Rufus was so big, Mr. Freeman thought he was a possum, went and got his hunting rifle, and blew him clean away. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re so gentle. You never push. . . She trailed off again, resting more heavily against my chest. Then she roused herself. “You could, you know, push more. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the time the queen approached, my dry lips were stuck so fast to my teeth that I feared if I pressed my mouth to her hand, I would draw blood. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘None of us are safe these days, Praetor, so I really must go. Good hunting!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Eighth period is the only class they don’t have together, so I decide to run with it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s not even Thanksgiving yet. Do they have to make it so over-the-top?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Ms. Knight didn’t look like she had a whole lot of money, so I could only imagine how much she spent on that heavy casket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But are we really so much smarter today? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“This is going to be so cool,” Bridge said, taking a smock from the pile in the middle of the stage floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She had packed so carefully: six skirts—three for summer and three for winter. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Narcissus was nocking an arrow, but it was so old and brittle, it broke into splinters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care, I have money, so take it.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She likes walking through the streets so early, had liked rising by herself in semidarkness, liked the sense of promise it lent the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny,” I said, “that girls have to be pretty. It’s the boys that have to be pretty in Nature. Look at the cardinal. Look at the peacock. Why is it so different with us?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her older children, so tiny when she had first come to Hampton Roads, were now entering college. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The seventh sense, indeed, slowly kills all the other ones, so that at last there is no trouble about the commandments. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” said Hermione anxiously, stopping so abruptly that Harry walked into her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My hand shook as I pulled one of the tickets out and held it up so she could see it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe you sent me ahead, and you made it so that you wouldn’t come with me—that you would return home to Haiti and leave me here in America. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His fight with the Hunters had left him with mottled grey and pink scar tissue on his arms and face, so he looked like a bruised peach in the process of rotting. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We always stand against the railing, whatever the season, whatever the weather, making sure to get a good spot on the Manhattan side of the boat so we can watch the skyline both ways. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would—would you mind telling me—” he said to the guide, much deflated, “what was so stupid about that?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel so useless. You’ve caged me in with hundreds of material objects that don’t satisfy the real me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are so many of them around, yelling into their bullhorns, no longer smiling as I saw them before. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thee better not go back looking so,” she advised. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

"That is so. Once it takes fire, the substance will bum fiercely until it is no more. More, it will seep into cloth, wood, leather, even steel, so they take fire as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I almost said so aloud but caught myself in time. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As we kept eating, I thought how crazy it was to have somebody trust me so much. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But not so much that he couldn’t ask another question. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Of course—he defended her to himself—she knew and had seen so much more than him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ma liked everything on her table to be pretty, so in the wintertime she colored the butter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the entrance of the harbor, a shallow crescent bay, he let the windspell drop and stilled his little boat so it lay rocking on the waves. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mamita serves me first, giving me the biggest piece of chicken and the biggest potato from the soup, what I yearned for so much as a little girl. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They asked me what happened, and I was so scared that I told them everything. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The headboard’s against the wall facing the door, off center so that there’s a sizable empty space near the window. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I was way early when I got there, so I just sat down on one of those leather couches right near the clock in the lobby and watched the girls. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

"It's not so good in the daytime," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t understand at first, so I say, “Yes, I’d like you back in my life again.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At fourteen weeks her face begins to grow plump, so that for the first time I can recognize the yia yia of my childhood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And so he fought to keep from being entranced. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Libby buys all of her clothes in men’s sizes so she can get the absolutely tiniest version and feel positively skeletal. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Harry fired Stunning Spells down upon them, knocking the lead monster into its fellows, so that they rolled back down the building and out of sight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Apparently, the Collective isn’t so against all relics and things “Earth-like.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ibis and Jacquel was a small, family-owned funeral home: one of the last truly independent funeral homes in the area, or so Mr. Ibis maintained. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He moved away impatiently to the adjacent wall, a distance of seven feet or so, and leaned against it, arms crossed, looking from Briony to Cecilia. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I asked the guy behind the counter for his pencil—he hesitated a second, since I guess he wasn’t so sure about us. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

By this time the truck was little more than four wheels and an engine and the engine was so crotchety and sullen and senile that it required expert care and consideration. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t so sure anybody was going to be able to change Sam’s mind to begin with. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Digger, and I used to shoot tin cans, so there was a lot of time for me to agonize over this. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

His hair has grown out so it flips at his ears, and he wears a blue T-shirt and a pair of rectangular glasses. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It's hard for one person to carry a sofa down three flights of stairs, so, seeing as I had nothing better to do, I offered to help. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In sixth grade, she said so in class. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m the first to get one, so I take a quick look. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She makes me laugh so easily, I always wish to return the favor. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They bled so many and so aggressively that they ran out of vessels to hold the blood. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The girl who comes after Piper is up front now, but everybody is so busy talking, no one notices. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A relation of the bears, otters and weasels, you are the nearest thing to a bear now left in England, and your skin is so thick that it makes no difference who bites you. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In fact, I'm so good that I might even play for India someday. Like Mohammad Azharuddin." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

That’s why I always signed the forms saying your names or pictures couldn’t be used on the school website; that was why I was always so careful about what I let you do online. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were both eighteen, but so far neither of them had graduated from high school. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This time, he was so determined that Omakayas knew there was no way she could save him from going outside. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My heart’s thudding so quickly, it’s almost painful. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The music’s slow and dreamlike, so Peeta pulls me into his arms and we move in a circle with practically no steps at all. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I started reading Bloodfall after we met Gary. He was so awesome. I owe it to him. And you. But I’m not even close to done.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The only place in the house where I could find a corner of quiet was my bedroom, so at one point during the festivities, I disappeared into my room and locked my door. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s all okay though, because I like football, too, and so does Lenny. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My dad hasn’t so much as looked at that boat in exactly one year and three months, which is the time that our lives revolve around: one year and three months ago. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bigger man obliged, bending his arm so that RiRi dropped suddenly to the ground. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

You lose control of your thigh muscles, so that you cannot support yourself standing. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem so big before, when he was a part of the band. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The freedom to choose where to spend those hours had always seemed a wonderful luxury to Jonas; other hours of the day were so carefully regulated. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tomb drawing clung in his mind, and so did Heqet’s idea that there was some thieves’ plan connected with that little room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I had heard so many awful things about La Llorona that I couldn’t help it, I pulled away from her and took a few steps back. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her thirst becomes so acute, she considers biting into her own arm to drink the liquid that courses there. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The traffic starts to speed up, and I want to end the conversation now so that he can focus on the road. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I’m not homely but I don’t have Peaches’ looks so I was scopin’ and hopin’, if you know what I mean. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was so angry with the government for doubting his honesty that he wouldn’t send them any more letters. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And so Wang Lung listened, and what he heard was what he had never heard before. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

This may explain why Mozart's music is so full of catchy melodies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She also worked with him so he could catch up with his classmates, as this new school was much more challenging than the grade school he’d left behind. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t underestimate him. Reyna’s not so bad by herself, but if Octavian shares her power...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Too many. But it was them or us, so it’s hard to feel guilty.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s arm was so tight around Pantalaimon that she was trembling with the force of it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You said you were going to cook up a feast, didn’t you? So go get cooking. Ampai’s got a lot to catch up on from being gone so long.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My leg was falling asleep, so I shifted Sammy’s head in my lap. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Where they burst, my skin was exceptionally sensitive; accidentally rubbing an open sore was so painful I would gasp and cry out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Those liars!” she’d exclaimed, her voice so furiously loud a nurse had peeked in to shush her. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Alex wants to throw a punch every time he sees Philip’s stupid face, but it’s Henry’s family, not his, so he doesn’t get to make that call. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s exhilarating and terrifying, like so much of Faerie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The men started calling out their code names so we’d know who was still alive. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what’s more, who had said so in front of them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rotate my wrists so that my cleats move in all different directions and sway my arms like I did for Zoey and Grace when I got out of the car. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“I pretended to be the warrior so I could get my dad. But I don’t want to be a warrior,” said Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t looked so upset, I would have pinched him for ruining our moonlight bike rides when they’d barely begun. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Privately, he explained to McMillan that “we considered the existence of a relativistic limit so important that we thought we should communicate it to cyclotronists as quickly as possible, without endeavoring to give accurate figures.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had trained in the natural sciences himself, and so was considered fit to act as the under-writers’ representative in the College. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I rushed to the window to peek out, elbowing Jay so we could both see. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The bus stop was a mile or so away. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Indians were so filled with fear that they climbed on top of one another, formed mounds, and suffocated each other. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The animals were so disturbed that they could hardly sleep in their stalls. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

We believed in it, this downward motion: so lovely, like flying, and yet at the same time so dire, so extreme, so unlikely. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked so proud, like he’d carved that big lady himself. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Francie kept her eyes on the floor so that she wouldn’t have to look at the flower-covered coffin standing on trestles before the altar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, he planted his feet and then spoke quietly, so only Nok could hear. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was worried about Charles, and upset that he was so hostile and uncommunicative. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Girl, I am so happy for you. You are going to have that running leg in no time!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but Charlie’s bigger than me” — Ron held his arms out from his body as though he was a gorilla — “so Fred and George didn’t go on about it much...not to his face anyway...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to control him. He’s just so stubborn.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Of course. I took it to get back at the Shrew. Don’t look so shocked. You’re such a baby. Besides, Mr. Das doesn’t pay us half of what we’re worth.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

How will I learn all there is to know about magic if Ma retires so soon? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The next morning Deborah’s hives had gone down some, but her eyes were still swollen, so she decided she needed to go home to see her doctor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was just as concerned as they were, if not more so. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Fred, who had been such a friend to me when I had so desperately wanted one, needed one, at Auschwitz. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was partly because Rita had a Portuguese name and partly because the two of them could be so much more insulting when they worked together. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

