smart enough to know that much. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

You had to know who was lazy and who was cruel, who was smart and who was stupid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He tried to think of something to say, something smart, something to make her look at him again, to renew the connection he’d felt just a moment before. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sentries made smart about-turns, their mail ringing on the stone floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess. But it’s not like I was born smart like you and Kojo.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Angeline was smart and so pretty people turned in their tracks to stare at her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And the third: “I’m not saying it’s good or bad, smart or stupid, I’m not saying if I’m for or against. Let’s just wait and see what develops.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carol is smart, witty, and she knows how to play the game. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You know folks will be talking about me losing my job. Try to ignore it and don’t get smart, okay?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She calls on people to answer questions; like they could give a smart answer right off the top of their head. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If they’re as smart as you think, then no. I don’t think you would know.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I saw it my thumb began to smart. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And not just smart for an Indian, okay? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d be smart to remember you have more than one boss,” he said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Although he was naughty, he was also smart, and bad boys had always held a certain charm for her. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

His white next-door neighbors, the Peppers, thought he was smart and capable. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

All he could think of was how many stories he knew about people smarter than he was. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are such a smart aleck,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She wore a white linen suit and spectator pumps topped by a straw hat as smart as a lampshade. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t even smart enough to read the letter about kicking me out. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Revealing my identity to the world so that I could accuse one of the world’s most powerful corporations of blackmail and murder didn’t seem like the smartest move. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And yet the knowing didn’t make her feel stronger or smarter. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He did what was counterintuitive but smart—what was manifestly hard to do but he knew was the right thing to do. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But there was something about being called a smart mouth, the fact that I knew enough about a thing to be sarcastic about it, that made me feel good, too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew you guys would get it. You’re a smart bunch.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat and said, “You know, Finn, when it does happen, just be smart. Normal or not, you’re smart.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a chorus of You’re such a smart girl and You can turn it around and Don’t you want to go to high school? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He said some of the smartest things I ever heard, and he’s the only one of my friends who really tried to keep me on track too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Why would someone as smart as you do something as dumb as that?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Very smart,” Piper agreed, ignoring the good-looking part. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If any other gunters out there shared my interpretation of the Limerick, so far they’d been smart enough to keep quiet about it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

What she was saying sounded ridiculous, even to me, but I could see she just couldn’t find the words to explain her gut feeling that I had some smarts stuck in here. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Standing back was the smarter thing to do. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“The dock’s tore up right smart, but folks got their homes.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and I both knew perfectly well that New Guineans are on the average at least as smart as Europeans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You remember what I said a couple nights ago? About needing to be lucky and smart?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s smart and knows what to say “Are you ready for it?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It probably would have been smart to do some research, but there was no time for that. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I like him. He will be a good friend for you. You were smart to choose him.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You decide to try sickness first? That is not very smart.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But according to the data, their choice isn’t smart at all. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He was smart and focused and a quick study, and he seemed to be enjoying himself. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Shay kept saying that if your feet weren’t in the right place, the smartest board in the world couldn’t keep you on. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s smarter than most of us put together, and he deserves a better father than you.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At dinner in her brother Hensleigh’s dining room, she thought Charles lively, funny, and smart. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I say best of the best, I mean at everything. To survive the buggin’ Maze, you gotta be smart, quick, strong. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Molly couldn’t care less about Jack’s prowess on the soccer field, but smart she respects. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Traveling the state and interacting with potential constituents, he was the same man I knew at home—funny and charming, smart and prepared. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But John’s smart. He wanted something else, something personal out of your dad. Your dad’s smart too. He knew it.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My parents were too smart; I was pretty sure they’d figured out I had some kind of crush on this guy, but I didn’t want them to think I was obsessed with him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am hoping that Owen was smart enough to clear out the car. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

My sister, the basement mole rat, was smarter than me? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She's smarter than people think—she goes to school and everything—but she's not very physically coordinated, so she needs a lot of help with basic things. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But if you think I’m so all-fired smart, you won't think so after I tell you what happened next. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It just went to show, you could be a player, but really connecting with a woman took smarts. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They are smart birds that can learn aerial tricks and navigate their way back home. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was still smarting from what had happened to me two days before. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Prof Nemur said if I want to get smart I got to do what he says. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was so popular and smart, and seemed to just go from girl to girl without ever taking it the slightest bit seriously. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Gangly, bespectacled, hair black as an oil slick and always perfectly combed forward, Tucker was a busboy, waiter, and cashier here at Finnegan’s, not to mention the smartest person I’d ever met. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Not only was her mother willing to name her Temptress in the first place, but she wasn’t smart enough to know what that word even meant. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Jesper could never tell how much of what Kaz got away with was smarts and planning and how much was dumb luck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I think it was about me not being smart. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

So an entire roomful of children in classroom A suddenly got very smart one year and very dim the next, or more likely, their sixth- grade teacher worked some magic with her pencil. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