An A was way better than a B, so it only made sense that you would get more gummy bears for that. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We must take our little journey while it is still dark and while the rest of the castle sleeps on—ignorant, oh so ignorant, I am afraid, of your fate. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her touch is so light, like two leaves have fallen on me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Now the elms are stricken with a disease that afflicts them throughout their range, a disease so serious that many experts believe all efforts to save the elms will in the end be futile. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Was that because the police thought it looked so suspicious or because they simply forgot? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are so light I can see spiderweb capillaries behind her irises. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They walked into a small office with a receptionist's desk, which contained no receptionist, so then they left and made their way around the side of the warehouse. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never met them, either. They don’t even know me, so why would they care about his leaving me?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the dialogue as written is so harsh as to be almost violent, so the editing makes a difference. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I let him pull me forward, allow him to press my head so I know when to duck. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And, dutifully, I bent down so he could kiss my forehead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Why are you asking me all these questions? Why don’t you skip school and find out for yourself if you’re so curious.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I have no doubt of his being a very respectable young man. I know, indeed, that he is so, and, as such, wish him well. What do you imagine his age to be?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It is seldom, indeed, an English face comes so near the antique models as did his. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She pulled him behind the nearest boulder, wedging herself so close against the riverbank that her shoes almost touched the river’s fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She hugs me, and my head is pulled up and down as she jumps, so that I am forced to jump with her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Finally she asked, “Why would he give you that verse so many times? I never got that one.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He had a boring job before he switched to teaching, so he’s just excited to be here,” he said. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was alarming and exhilarating to be going so fast. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The pounding sound traveled with me out of my dream, but I was groggy and confused, so it took me a moment to realize someone was knocking on my window. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We rowed past the old lighthouse, tranquil in the distance, which only last night had been the scene of so many traumas. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It feels like she even laughs in Spanish, because her smile gets so, so big. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was so scairt he couldn’t let go of that dress. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just stands so, the two of them stand so, looking at one another. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean my head back and shut my eyes, but this results in disastrous spinning, so I open them again and try to focus on the feet dangling from the end of the bed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

How could I be so stupid to follow him? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Your determination is so chic,” said P.M., joining her. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Looking through the cookbook made me want to watch Ruby’s season again, so I grabbed my laptop. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was on some kind of weird diet, but for some reason I didn’t think so. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“If Grandpa was so great, then why did he leave? Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And your mother sent you here so that she could travel with him.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes are so intense that the little flecks are practically glowing. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Western music, being more orientated towards harmony than its non-Western counterparts, gradually formed hierarchies among the twelve notes, so that the listener's ears latched on to a 'home' in the sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I knew these halls so well—and finally it was starting to feel like they knew me, too. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It's so barbaric, the president turning my bridal gown into my shroud, that the blow strikes home, leaving me with a dull ache inside. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was not opposing the authorities but mediating between my own people and the men I had so long fought against. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like it went on forever; both the sky and the sea were so dark you couldn’t tell where one began and the other ended. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My victims’ eyes are open and staring, and the dream is so real I can smell the blood. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was always a special place for me because I’m an athlete, so I was on the teams that won a lot of those awards. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The silence is so deep I want to die. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It seemed terribly unfair that her one chance at connection had been dashed so thoroughly before it even began. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“We’ll get you a new doll when we have a little money. Now hurry up and get changed so you can help me.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I passed the test with flying colors and so did everyone else. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Old Ackley put his hand up so the light wouldn't hurt his eyes. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The rule is that I have to answer the door if the Doctorita is asleep, so I pad down the hallway in my nightgown, groggy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was fawn-colored and one was red, and their hair was so soft and their large eyes so wondering. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Annabelle thinks her mom and Grandpa fight because they both loved the same person so much. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her arms are so full that one of the salesclerks comes over to us and asks if she can start a room. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Pursing her lips in disgust at so ridiculous a question, Mabel answered. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I smiled so hard, my cheeks ached for hours. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He's pulled me from death so many times. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now, mums are so heavy that they have to be worn around your neck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A puzzling nickname since there was nothing remarkable about his shoes, or even his feet so far as I could see. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, his moon book went through at least nineteen editions in French and two in English before the end of the century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

With Aunt Maggie gone, my mother could not earn enough to feed us and my stomach kept so consistently empty that my head ached most of the day. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was thrashing around so hard that her shoes fell off. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m marvellous now. I just never felt so fantastically rocky in my entire life. Did you order?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

A hundred or so people slowly filed into the street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Peach, who had been so brave—braver than I would ever be. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby believed, they said, that the Soviets were so enraged by his winning the crown from Spassky and thereby diminishing their greatest cultural achievement that they wanted him murdered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And so, with an urgency that would soon turn to deep regret, he and Fezzik approached the Zoo of Death. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, I is so happy to be finding you all in one lump!’ he said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you could hear the band playing in the Lavender Room, and so I went in there. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

These examples, at first so bizarre to us, illustrate well the roles of geography and of diffusion in the history of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one sat in the seat just below the map, so he leaned in to get a good look, and counted the number of stops before he’d reach West Fourth Street station. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The truth is, our parents kept us close to home so we would have minimum exposure to the signs and to white people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“In this house I am the mother and you are the child,” she said so adamantly that I stiffened and fluttered my gaze to a corner before she could attack. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In the remotest North, so far away it was at the back of the North Wind, was a blissful land where the Hyperboreans lived. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so hard to hold on to her. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, I was really moving, and everything was on rhythm, which is usually pretty tough for me unless I got on boxing gloves, and even then it ain't so easy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It is not so easy to run with a dog in your arms. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she reiterated, and stood up, stretching her arms, and feeling the need to relax her muscles after having been so long seated. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lorch, for instance, once reedited an episode of Sesame Street so that certain key scenes of some of the sketches were out of order. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned closer, her face so close to mine. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I like that my parents are so in my face but know to give me space too. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I knotted the two loose straps together so I could sling the derelict hulk of my backpack over my shoulder like a satchel, gathered my stuff up, and hurried to gym. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Stella had heard sermons about Moses so many times before that she thought she could give a Moses sermon. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Because your titi can’t watch you kids. And I have to work, so I can’t stay home and take care of you.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

"You have to look," Jon told him, keeping his voice low so the others would not hear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Like I said, we hope so,” Daddy replies. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

From the river to the ceiling of the main tunnel must be thirty feet or so, he thought. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a little after eight o’clock, so all the shows were about silliness or murder. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Scythe Curie moved on to Rowan, who seemed so smug, Citra just wanted to hit him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she carried them herself in a basket, and she always gave them a few drops of paregoric so they would keep quiet. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the picture up so Dr. Vernon could get a closer look at it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Because equal temperament is now so widely accepted as standard tuning, musicians do not usually even speak of intervals in terms of ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. Nothing. I’m just in a...I’m not feeling so great.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His parents go off to watch TV, and we sit outside on the deck because it’s so warm and beautiful, and I can see the ocean from his backyard. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He grabbed it, and I pulled him up so he was sitting with his feet on the floor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to stay here as well,” she said so quietly that the others could hardly hear her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It became such an ordeal—so painful—that I forced myself to take my mind off her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I guess if you put it that way, it doesn’t sound so bad.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everything so far had been prelude: From what we’d been told, you could be a star at the Academy and then fall flat on your face inside a real prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goblet will still be in his room tomorrow, it must bel Let him hide it ever so well, I will find it somehow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She hesitates so long, I ask, “Are you still there?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime I think I need to stuff that girl’s cleaning rags in my ears so’s I cain’t hear her singing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Grandma Nell had her stand at the end of the walkway and take off the girl's bonnet so she could scrutinize her and decide that she was indeed Grandpa Willis’s outside child. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Were those really the same stars that had burned so brightly above the black ocean that night? I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had a girl my sister’s age and a boy my age, so their books were the ones we needed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Man, those singer guys just bombed so hard. I mean, they utterly and totally butchered ‘Hotel California,”’ Ashish said, walking in with two bottles of water. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know much about the world, but I knew something about colleges, or at least about homework, and so claimed that I was going to Stanford to live in a dorm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“We don’t see skin color,” she had said, leaning down to put a hand on his then-bony shoulder and smiling so wide that Joaquin could see her back teeth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But they weren’t Toby, so I carried on looking. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the afternoon we realized we needed to get out of the sun for a while, so we started talking about looking for a shady place to rest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And it was so covered with dust and spiderwebs that Matt sneezed again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why couldn’t he make a Sorcerer’s Stone, or steal one, if he was so interested in immortality?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Their own efforts were so childish compared to the practiced skill of these hired men. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was thumping so wildly I thought it would burst in my chest like a red balloon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He howled, but I didn’t laugh at all, because that’s not the reason I loved the funerals, and if he knew the real reason he wouldn’t have found it so funny. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Surfer boy pushed his microphone in her face, which was so bewildered and scared I could tell she didn’t have a clue what he was even saying. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jellyfish populations are getting so huge, they are stealing the food supply from animals you’d never expect—even penguins in Antarctica. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He pointed two fingers at his eyes, and then flipped them around so they pointed to the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mom did ask me how I got out of my bedroom so fast to get the binoculars. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But when he talked about Reagan, his face lit up so much he scored 17.44. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had sorted out the planks and shaped them, the work went fast, so that by late spring I was ready to finish the seams. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You broke it? Well, why the devil didn’t you say so when Frith was here?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He waved to her, and she pointed to the end of the line, so he quickly made his way there to join her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Grandpa is probably in Worley now, checking out all four of its streets so he can give her the lowdown of the place in excruciating detail. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That’s the reason I spent so much time with Carl, because Dad had to work Fridays and Saturdays all winter on Mr. Fuller’s oyster boat, and Mr. Fuller wouldn’t allow kids on board. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Mr. Remora. I am so sorry about Leon. I had no idea he could be capable of...so much awfulness.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve changed so much for you. I know it doesn’t seem like it, but I have. I just wanted to be with you, Dimple. I was even willing to put aside my parents’ wishes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was in New Hampshire now, which pleased me, because we had recently moved to the state, so I was naturally interested to explore it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

His own mother would never have served so few dishes to a guest. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Maybe 1 know a little . . . maybe not so much after all.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so careful, he didn't even touch her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In search of a little company and warmth, Ferula climbed into bed beside her, careful not to wake her up and whispering silent prayers so that the tremors would not become a fullblown quake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to form a republic where the people of each district and the Capitol can elect their own representatives to be their voice in a centralized government. Don’t look so suspicious; it’s worked before.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But I kept sending letters so you’d always know that I wanted to hear from you. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Jupiter is lucky to have you, you know? Your dad would be so proud.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We have a sense of what a leader is supposed to look like, and that stereotype is so powerful that when someone fits it, we simply become blind to other considerations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"Like X-Ray said. Working so hard in the hot sun, while Caveman just sits around doing nothing. My blood boiled." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

You thin\\ it’s so great to die and make everyone cry and carry on. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In all their years together, he had never seen him look so angry or speak so unkindly. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I think you know what I mean. Somewhere there is a tempter, a serpent, so to speak, and I had to keep them from meeting.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to step into the hall so you can talk for a minute.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt so much better when I let my feelings out, instead of trying to keep them bottled up. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On the inside there was so much color and so many different kinds of toys that if you tried to pack it all into one first glance, your head would explode. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

As his figure spread, so did his fame. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And so with all the ducks I had left in a row, I was ready to fall asleep too. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fear is that we grow so accustomed to frequent bursts of stimulation, we have trouble feeling satisfied in their absence. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were so young but so interested in the plight of my condemned clients thousands of miles away. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By now she was receiving so many invitations that she had trouble keeping up with her high school studies. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He felt so good, so at peace, he could hardly hold his thoughts together. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

One shook its head, and so did all the others. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I cut by scent more than sight so that I didn’t know exactly what I had until I was back inside. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Patience is important here, because we have so many in Village who have difficulties,” Matty explained. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t putting it down, so just forget it,” I say. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But we must avoid the European error; we must not suppose that, because the situation, the ways, the perceptions of black people so radically differed from those of whites, they were racially superior. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The black cat sprang out of Belet's arms and onto the marble stairs to join his half a dozen or so companions on the landing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Kit flared, indignant as much at his tone as at the dread word he uttered so carelessly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“But you’ll be renting, so of course you get all the benefits with none of the burden,” she added with a laugh. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sleep in the front room that serves as his office during the day, so I always know when he comes in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said thoughtfully, “maybe what you’re looking for is not so much the mark your daddy made on this town, but the mark the town made on your daddy.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I crossed the great arch hung from filaments and I was in the city I knew so well. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the chromosomes wasn’t sticking to the Velcro very well, so it drooped a little. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We could cure Daoud right now, or we could try to save more people—like my parents—by conserving every drop and diluting it....But in doing so, we might end up with nothing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was so mad he was huffing and puffing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she feared the grandiose love that had stood so many tests would not be able to withstand the most dreadful test of all: living together. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had said a couple of days ago that it was about that time, and I hoped so. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

So as we climbed out onto the fallen stone the stars reflected themselves in double fashion; as above, so below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He moves closer to me, but not so close that we are touching. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I’m the reason Travis is dead? Like my name is so poisonous that bad stuff happens to anyone who gets close to it?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m so confused. So where is she anyway? Is she somewhere around here?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even with the pills puffing up the edges, I could see things weren’t going to be so easy. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We never folded our clothes at home, but that Laundromat was so warm and cozy, we were looking for any excuse to extend our stay. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand why he would say that, so I just let it go. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have guessed something about the inner me, since he couldn’t possibly love the outer Anne he’s known so far! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, fences were constantly being snipped accidentally so that skinny cows, horses, or sheep might wander off their owner’s mini-dustbowls into their neighbors’ less parched fields. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was speaking at so many events, but I felt that my height got in the way of being authoritative. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I remembered so much—surely I would have recalled if he touched me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They didn’t, so he played a song about a miner’s child who dreamed her daddy would die if he went to the mines that day, but he went anyway. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stannis would have kept them busy building rafts and fletching arrows, yet even so the waiting would have been a hard thing to bear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then downhill swiftly they all repaired to the father’s house, and there tended him well—so well they soon could send him, with Grandfather Autolykos’ magnificent gifts, rejoicing, over sea to Ithaka. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana and Poppy pulled up an extra table so they would have enough room. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Will she walk around feeling so much better than they are? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

On the bright side, there were no lines and no admission fee, so they just muscled their way past the tour groups and walked on in. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maya was pretty sure if the circumstances weren’t so dire, they would have looked like they were doing a comedy routine. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I watch him as we continue, wishing I weren't chained so I could beat this man to the ground. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She misses him and the rest of her family so much. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And stitching it all together, she could not understand how Thula could have been so cold to a motherless child, nor how Joe’s father could have been so impassive in the face of it all. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Aden even said it was all in a book and it was so. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His door was always open, so I walked in and called him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt remembered the birthday party where El Patron had so suddenly recovered his mental abilities. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tickles his chin until he laughs so hard he throws up some milk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was really glad of that, because I was getting so hot inside my garment that I was about to rip it open, germs or no germs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not exactly the same, given all that’s happened and the trackers on our ankles and the fact that I have to rest so often. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After a while the silence feels too weird, so I say, "Do you know this band, the uh, Maybe Dead Cats?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

So they opened another section, called the observation unit, where they could put a patient for half a day or so under the most basic care. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We had no stores up there, so we had to go through white neighborhoods to shop downtown. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“You got to get them pants off her ugly butt anyways, so put ’em over her head,” Darrel say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

What if he did dream—should he simply tell his family unit, as he did so often, anyway, that he hadn’t? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t want to believe that rulership of the Empire could come down to something so brutal. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After the police handcuff Apa and take him away, Uhmma drives down to the police station with her face so badly bruised and misshapen an officer forces her to go to a hospital. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I feel like we should say something else, but I don’t know what, so I keep my mouth zipped. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He wore a wrinkled brown suit that stretched into folds around his waist because he was so fat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Just be sure to mute the YouTube video before we chat, so we don’t get feedback. Don’t worry about a thing, Mira.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t control his feelings, so he went back to the bedroom to don his overalls and go face the whims of white folks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have been someone special, for her friend to keep trying so hard. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They were not my blood, but even so, I never harmed them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The house wasn’t so big to begin with, and Patty had four kids of her own. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The bathrooms in Iran are so different that when I told Mrs. Miller’s class about them, it was a disaster. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had been so sure, so absolutely certain that it would work the night before. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around 750 b.c. it was attacked and its temple razed in a fire so intense that the clay walls melted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Why did that make her feel so strange? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Ophie was teamed up with Penelope, the other new girl, so they could clean and make ready the rooms more quickly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

If he looked up, he knew, he would see the pain in Pearl’s eyes, so he kept his eyes pointedly on the guitar in his lap. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I like to do their bed and bathroom last so it’s clean for when Mister Johnny gets home. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I thought I overheard Miss Havisham answer,—only it seemed so unlikely,—“Well? You can break his heart.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

My mother says to wear black so young is dangerous, but I want to buy shoes just like yours, like your black ones made out of suede, just like those. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chariot whirred into motion, but the right wheel stayed in place, so Triptolemus. spun in circles, the chariot beating its wings and bouncing up and down like a defective merry-go-round. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Yesterday afternoon I was so worn out by the sad news from the outside that I lay down on my divan for a nap. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It felt comfortable to be in a country where it is so simple to make people happy. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

For the music to be over so soon. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

By the time Pomp had detected this piece of deception, five or six cows were missing, and his master so wroth that Pomp scarce knew what to do. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her friend Courtney is with her, so I have to sit in the back. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It’s actually painted in a color called international orange so it stands out in the fog. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that it involved an egg, so I imagined they used a cooked one—likely fried—which left the recipient greasy and smeared with yolk. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And he wears so much cologne I literally gag whenever I’m near him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then there was you: “If you’re so embarrassed, why don’t I just go away? So no one can ever see me like this.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a coastal farmer, he tells us, whose islands suffered under a nuisance of foxes—so he set up a fox-trap on one of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always saying things like Wow, the weather is so weird today and How was your weekend? and Hey, did you study for the quiz on Friday? and it surprised me, every single time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I clear the rubble across his chest so he can get air, even though that air is thick with smoke and ash and fumes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the very least, I figured, I should come into their camp by the main track, so they didn't think I was spying on them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

There was a much louder round of applause for Bagman than for Crouch, perhaps because of his fame as a Beater, or simply because he looked so much more likable. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"A musician! Violin? No, of course, viola. Yes, you, go over there, and the Kapo will take your information. You'll be an asset. Viola. Not so common." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Madam squeezed her lips together so tight I thought she had bit them off. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had said Shacharis so many times, I didn’t even need to concentrate on the prayers’ words. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was so mad by now that my knees were shaking. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It happened really fast, and I guess I’ve just been so busy,” I admit. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We are allowed into the commander’s cabin, where the bathroom is so white and clean, so worth the embarrassment. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her mother's voice was so sad that the youngest, Fifi, began to cry. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And what would be so wrong with that? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He twisted my arm so it hurt and I got scared he was going to brake it like he said. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I shout back, so she knows I'm near. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A pair of arms wrapped around his waist so tightly he couldn’t breathe. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It describes a thing, so it can usually be found right in front of a noun: “I just love my everyday diamonds, ” said Magda. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you serious? We’ve been so good, there might as well be halos above our heads!” exclaimed Jessie, her glasses slipping down the bridge of her nose. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

If by some magic the Specials hadn’t noticed the escape so far, the riderless boards had tripped the wire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It is not so fun being asked how tall you are all the time.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Without her, he is so shy it is crushing. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

If so, why were they bouncing up and down and giggling so excitedly? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We miss him terribly and Geak, being so young, is the only one able to vocalize our loneliness, by continuing to ask for Pa. I am afraid for Geak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t lose,” he whispered so only she could hear. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even so, he braced himself, waiting for the security men to open fire. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they let themselves be caught by la migra so they can beat and rob the migrants on the buses. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was all sprawled out on my stomach, my feet on my pillows, my face so close to the TV screen, I could feel the static electricity pulling my hair toward it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Malcolm had never found it so difficult to move; every muscle quivered. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr Cardinal adjusted his position in the armchair so that he was a little more upright, and for a moment he seemed to be contemplating his unfinished work on the desk near by. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the trailer rocked so much, he had to hold himself up against the roof with both hands to prevent himself from falling. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When Cole arose the next morning to go to the pond, so did Edwin and Garvey. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But it was also lonely, not having the common connection of grandparents or aunties like we used to have so often. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Exactly one year earlier, Hall had turned Hansen around on the South Summit at 2:30 p.m., and to be denied so close to the top was a crushing disappointment to Hansen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The other man took the piece of paper and pinned it on the corkboard, where the notices of dances, auction sales, whist drives, and so on were displayed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I found several large cans and used one of them to start the “time” can again, dropping five pebbles into it so that the reckoning would begin again from the night of the storm. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is a very sick man but they like his work so much, they are leaving him alone.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess so,” I reply, wishing I could come up with something more intelligent to say. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was in a wheelchair—because he was so weak, I found out later, not because he couldn’t actually walk—and I’m not sure he recognised me when I went up and said hello. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Better than some. Not so good as others." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He gripped the pen so tightly it impressed channels into the tips of his thumb and forefinger. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I saw them as I remembered them before they went away to war, which seemed so very long ago. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tm glad Father is feeling so much better,' I said again eventually. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He never took her, and he never thought about his going ahead of time, so it was never planned. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you want to say ‘I told you so’?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s the baby Jesus,” I said, bowing my head piously and lifting one of the bonobo’s arms so he made the sign of the cross. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