After he swallowed he said: “They so crispy, Mexico. You the smartest person I ever met.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Okay, but sometimes, though, I did get worried that she was too smart for me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your neighbor’s a millionaire, and he’s not smart enough to keep his boat in shape?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had learned the smart, snappy language of television commercials. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They are. And don’t sound so surprised about me making smart choices.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My mother thought I was brave and perceptive and smart. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’ve all gotten a little taller, a little stronger, a little smarter ... Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Savage had seized him by the collar, lifted him clear over the chair and, with a smart box on the ears, sent him howling away. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The kid is willing to fight great whites. Not to say that’s a smart thing to do! Brave, maybe. Loyal for sure. But...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The smart, hearing one was helping the dumb, deaf one. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was smart and cunning, but his gaze was wistful. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Her eyes smart from the sweetness of the gardenia tree and the salt of the sea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always another battle, another struggle to prove that Alex was as smart, as competent, as likely to succeed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“C’mon, Matt. You the smartest dude I know. And the dumbest.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, remember I was called Merdy? Which was a code for Nerdy. Consonant before the letter N was M? We thought we were so smart.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I mean it’s true that my parents are very smart people. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I just figure it would be smart to stay on your good side if I don’t want to get my nose broken and my right eye shut.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“What it takes. Pretty, smart, funny—all that stuff.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You are a very pretty girl,” he said, “and very smart, and I like how you’re working.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers were serious and smart and a lot of them went by “Dr.,” and so when the time came for my last class before lunch, World Religions, I felt tremendous relief. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You see that mirror? You’re a smart guy, X-Ray. Do you think that’s a regular mirror? You think it’s in here so I can fix my makeup?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Josiah would have said that it was because they were so smart, and they could tell a good place when they found it: springs and good grazing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Which isn't smart, because I'm moving too fast. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody wants to use you for being smart.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He need not have been the smartest in the class, only smart enough. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She is smart, but doesn’t act like she knows everything. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I loved how smart my teammates were, and how they could always be counted on to perform their routines with consistency, making everything look easy. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But, drunk or not, at least I was smart enough to latch the door behind me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Has he flipped, finally cracked under the pressure of being smarter than everyone? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was going into a smart practice in Boston when his internship was over. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Pop. There’s lot of smart kids. But I’m learning. “The skyline, Manhattan’s skyline has changed. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The two youngest Laphams were always insulting him, not only about how smart he was, but how smart he thought he was. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A fellow wouldn’t have to be very smart to see that,” I said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is so familiar, I can only tell whether or not she is pretty or happy or smart by comparing her to the other women. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

How did you get to be so smart? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat, “Ramu and I are ready to switch into the smart class.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Officer, I’m carrying two of the smartest kids at Wagner High School.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

My face is still smarting when the slaver unhooks my collar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I have friends on the bejeweling committee. The boy is smart, but too quick to anger. It’s a fatal flaw that cannot be tolerated.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“See that? Seriously, Ally. Only smart people say things like that.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They already knew she was smart, but this was something different. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His shoulder had begun to throb and smart from the goldsmith’s touch, like a sleeping devil roused to angry wakefulness, but the greatest pain was in his mind. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When Dimarion and the Crux showed up on the horizon that morning, well, the smart thing would have been to run. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They would ask such things as who was smarter than the other. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

See how smart she was, she seems to intone as she compares the picture to my father. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smart person would be able to put the Hillpark Gym Graffiti Incident—which most of East Shoal knew about—together with my community service. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The smart crows and redwing blackbirds knew when their chances of getting a bite of corn had improved! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And I learned that I’m even smarter than Luke at some things. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I’d bet a million dollars that this is Jan’s smart idea.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She said: “He got smart all of a sudden.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

All his teachers told my parents, “Kirk’s such a smart child, but he never talks.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think she was bored of being the prettiest, smartest, and most popular girl in the world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even smart people probably like to get a hint every once-in awhile. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Invariably, the Contestants rate the Questioners as being a lot smarter than they themselves are. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about what she says. We don’t want Mrs. Malvolio to know how smart you’ve become. Not yet. If she does, she might try to sabotage all of us.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"Things don't seem to get to her. She's kind of...straightforward, I guess. But in the best way. In a way that's really smart and kind." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At this stage in my life, the die has already been cast and, no matter how dumb I am, I’m obviously smart enough to get by. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dad always fought harder, flew faster, and gambled smarter than everyone else in his stories. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This young man's father,” he said, “was the smartest student in my high school chemistry class!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that Cluny was smarter than either of them, she wished she didn’t have this big dumb rat to corroborate the story. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My guess is if they had given us some sort of test, she would have been the smartest of all the tributes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s perfect: attractive, smart, and he has a good job as an audio engineer for television shows. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The five men were walking single file, which was smart, but they weren’t using a rope—a serious violation of mountaineering protocol. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, they must be pretty smart if they can speak our language but we can't speak theirs. You're lucky to have him, Rani." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Back home she could be a smart aleck sometimes, and how. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The smart ones and the ones that boys like." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I saw in one of those books they got magic powder that can make you strong and smart and do lots of things. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going outside to clean up some branches. You talk to her. She’s smarter than you think.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was kidnapped in Africa, sold in Boston, and wrote fancy poetry that smart people liked. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll have to take out less in loans, which seems smart. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, you don’t think you are. But it’s always the smart ones, the ones who know it all, who make the most mistakes.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Among the Dinka, the tortoise is believed to be very smart. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed somebody smart who could think outside the box and help me figure out what to do about Rock and Arnold. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Wait till you meet her. She’s smart and looks like Elizabeth Taylor.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Tobias says to him—very quietly--“We won’t be in a safe house forever, and this wasn’t very smart of you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Keeth wasn’t just a great fencer, he really was a smart guy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His nerves must be finally getting to him to be such a smart aleck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re very sweet and smart, and you have great ideas. Stick with them.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I heard that you’re smarter than Einstein. That you’ve already graduated from college. And that you can move stuff with your mind.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I walked out with my sisters into a whole new year, the rabbit-fur cuffs and collar looking smart and snappy. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Don’t you get smart with me and end up in more trouble. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. It belongs to the bank. But soon it’ll be mine, and then I’ll be able to make lots of boys like you smart.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was shameful to have a younger brother who was faster, stronger, smarter, and better. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“So what? You’re smarter than any other witch I know, fancy coven or not. They’d be warlocks not to run something you wrote.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He thought that she possessed the two great gifts: she was smart and she got the breaks— and you couldn’t want no better than that. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z