About a third of the way into the race I was going so fast—for me—that I started to trip. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The big question is why Ted’s approval means so much. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was very healthy and my legs healed quickly so that it was not very long after I was first on crutches before I was through with them and walking with a cane. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were sheets of unlined paper and old magazines Dad had given me, an uncapped purple glue stick, and a folder so fat with clip art that papers spilled out of the opening. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And it was lonely, to yearn so, all alone. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His outfit was very usual—roughed-up overalls of denim so faded it was almost white, and sturdy outdoor boots. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he left the door ajar so that the penguin would have plenty of fresh air to breathe. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered what Annabeth had said so long ago on our quest: The real world is where the monsters are. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie couldn’t help feeling, however, that it was desperately unfair, someone so kind and lovely being killed and everyone refusing to talk about her, forgetting her, even. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I manage to hold my tongue when I’m annoyed, and she does too; so on the surface, we seem to be getting along better. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I remember him well. A fine upstanding lad he was, and I never could blame Margaret. But it broke my heart to have her go so far.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It feels strange not to talk to my mom about something, someone, who’s becoming so important to me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there are three quite different levels of technology in medicine, so unlike each other as to seem altogether different undertakings. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men look dazed, like zombies, they stare so at nothing. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the other thing is ...” Mark had never seen the man so hesitant to speak before. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You sure you okay out there? Coney Island at night? Not so much.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Now that she thought about it, she didn’t want the private island or the mansion so big you could get lost in it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dad gets carried away with his inventions; Mom’s a math teacher so she zeroes right in on things. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are so different, but their differences, when they are on the same path, complement each other, fill in spaces. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t say that to Zach, of course, so I tried to be supportive. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

After Lady Constance left, the children were so excited that it took ten full minutes for Penelope to turn their attention back to the fate of the doomed Hesperus. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A splendid Midsummer shone over England: skies so pure, suns so radiant as were then seen in long succession, seldom favour even singly, our wave-girt land. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hope so, oh, I hope so very much, because writing allows me to record everything, all my thoughts, ideals and fantasies. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Because I’ve never wanted them to win a competition so much in my whole, entire life! Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’m so overcome with gratitude that I have to remind myself: This is my reward for all those years of begging and pleading, trying to whip up enthusiasm and getting nowhere. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

That meant I hadn’t hit ’em hard enough to break no fly bones or nothings but I had hit ’em so’s they were gonna be a little dumbstruck. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The shirt had been mended so many times that it was almost see-through. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so passed late June and the first part of July. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t so much sleep as borrow eight hours from death. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“But 1 figured, what the hell, if I showed it to the old man he’d probably drop a nut or lose a good night’s sleep, so why bother?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had seen him unshaven, the small white whiskers looking so out of place, as if someone had shaken salt neatly across his cheeks and chin. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I had seen so many begin to pack their lives in cotton wool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire from their manhood into a kind of spiritual and physical semi-invalidism. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later he was not so much astonished that it had happened to him but that he had been able to take it and with a minimum of pain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had a big round face and a body that sloped out from her neck like a pup tent, and she was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

More important, a dozen or so black-clad figures suddenly appeared on the avenue. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was shaking so badly he could barely stand, his eyes half-closed, teeth chattering. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to the side so that I can stare at her house instead. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He guided me through his beautiful house and I remember trying to stay away from the walls so I wouldn’t get blood on them. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I take the bread from her and eat a bite, then tear into the rest so hungrily I forget to give some to Manchee. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You have no idea how much I wanted this to work out. No idea. I wanted this so badly.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She was half-frightened at the attention she had been receiving and half-squirming with delight at being the center of so many eyes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wrote checks to Robbie so their kids could learn piano. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When Mama and I got into the room, Uncle Jack was asleep, and so was Daddy. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Two hours into the climb, the wind kicked up so fiercely that it was all he could do to hunch down and cling to the rock, praying he would not beblown off the mountain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They had been two of the sixty-three wildlings who had followed Jon Snow back to the Wall the day he made his appeal, so far the only two to decide they wanted a black cloak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Apart from the bloody stump, the hand was so completely whitened as to resemble a plaster cast. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He bounces the ball so hard it almost hits the ceiling. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Totally cool, even if I have to stand on tiptoe to see in and then bend down to draw, but so what. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I looked at him with interest and surprise—it wasn’t like Katz to be so uncharitable—and put it down to lack of sleep, profound sexual frustration, and a surfeit of Hardees sausage biscuits. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And so, the next night—it was dark as pitch—I burst the meadhall door, killed men, and stormed directly to the door behind which lay the sleeping queen. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story in America: Its People and Values isn’t wrong, so far as it goes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“There’s a new directive out about abdominal complaints. We have to keep them under observation five days because so many of them have been dying after we make them beat it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed, Mr. Zuckerman was so busy entertaining visitors that he neglected his farm work. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Well, I’m an abridger, so I’m entitled to a few ideas of my own. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It felt good to feel another body so close to mine again, the jitters in my stomach popping out into my limbs, working their way down to my fingertips. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His title would have lapsed, had His Highness the King not seen lit to name a nephew as the new Lord Cheldthorpe, and so create the title again anew. 03-01 did not know this nephew. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had left her gloves at home and hadn’t yet had a chance to go shopping, so she pulled on my gloves. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I watched her pound the cocoyams, dipping the pestle often into the bowl of water so the cocoyam wouldn’t stick too much to it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure which room was Ivan’s, so she started easing doors open and peeking in. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I put it down on paper and then the ghost does not ache so much. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the string is making all those other possible vibrations, too, all at the same time, so that the actual vibration of the string is pretty complex. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love—but sometimes it was so hard to love. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” my dreadful smile stretching across my face, “thanks most awfully once again, it’s been so ripping...” using words I had never used before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The painting brightened and then seemed to awaken, each mermaid and monster flexing and turning ever so slightly, as if rising from an epic nap. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

On it, within the old province of Szechuan, so light and gentle that none could see it, was the little mark placed there by Ching which indicated the location of his ancestral farm. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But he looked so funny that she couldn’t help it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It would be so hard for him to recede into the background . . . 7TH JUROR: Now, wait a minute. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, so. Let’s take five, and then we’ll jump into ‘Food, Glorious Food.’” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But it’s a long car ride between Bridgeport and North River Heights, and eventually we only got together every couple of months or so. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps my head was so full of Denna that there was little room left for anything else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Richard Parker was so silent I wondered whether he had drowned. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I am so tired, I just close my eyes and am almost instantly asleep. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was all familiar, the scent of the hedges and the earth and the air, so much cooler and moister than in the south. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And on the black velvet the great pearl glistened, so that the dealer could not keep his eyes from it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s hands were warm and wrinkled, touching hers with a tenderness so much like Amah’s. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I never imagined the consequences would be so grave.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He let up on my stomach a bit so I could breathe. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved so quick and quiet that I still had my eyeball in the keyhole when she stepped into the hallway. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been so long since Glerk had last confronted an enemy. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Even if a particularly fertile valley could feed 500 archaic Sapiens, there was no way that so many strangers could live together. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

You just never knew, so it was better to be prepared. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Now,” he said, speaking softer so only I might hear, “after None—when my business is over—you and I shall leave Great Wexly.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A pleasant smell, hot and pungent, which made my nostrils water and squirted the tears into my eyes, so that every few minutes I had to stop to wipe them. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the work, there were great quantities of food—chicken, pork, vegetables, corn bread, fruit—better food than the herring and corn meal field hands usually saw so much of. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was after eleven o’clock, so I left my door ajar, hoping to hear Mother go out, or the creak of Bailey easing up the stairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that they were terribly afraid for their feet, so that one must make a practice of lifting the legs and patting the hoofs and ankles to remove their terror. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he’d be drinking or something, so I went to change out of my clown clothes, but was someone on the phone for me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We had so many roaches that if you hit any flat surface, you were sure to take out at least a few. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was wild-haired as ever—or even more so, from her recent exertions—and had put on a slip with a robe, unbelted, its ties flittering behind her like silky kitten tails. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But you could tell he was interested, so I told him a little bit about it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It is because I had so much joy then that I came to have so much hate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If in the course of it, you can make your opponents sound venal or even deranged, so much the better. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We did have our scratchy army-surplus blankets, so we spread them out and lay there, looking up at the field of stars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though she was so much less little than he was. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How had he gotten there so hellishly fast? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She began to count: “One, two—” He bolted in the room so fast that I wondered what would happen if she got to three. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Combining this information with what the computer already knew about our speed and so forth, we could fly to the moon and back without help from the ground. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in Fenoglio's kitchen it was so quiet you could hear the tick of the clock on the wall by the window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When they got to Ventura it was pretty soon after the heavy dinner so Doc only stopped for beer. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Raptor Claw seemed to be the very heart of so much of the rioting. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I am not so sure my costume is great. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Bono explained, “They put some of those passages in Latin so the ladies couldn’t read them. I got a most acute interest to know what they say.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s not so bad when I’m not alone. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time I got out the bug bomb and sprayed heavily, and Charley broke into a sneezing attack so violent and prolonged that I had finally to carry him out in my arms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is so very kind of you to help us,” she told Nathan. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were apricot candies pressed flat into wafers; thin, white, curled strips of coconut candy; several kinds of disclike rice cookies; and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her features, too, were narrow, with nostrils so slim that they appeared to have been pinched with a clothespin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I tried the key in the lock, but it didn’t work, so I rang the buzzer, which was exactly where our buzzer was. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, look. The structure is a cylindrical biaxial braid, so it has excellent resilience.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In short, the two sides of the coin, the either and or parts, must match grammatically— subject with subject, verb with verb, preposition with preposition, adjective with adjective, and so on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses by the door and beckons for me to follow him, so I do. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Globalization 3.0 makes it possible for so many more people to plug in and play, and you are going to see every color of the human rainbow take part. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

By Saturday morning, my eyes are bleary, and I am so stupid from lack of sleep, I forget to ignore the boy at work. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A few days after basketball season ended, I e-mailed Rowdy and told him I was sorry that we beat them so bad and that their season went to hell after that. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Viserys told her tales of knights so poor that they had to sleep beneath the ancient hedges that grew along the byways of the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You don’t always have to work so hard to convince me how cool you are,” I said, standing up, grabbing my goggles and cap. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Later that day, Miss Cowper—and I didn’t ask for this, it just seemed to happen—Miss Cowper wrote me an excuse from PE so that I could help her refresh her County Literacy Unit. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’ll join in the laughter so I can stay camouflaged and appear to be in step with those around me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t see what he did that was so special,” Buttercup’s father said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I am guilty about having so few of these: I know I am unorthodox, hopelessly heterosexual, a mother, quisling and secret wimp. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt again the Negro children’s lips soft against mine, so like the feel of my own children’s good-night kisses. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bioloaf Boy who looks like Cole sighs and turns the tray, so the cups of liquid are facing me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Afterwards it was not so hard and Rontu and I always had enough to eat. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make sure to go around the bumpy parts of the sidewalk, giving a wide berth so that the wheelchair is easy to maneuver. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And so there were two occupations: one very old, with ceramics; the other even older, without them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Since he had first put them together in a boat in March, he had never seen them row so badly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Finally what happens, there's a noise from the back and these light skittery footsteps, and then my father comes awake so fast he almost yanks me from the chair. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

After school Kyro sends the cross-country runners off through the back hills, so I stay on the track alone. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He wanted to buy them both wings from the wingsmiths so that they could fly away, with a stash of blood candy in a little treasure chest, so that they could live forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She had been there only a moment or so when a slave rushed out screaming, “Treason! Our master! Treason!” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are so grateful for this opportunity, sir,” Polly said, her voice breaking. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing this, our soldiers cut off the Youns’ heads and hide them in bushes or toss them in the jungle so they cannot be found. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sagging piles of rotted wood and fabric had rebuilt themselves into fainting couches and armchairs, and sunlight streamed through high windows once so grimy I’d thought they were blacked out. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There was no other exit from the hall, so Kaede crossed the cold floor and began to climb the stairs. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I think so. I don’t know. I’m seeing double here. It’s very confusing. I can’t figure out who to maul first!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Why is it you like to cuss so much, Dante?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Massey’s own ancestral holdings, far to the south, were lost to him, so he must needs make an advantageous marriage or resign himself to being no more than a knight of the king’s household. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wished I had the One Ring, so I could have vanished. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She knew he was trying to be funny, so she didn’t take offense. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad leaves me a note telling what to get ready for dinner so that we can eat as soon as he gets home. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents were so busy keeping up with all the little tasks that went into running the place that they didn’t have time to see the bigger picture. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She wished to know if I lived there in the cave so she could come back with the men and take me to their camp. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He made a special point of how, despite the fact that it was so valuable and exceedingly rare, he used it as a paperweight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She frowned, suddenly not so sure of herself. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I had met so many white faces that would have violendy disapproved of my taking the examination that I could not have risked telling Mr. Hoffman the truth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teachers say to break it up and for kids to move so they can stop this thing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We all crave sweetness, now more than ever since there are so many ways to satisfy that need. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I suppose it’s not so surprising that the kids thought people from Africa were from Mars. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have moved out in the first place if things hadn’t gotten so weird. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His teeth were already grinning from the glass of water next to his bedside lamp, so he lisped when he said, "Eh-speech, eh-speech!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

All she’d notice was that some things were strange because they reminded her of Brooklyn and that other things were strange because they were so different from Brooklyn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me? I don’t think so,” he said, flattered but doubtful. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The ship’s list increased and so did my terror. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The cipher was so complex that it took days to break it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Retracing her steps, she found herself unable to carry the heavier bag in one hand, so she hoisted it up to her stomach and hugged it with both arms. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s waiting outside, and gives me one of those long warm hugs that I crave so much. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I cried so much that everything blurred into everything else. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo was so overcome with a mixture of emotions, she began to cry. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We avoid even our own society, so much as may be avoided when we must sit knee to knee. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He wants to go south, to Marseille, where Monticelli, the painter he admires so, had lived. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Thomas was so relieved that Alby thought he was okay, he only heard about half of what the older boy had just said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Many genetic males raised as girls don’t blend in so easily. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Miig even had his nighttime smoke down there with her, taking extra-long hauls so she could smudge herself, making shallow cups out of her crepe paper fingers and pulling the smoke over her covered head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When I told her what Grandpa said, she slammed her book down so hard, the cat leaped off the table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

By then, we have eaten so much, we are in a daze, but we finish with some delicious apple strudel and a glass of lemonade made from real lemons. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He drops the formal posturing and leans close, the smugness rolling off him so thickly that I think I’ll choke on it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I guess so, if Adam says it’s all right. Why?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had he so desired, they would have stopped what they were doing to be with their father every minute of his final months. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s clear that no matter what amount of money was in the envelope originally chosen, given permission to change your mind, you would always do so and take the other envelope. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His leg did not seem to hurt so much. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There are also the exciting thin metal posts with the flashers on top, so drivers don’t veer off into ditches because of pitch-blackness or sheer boredom. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They still, however, do not agree on the distance the light has traveled, so they must therefore now also disagree over the time it has taken. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dizziness cleared in his head so that from all the wild feelings he could remember facts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But I care about this island far too much to put any more lives in danger. And so, my friends, I must leave.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I expect that might of been because Uncle Henry and Aunt Mary were so young, and because of their children. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised to see him so interested. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“And we can apply for a protective order so Lenny has to stay away from us. They asked if he cares about his reputation enough to obey a protective order.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they scorn us for having had it so easy, and sometimes they’re delighted. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was ready to go whenever the good Lord called her, she said, and so Turner—and Lizzie, too, if she was there—had best be prepared for the worst. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Things are so much worse now than they were then. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I said yes, I was trying to be me, but I did not know how to say more than that, and so I waited. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

There was none of that crude, ugly ostentation about dying that was so common outside the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We were both laughing so hard we could hardly speak. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

First—carefully, so as not to get wet—I tried Colon. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that to Grigori, what had resembled a blight had probably been a modest building from the outside, so as to avoid making a target of itself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But Iorek hadn’t finished yet, and Will was still weak and dizzy from the blow, and didn’t quite trust his feet, so they stayed where they were. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And my parents love me so much that they want to help me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so out of the the end, to save her the trouble of wading through it, he said. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Traffic noise and all. It’s the only crowd scene he knows, so he uses it to answer whenever he hears a crowd. You know, to get somebody in here to pay attention to him.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it wasn’t so hard to ask an older sister to look out for a husband and the girls because she was bound for Baltimore with Miss Vera Louise for a while. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his eyebrows so high, he looked startled. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She had to hang on to her tongue so hard it practically ached. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I tapped the Record icon at the edge of my display so that whatever happened next would be stored in a vidcap file I could play back and study later. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I can’t say as I feel much like walking anymore but everyone else goes so I go, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then again, he’d never done anything so dangerous or, now that he thought about it, so stupid. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But there's nothing I can do, so I just stand still. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many fights there are in families, every day. People in families love each other, or want to love each other, but they fight anyway. With strangers you don’t care so much. Think about it.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’d had to go deeper into the jungle to find vines that were strong enough, and she’d had to make sure they were low enough to the ground so as not to be seen. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had not imagined that a woman would dare to speak so to a man. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Why did you have to make it so difficult?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Dicey and James had ridden on other kids’ bikes in Provincetown, so they knew how. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you look so much better! Your magic does work!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

If it was, why had she been so upset? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The longship was so new that she still smelled of pitch and resin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I think he is nervous I am going to hate my job so much I won’t want to stick it out. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That Minny isn’t feeding you so that she can steal every last heirloom I have left.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of practice because my mind is so used to jumping to horrible conclusions. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Tori warned me that being Divergent was dangerous, I felt like it was branded on my face, and if I so much as turned the wrong way, someone would see it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But how could she know that Hamlet had been so cruel? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I scarcely take the trouble to sound regretful, so lazy have I become. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By golly, they are; and so are potatoes, sort of. Fish?” pondered Matt, “I suppose there are lots of fish around here.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were trembling so much I could hardly manage to bolt the door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s a long way off yet. I’d give it until tomorrow evening. Anyway, don’t let the Mark see it affects you. Nothing’s to be altered unless the General says so.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel chewed on her lip, and then reached up and moved the clock’s arms so it read 7:00, and switched the picture of the sun to the moon. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Seeing her face made me tremble, but it was not the face I had struggled so hard to recall. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Red wanted to be sure that she got the wedding gift she wanted most—a diamond watch—so he mailed her what little money he had so she could pick it out herself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mikken had hammered a row of iron bars into the wall, so Bran could pull himself about the room with his arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘Hey, not so glum. We’ll help you as much as we can. The Amazon service department has repaired those metal dogs of yours. And we have some cool parting gifts!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I am sorry that you are so sick. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But some of the agencies who received her intelligence were not so reliable. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Adam said ruefully, “So we’re going to buy more land so we can do more work.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Usually his ankle was fine, but every so often since his accident his ankle hurt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jack settled the question for them with that contempt in his voice that could sound so funny and so final. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

After hearing so much at Camp Half-Blood about Percy Jackson this and Percy Jackson that, she thought he looked...well, unimpressive, especially next to Jason. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But because there are so many, you just can’t see how beautiful it really is. Look at those children.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was late on that project too, so I figured I'd just take care of it, and then do exactly as Mrs. Attison had directed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I carried a dictionary with me wherever I went so that I could improve my vocabulary. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flatnose was so tall and broad that beside him Dustfinger looked almost like a child and, indeed, the man took hold of him as if he were a badly behaved little boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My heart has been fluttering around my chest for so long now that this variety of intoxication almost seems sustainable—but only almost. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My grandfather’s house was the biggest one in the village, and it was rightly so, because after all the village had been largely settled by the Lunas. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever narcotic was administered to him must have been done so without his knowledge. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in Queens they seemed so rare—like water in the desert. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I dialed it quickly so I wouldn’t forget, so quickly that I got it wrong and lost my quarter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a dozen or so trips to the white world, I began to feel somewhat comfortable amid the sea of white faces. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his birthday present, and so on, and on. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But sitting at this picnic table, thousands of miles away, beyond the power of Olympus, he’d never been so alone—except for Hazel and Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There had been so much blood, going so fast. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One bitter night I tried to call my parents from the pay phone outside the Boulder Tap; sleet was falling and I was shivering so violently I could hardly get the coins in the slot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One of my suitors gave it to him to plug into his ears so he can stay asleep while Mommy works. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She leans in and whispers, “It’s so on.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“God. She’s so nosy! No offense, but why does she have to know everything about all of our projects? She’s the school secretary.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Stan has brown hair and Dad’s hair is fair, like mine, so he doesn’t look exactly like Stan at all. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lighthouse was so well constructed, however, that it was among the last Wonders to vanish: Arab travelers describe at least part of the tower surviving well into the medieval period. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Corky was bigger than Jesse, so every argument with either of them was a loss, because it made Jimmy feel small and weak. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It would be so much better to be called a b-girl, a breakdancer, than the Girl Who Wore That Thing on Her Head. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Privately he thought it the best in McLaws’ whole Division, but of course he couldn’t say so. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounds stupid, but her text made me so happy, tears instantly welled up in my eyes. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, then, why don’t you get on that radio and call in one of your trigger-happy goons so’s 1 can find out what’s supposed to happen to me.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pigeons destroyed farm fields so often that the bishop of Quebec formally excommunicated the species in 1703. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The place smells so vilely,” said the latter as we came in. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he smiled with pleasure at the thought of his cleverness, realizing what would happen to Hyena the following day. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Their floe was continuing to decay rapidly, so the Boss made a decision on December 21. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

If we had asked the students in John Bargh’s experiment why they were standing in the hall so patiently after they had been primed to be polite, they wouldn’t have been able to tell us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I'd been trying to use snares all summer with no success, so I couldn't help dropping my sacks to examine this one. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She put both hands on my shoulders and kneeled so we could be the same height. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Not so good for the guy who stabbed him, though, because Joey broke that boy’s arm and jaw when he slammed him into the pavement. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Was he going to make any show of feeling at all, and if so, at what level? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t he tell them of the coming rains so they would be happy for him to stay? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

This happened, like, four times, so by the last sandwich, I was so stuffed that I felt like throwing up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I’d practiced so that there wouldn’t be a trace of a Cuban accent. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“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

Later, when they were in a taxi heading into the city, Barry asked Dad how he had stayed so calm. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so invested in his story that I forget about the recording and almost knock my phone over. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Green,” he said, keeping his voice steady, “they blew the back tire out, so you’re driving on the rim. Just keep heading straight and start to slow down. Get off on the next ramp.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Staying on one side of the heave, so the wolves would not see her two-leggedness, she skipped into the grass. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not financially able to abandon their potatoes, so they cheerfully set up camp right on the state line, where they ate potatoes, sold potatoes, bartered potatoes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Farid sitting in the car and mouthed, I'll be back, not so sure at all that I would be. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he pulled one of his knives from a pocket and, without missing a beat, cut a big piece of ivy off the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I think there might be some lighter fluid in the garage back at home—I can try to sneak some here so Sandy won’t have to be sitting in the dark every night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“They think the rats have rabies. They don’t like to say so because it makes people panicky.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like so many cold, weak people, when faced at last by the incontrovertible disaster she exhumed from somewhere a sort of fortitude, strength. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never seen Father move so fast. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still so angry that I was about to violate one of the cardinal rules that Gopal had taught me. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of her, making a wall between her and the other council members so that none could see. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I began bombarding the boy with questions concerning pugilism: it seemed so different from the way we fought in the street—it was cleaner. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This stuff wasn’t green, so that was a good sign. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She rushed to Luke and said she needed to see the leg, so he lifted it out, dripping. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so nowadays the hairstyles are a little bit shorter. I think, good, maybe I can make a living. But no. Now everyone wants to go unisex. They want to be shampooed.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At some point, Dr. Singh had told Mom not to ask if I was feeling anxious, so she’d stopped phrasing it as a direct question. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If passersby pay her any notice it is only to wonder how the children at her heels ended up with such red hair when her own is so dark. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Despite their welcome, I could not bring myself to speak much at our meal, so sensible am I of my youth and inexperience, so anxious am I for their approbation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve never ever heard of a bookstore giving you a map so you can get through it. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Athena’s feet stuck into sick bay, so you had to squeeze past her ivory toes if you wanted some Advil. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Nothing had worked, so Seven had just watered the plant every morning, in hopes of a miracle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was, then, necessary to disturb the political balance of Italy and throw the Italian states into turmoil so that he could safely make himself the master of a part of them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gram was released from the hospital the next morning mainly because she was so ornery. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“This will be such a help. Bless—er, thank you. Thank you so much. You and your mama. Thank you both.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They were no bigger than ordinary rings, and no one could help noticing them because they were so bright. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, probably about once a week or so, when food got low, my folks would send me over to the Coals' farm. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of my father still seemed to be in Wuchang, which must have been why he looked so sick and why he didn’t seem to hear the knock on the living-room door. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother must’ve prayed a million times for our father to be better to us, but he only got worse. He always hit her, and then one night he beat us, so we ran away.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I climbed the six steps—and she didn’t see me trip on the top one, so it didn’t matter. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s because everything’s so strict the rest of the time, they feel like they’ve got to overcompensate or something. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was no fuel to burn, so she burned. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Worrying about her redoubled his anxiety and pushed sleep even further away, so that he feared it would never come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A night like this, after recent events, could lead a man to reflect on life in general, and so that is what Bernabe did while things were momentarily peaceful. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were so enlightened you ran away, probably to share them with others. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore drew up the hard wooden chair beside Riddle, so that the pair of them looked rather like a hospital patient and visitor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I was so, so nervous. I had so many lines, and I had all these songs to sing. It was so, so, so, so hard!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He quit being a judge so’s he could do all Mr. Tanner’s courthouse work for him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Consequently they are all so envious of mine they frequently walk up boldly and give it a yank. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished he had signed it, not because she wanted to know his name, but so it would look more authentic—otherwise somebody might think she bought it herself. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one in America studies Latin until they’re in high school. You said so yourself. You were a high school teacher.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The axe got so heavy I could hardly swing it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at him and I thought for a bit so that I would answer the question correctly and I said, “No.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now I understood why she was so upset. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You learn strategy so you can use it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

This girl did not need an enchanted mirror to show her that the world could be an ugly place, so to her it spoke the truth. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her dad studied a group photo of his beloved Beats for so long Emily wondered what he must be thinking about. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The air was so cold, it was chiming like a struck tuning fork. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Outside a generator powered the lighthouse, so that each thirty seconds the beacon flashed against the glass of the office window. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No, dear. I am the one who must apologize. I am so full of remorse for how badly my husband hurt you,” Mrs. Derby replied. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Newman is helping her put together a portfolio so she can apply to a summer art program. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Matthew refused to leave, so Emily and James agreed to meet him by the bucket man after they found their book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

To a certain degree, if the world is orderly and predictable, it is because we have worked to make it so by developing technologies that give us control over nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She laughs too, so I say the next thing that pops into my mind. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Grandma Matilda suspected that someone must have done something terribly wrong to me, and so she took me away. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mother looked so worn out, I thought, the result of her working long hours for white people who she said “worked her like a mule, treated her like vermin, yet paid her noth- mg. “ Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was that beautiful, high and clear and so filled with life it made you want to laugh and cry at the same time. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“When you came into the Temple last night—” said I, pausing to wonder whether that could really have been last night, which seemed so long ago. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend I don’t even know his name — and every day I walk past the tannery, just so he can see me not looking his way. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The girl’s face was so red, and not just because she was crying really hard. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Not likely to be so lucky,” said one man bitterly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I knew what it was like to have trouble finding your voice, so I reached over and patted his arm. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three COs had been bitten by the venomous spiders, he said; one officer got so sick that he required chemotherapy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laila remembered Tariq’s hands, soft but strong, the tortuous, full veins on the backs of them, which she had always found so appealingly masculine. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to expect a response, so Sefia kept silent. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It is a weekend so he is not working. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She heard him move so that he was standing beside her, his dagger still in hand and ready. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I turned back so fast I nearly snapped my neck. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko was glad it was dark, so that the foreman couldn’t see him blush. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, Grace. We both are. We didn’t know.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Take out the empty beer cans and hide ’em in the shed so the guys who pick up the trash won’t have nothing to talk about. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She did not think he was quite so hardened as his wife, though growing very like her;—she spoke some of her feelings, by observing audibly to her partner, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Like magic, you could stretch time out when we needed it, so that a moment felt endless. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He hissed, turning to face her, but before he could react, Adiah charged him from behind, headbutting him so that he went flying back, though he landed on his feet with unnerving ease. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A few days after Jim died, at the viewing of body, Jackie had asked the girls to look at their father so they could know and understand that this was a real thing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He held the bills to our noses so that we could smell them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

By said, “second thing you gotta learn is how to keep your balance in a high wind. You gotta be good at this so you don’t get blowed into no polar bear dens.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so, for a while, I was lost in grief and knew nothing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As Rowan’s mentor, it was his prerogative to do so. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She stopped it and then zoomed in so that we had a pretty clear look at the side of Tattoo Face’s cheek— the one with the tattoo. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She leaves a small flap untaped so she can check out the window if necessary. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I made other children open their mouths so I could compare theirs to mine. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Rowan, the decision wasn’t quite so difficult. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Later the adults kissed Grandpa, giving him gentle abrazos so as not to cave in his eggshell chest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His schedule was now so much upset he never did know when he would be in North Square on a Thursday. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their water was supplied by the condensation from steam engines from nearby factories and so was cleaner and warmer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You were so sick. We knew you would have enough challenges as it was, and we honestly didn’t think you’d ever be able to go to school again.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Our clothes were washed, ironed and packed, so for an immobile time we wore those things not good enough to glow under the California sun. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad’s shouting was so loud that you could hear it throughout the neighborhood. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is so breathtaking I wish I could stop time and exist in this dreamland forever. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since I was little, I’ve pressed my right thumbnail into the finger pad of my middle finger, and so now there’s this weird callus over my fingerprint. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He envied her the specificity of her task, so unlike the elusive nature of his. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After a contestant finished, his or her supporters whistled and whooped, as if doing so would influence the judges. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled ahead of Anya, excited and gesticulating as he spoke, so he got caught in the trap first. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was so overwhelming that he found himself forgetting that Misty could very well have it and die soon. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Ma didn’t know, unless the Northern soldiers called it johnny-cake because the people in the South, where they fought, ate so much of it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no mistaking what the themes of Mueller’s discussion are; he tells us in so many words. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She set the instructions back on the desk and turned her face to the radiators, which by now were putting out so much heat that they were probably giving her a tan. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t I just been and finished telling you? Are you slow-witted? I’m so sorry for you. It’s terrible to be dull and stupid. What’s your name?” she went on. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Tell him to dump his leftover bombs in the sea if he’s got any, so he doesn’t set them off when he lands.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I have wondered, incidentally: does Our Father have his Bibles so entirely in mind that he can select an instructive verse and calculate backward to the one-hundredth previous? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plan had been to go to Holborn Library on Theobalds Road, but I couldn’t face it, so I went to Regent’s Park instead. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ow!” he howled as I darted away, ducking under the back of the tablecloth, so that when he raised it to look under the table, there was no one there. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I get it—so you were going to decide whether or not she should send it? You were, what, thinking it over?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Alyce could not bear to leave her like that, so she put down her baskets of apples and slid into the pit. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so dizzyingly cold she couldn’t breathe. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was so pleased that I forgot how sore my fingers were from boring the holes in the hard shells. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lets go and rises so quickly the bench falls backward onto the grass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

What made Shin so angry with his father was not clear, at least not to Shin. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was trying so hard to avoid brushing her arm he could barely cut his chicken. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was driving so slowly over a speed bump that she feared the car would stall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally she set the mug on the coffee table and hugged me so tightly that I thought she was trying to break my spine. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He smiled so dazzlingly it was hard to remember he was an enemy - someone who’d killed at least half a dozen Hunters and Amazons to get here. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Harry was standing stock-still as waves of shock crashed over him, wave after wave, obliterating everything except the information that had been kept from him for so long... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I hated that my parents were so patient with me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the star would be so dim that it could no longer be seen from the spaceship: all that would be left would be a black hole in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want him to feel uncomfortable or judged or anything, so I play it really cool. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I told her there were nights I was so tired, but I couldn’t sleep. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Neville’s aim was so poor that he kept accidentally sending much heavier things flying across the room — Professor Flitwick, for instance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And so Matt had begun to study how the enterprise of running an opium empire worked. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if he hated cleaning up after the kids at D. Franklin Middle so much, he refused to clean up after himself when he finished his workday. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Find extra food so you do not starve to death. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

And someone had locked the screen door, so I couldn’t sneak inside. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Sabrina. I am so honored to kick off another cohort of mentors and mentees,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Just as Henry, Esme, Ruby, Olive, Grammy, and I are ready to pile into Esme’s van for the drive, Ruby tells Henry she needs to go to the bathroom, so he takes her back inside. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Kaz stepped into the barrel of the gun so that it was pressed directly against his chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to—I tried. But I didn’t know where to look. And then so much happened . . .” He shakes his head in disbelief. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I remembered all that and everybody in St. Nick being so sad about it, that woman killing herself like that right in our home. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But the bottled oxygen conferred other benefits that weren’t so easily quantified. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She performed well aca-demically; so well, in fact, that she was among just a few students from her grammar school fortunate enough to get admitted into Cambridge and Oxford. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

For the Arguments to induce belief, though of sufficient certainty, yet do not so constrain the mind to give its assent, but there is prudence and choice in it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I can’t turn it off, so it doesn’t leave much of a trail. As for her—maybe they already know she’s here. Maybe it’s not her they want.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I did not park the minivan so much as I stopped it in the middle of the parking lot and jumped out. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m so high up, I’m practically part of the sky. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’s something amazing about any souffle, how a half dozen eggs flavored by nothing more than sugar and chocolate can turn into something so air-like. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My feet hit the pavement so hard the soles of my feet sting. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He counted two houses and nearly missed the third, so high and unbridled were the dark bushes in front of it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get closer to the television to try and see if I can find Hana, but Momma tells me to scoot back so I don’t ruin my eyes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Eww,” Tally said, imagining her face suddenly softening so she could squish it around to a different shape. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She thought of waking the strange boy, but he was so deeply asleep that she decided not to. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Armstrong—Armstrong—it is difficult to recall—one met so many.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But she's totally into me now, so you can hang out with us if you want. The basketball games are a blast. They sell nachos and everything." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to call Mom or Dad after school so they know I got home okay. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I turn my eyes away so he doesn’t see me looking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My mom would never tell me she loved me in so many words. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then I pace around the small room waiting for Guillermo to return so I can start carving, waiting for Oscar to get the love note and run to me or away from me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Her rooms were so silent that the music seemed obtrusive. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His ancestors had lived in a completely different way, so how could he speak so convincingly of Tendai’s ancestors? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent sees his reaction but hopes that he will act friendly, if not for his sake, then for Sien’s, who has so recently given birth. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But I am so sorry that you are not in school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you grew up so fast. You know you’ll always be my sweet baby girl, right?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The words dead, diseased, or dying are supposed to describe the cows, but they’re so far from home that they seem to describe the reporters. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was in shock, so she felt no pain, but pretty soon the adrenaline pumping through her system would dissipate, and she’d fade, and be gone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Daddy is walking faster than he usually does so I struggle to keep up behind him. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I’d never lived by myself, I’d gone from parents to flatmates to Tom, I found the idea overwhelming, so I said yes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, her hand on mine after so long apart, here in Tommy's house and nowhere close to sleep, I wonder what might have changed if I had. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Ziggy’s so much happier when he can take a long walk. I really appreciate your help.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Were you more aware, you would know or realize by now that the offending trousers were dispatched to you with our full knowledge that they were inadequate so far as length was concerned. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so happy she isn’t chaperoning, I almost start dancing right there. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We trained with padded sticks so no one got hurt—purely ceremonial. It was all about pressure points and energy flow. I’ll show you, one of these days.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t think so. I don’t think they’d want you to know about that. The problem is, some people think they’re above the law. There are plenty of good reasons why we have so much regulation.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

"Okay, so you guys, pick anything you want on the menu," Coach unbuttoned the top button of his shirt. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“If they do not slay us with their swords, they will do so with their mouths. Pray, how does the lord commander propose to feed Tormund and his thousands?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I feel words coming when the sky lights up with yellow and orange, so I open my notebook and catch them all. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But she was so warmhearted, I decided to confide in her that I missed my little sister. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Doc let us fill up our bags again from his supply, but he promised he would take us out to the cemetery one day so we could gather dirt to make our own protection powder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They fought so that this could be a country where every man would be free and equal. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One was so hot it slipped from my fingers and fell to the ground, where it broke open. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange to me now that it should be so bright. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If Ivy weren’t feeling so rotten, she would’ve marveled over the gauzy canopy draped over the bed and how all June’s books were organized by color. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In a country of 225 million people, 1.6 million abortions per year—one for every 140 Americans—may not have seemed so dramatic. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

White suspected that Hale would never admit his sins, certainly not to a lawman and perhaps not even to the God whom he so often invoked. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We are a town built on justice, so we are compelled to get to the bottom of this situation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s good to have someone love you so fiercely. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything is so soft here,” he said, “so easy...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Greeks had also plundered interior sites, such as Heliopolis, for sphinxes, obelisks, columns, and so on, with which to decorate their public spaces. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

She looked right in my face, so I know she heard me, but she just kept on going down the row.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hit him for being so cheerful and acting like I’m a star patient when I’m really just an angry, pathetic whiner. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I scramble to my feet, shift the clothes so they hide the posters, and slip on the orange bra and undies set I got for tonight. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju smiled, a quiet smile that held its peace; she did not, of course, think it was a miracle, but would not say so. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then she switched to a private voice channel, so no one could eavesdrop on our conversation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The girls all cried, especially the little one, clutching onto my skirts, Doña Laura weeping so hard into her handkerchief that I insisted on going back to her bureau and getting her a fresh one. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My mother has to lie and say she only made half the money she really made so she can get us something to eat for the day. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For once, I’m happy to go home to the twins so I don’t have to watch. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Soon they were loaded with everything they had packed so carefully the night before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I see. But that shouldn't be so strange. I understand that your people—Never mind! Is that all?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so consumed that, driving on the highway, too fast, she rounded a curve and the Pinto swerved; she lost control, and then, at the last second, recovered. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s times like these I miss our massive backyard in Alabama and how easy it was to just go out and tumble until I’d flipped so many times, it felt like my brain had realigned. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The cows already had big Mexican brands on their sides, extending across their ribs, a brand so big you could see it for a half mile, Josiah said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papa would say, “Time to go home and go to sleep,” and I would let him scoop me up, because it was nice to ride so tall and be protected by my papa. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was so far from all right. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jonas moved his chair so that he could sit close to her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The police helicopters were rising so far away that it seemed someone had blown the grey head off a dry dandelion flower. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max, the bouncer who had been so close to me before, tackled me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

How wonderful they had seemed the first time Prosper had seen them with his very own eyes, after learning so much about them from his mother. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had he grown so arrogant under Scythe Goddard that he actually thought this wouldn’t be a fair fight? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It got so bad that I actually spent hours lying on the couch watching Grandma knit, plotting ways to sneak into the kitchen and steal some meat. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The overwhelming majority of forfeiture cases do not involve any criminal charges, so the vast majority of people who have their cash, cars, or homes seized must represent themselves in court, against the federal government. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know you were so concerned about me or my humans. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Every time he jogged along Highway 1 he couldn’t help thinking, “This would be so easy to fix.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s a nervous woman who makes so many trips to and from the kitchen that she never really sits down long enough to eat, let alone have a conversation. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the young dandy who had brushed past me on the train, now standing so close I nearly brushed shoulders with him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sammy couldn’t eat his third doughnut but he didn’t want to give it away, so Dicey put it into their bag. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I went outside to see if anybody had change, but nobody walks around here, so all I met were police who wanted to know why I was walking around with all this money.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, they did. With the ivy. Longest one they could possibly make. Let’s just say that little experiment didn’t go so well.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In a minute or so I felt myself being lifted up; and swinging back and forth in the net, I was carried with my three companions to the white truck I had seen earlier. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She flew into the room, screaming in Italian so fast I couldn’t understand a word she said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Poster boards hung at equal intervals with signs that read, group 1, group 2, and so on all the way to group 25 with the partners’ names listed right below. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And so we drifted, the two of us, since the world began, awaiting our cues and observing the passing show. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped and said in an afterthought, “You know why I like to watch the girls’ games so much? The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little pink, green, and blue papers were so clever that they always divulged the exact secret wishes of the customers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had spent a good bit of money buying us new outfits so that we would make a good impression in California, and she thought she ought to economize on train accommodations. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went about picking tools off the shelf, holding them in the air so the sunlight bisected them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She coughed harder as she rolled onto her right side so she could see if there was a way out in that direction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And because I remained quiet for so long now my daughter does not hear me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the pages of Jason’s communication book, reading through his cards so I don’t repeat the words or phrases he already has. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she shifts on the stairs so that we’re sitting face to face. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Always smiling that dumb smile, always so polite to everybody. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Held it up so I could take a look. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, Matty’s shoes remained, coated with the slippery mud so that he appeared to be wearing heavy wet boots by the time he dragged himself from the other side of the swamp. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Indeed it is. It leaves us with so much freedom.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They traveled so quickly that the Wood became a blur of green and brown, moss and bark, but their horses did not tire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had several reasons for wanting to go to England, apart from my desire to see the country I had so long read and heard about. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been schooled to present an unalteringly smiling face and I continued to do so despite the fact that my environment allowed more open expression. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Escort Percy so the sentries don’t shoot him. It’s my turn to hold off the baddies.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then, what the hell, there was a lot more page, so I added the maybes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Cold earth instead will take in her embrace a man or two of those who fed so long on what is his.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jessamyn West said, ‘Writing is so difficult that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter.’ All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nhamo was so pleased with the unusual attention she had attracted, she began to embroider the tale. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made up a special knock so she would know it was me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I'd wondered why her voice sounded so strange, hoarse and broken, more like a bullfrog than my sainted Momma. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“You read,” said one fellow, and it was not a question; but an announcement of that fact, so that all might know. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Tyrion chewed thoughtfully for a moment and said, "He thinks that if the boy were going to die, he would have done so already. It has been four days with no change." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be all right here. It’s a bit windy, so keep your eye on the lights and try to land on the flare path! They’re waiting for you. You know how to get out?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The series of contiguous physical events has rendered the child’s body so different from the one I glance down on at this moment; the very atoms that composed her body no longer compose mine. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Every so often a beam of light appeared out of thin air, traversed the wall like a ghostly, exploratory finger, and slid off into nothing again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I hate that she sounds so afraid all of a sudden. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Y'all were making so much noise last night, I couldn't sleep," she said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Whatever Palmer learned, he fed back to the show’s producers and writers, so they could fine-tune the material accordingly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flesh on my feet is so swollen it glistens as if it will pop open. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to start plastering, so don’t move or talk. We don’t want it to crack.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

No one else answered her, so Wanda slipped into the kitchen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I know, but first those girls at school know that you have something that they want, then they bring you into their group just so you can teach them dance steps or whatever.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The old city hall faces the square, and so does the original Carnegie Library. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess that made Kronos my grandfather, but that thought was so weird I put it out of my mind. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It washed out from his chest and up into his head, so total and so complete, as if he were under a waterfall that flowed the wrong way. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The soap in the washtub burned my skin, and Mami scrubbed me so hard her fingernails dug angry furrows into my arms and legs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His watch had stopped, so he turned down toward the street where Wilbur Kelly had recently put out his sign as watchmaker. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes this means all-night sessions, so that the player has a variety of tactics to employ when play is resumed the next day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had decided that he was no longer sick, so he was sitting in a chair in the living room. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One particular university’s “token-integrated” black Ph.D. associate professor I never will forget; he got me so mad I couldn’t see straight. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They impressed me in 8, following me onto the roof during the bombing, making Plutarch back off so they could get the footage they wanted. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I sat in the back, grappling with Otto as he tried to get the door handle open so he could explore. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time he’d said he loved me — in so many words. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But he just seems so in step with Coin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He would come early to pick up Adria and me so he could come inside to see what we were working on. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Fifth grade, so eleven. Bottom line, the pictures of guys did nothin’ for me, but the pictures of women? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I had never had so much cloth to manage. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Abraham Lincoln, he had de whole United States tuh rule so he freed de Negroes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Or maybe Ariana would use my help at the front, since it was so busy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She had never done so before, but now she was ready. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to get to Director Van Helsing so I can make it out of here in one piece. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her dad unfolded the section he was reading and then refolded it in quarters so he could read a different part of the page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The Sun Maidens are all beautiful. Everyone knows this is so. It is not assured that I can catch an eye any more than another Maiden.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“It tastes so good it makes me want to sing.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a square cement building with a shower at one end and a hole on the floor so the water could drain into the open sewer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She ran her hands down her face and said in this crazy crying grandma voice: “I’m just so sorry for you, Miguel.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

This built-in sweet tooth is so strong that we will keep eating sweets even after we are no longer hungry. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Keav and Ma embrace and hold on to each other so tightly that the knuckles of their fingers turn white. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tire difference between a winning streak and a losing streak Now, Josh is not with us again, so somebody’s gonna have to step up in the low post. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Izzy loved rings and wore one on every finger, so I quickly did the same. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

If by “effort” she means writing a check that could send a small village to college, then she definitely put in quite a bit of effort just so I could be a human petri dish. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But it was Christmas, and they both had to get back, so they pocketed their presents and said good-bye. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have a lot of time, so we need to know now.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Even among those who signed, the experience of being forced to affirm one’s political loyalty was so repugnant that the real issue became whether to stay at Berkeley at all. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Why does all of this seem so familiar? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They would move away a bit, then swim in closer and closer until more than once they bumped the hull, not hard, but bumped it so the Frog moved sideways a bit with each nudge. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much of a sunny day, so they didn’t dry by nighttime. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’m sure you’d be willing to take a lie detector and convince these men of your innocence so they can get busy and catch the guilty party.' In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what Stick had written that so completely silenced him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t represent God to her so much as a piece of herself that still holds out hope. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When people spoke of his brother Joe making so much money in advertising in the East, Will always said he himself was a big frog in a little puddle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

While he was there, he made the sign of the cross over a kid’s head and they thought he was spreading curses, so they took him prisoner and killed him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Little, who wasn’t doing so well these days, was there too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why are you so helpful, my lord Varys?" he asked, studying the man's soft hands, the bald powdered face, the slimy little smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because the ocean was so close, because the air was so heavy with water that it let it fall too soon. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gerald never told him, but those calls meant so very much. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held Edward aloft so that Amos could see. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

They looked lovely, sailing over the floor so smoothly with their large, round skirts. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jess nodded, trying to move his head as little as possible as he did so. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s surprising to me that there’s so little to see. Weylin doesn’t seem to pay much attention to what his people do, but the work gets done.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Percy grabbed Annabeth and backed away from the edge as a presence emerged from the void—a form so vast and shadowy, he felt like he understood the concept of dark for the first time. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The table was set with cold meats and salads so no one would have to fetch and carry food from the kitchen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was Mr. Loomis walking from the house to the wagon; it reminded me of the time before, when he was so sick and had fired the gun. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Internet version of you becomes enshrined so that pathetic people like me can visit occasionally and try to pretend you’re not really gone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Since then, I've gained twenty pounds or so—I'm not ashamed, but I no longer have a mannequin's body. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I love him so much, Will!” she managed to whisper shakily. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They are undoubtedly watching, so he decides to walk around to the other side of the fence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So it turned out the prayer wasn’t so simple. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I was altogether disappointed with the railroad—it was so rough and so much plague with the many changes.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise vibrates in my rib cage, it is so loud, and then the scarred man and his two companions begin to walk with slow, careful movements toward me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I said this to Siobhan she said, “Well, we’re meant to be writing stories today, so why don’t you write about finding Wellington and going to the police station.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the way Mr. Wesley walked into my classroom at school—so proper and organized, but not intimidating. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mom put a little bell on his collar so we always knew where he was, which was unnecessary because he never left my side. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They are lovely against the sky, she thought, so straight and free; Luke was wrong about the softness everywhere, because the trees are hard like wooden trees. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I smear some mascara under my eyes so it looks like I haven’t slept at all. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was so obvious, it made me sick to my stomach. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We must stop my bleeding and we must cover the wound so they do not smell it. If they don’t smell the blood, we’ll survive. If they do, we’re for it, so help me, please.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a shame that such a fellow must die, but he had his orders, so there it was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so tell us—what do you think is happening?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He figures that Dr. Martin may appreciate some of Ms. Dale’s words, since what she said before sounded so much the same. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later we’re going to be a cinder anyway, he implies, so why worry about a few cows more or less? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were living quarters so that when they got busy on some crucial test they did not need to drive back to Ithaca. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There’s so much anxiety in this car that it feels like the backseat is shrinking, crushing us into a small cube of vinyl and sweat and fear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“We have a full slate today, ladies and gentlemen, so let’s keep things moving.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her bare skin looks so white against the floor. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With so many crises competing for Roosevelt’s attention, the Uranium Committee continued to just crawl along. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They faced outward, so she never saw their faces> but she liked to pretend that one of them was Jeffrey's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jake went up on tiptoe so he could see Dominic’s math scrawls. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever this mystery monster is, the General said it would come for you. They wanted to isolate you from the group, so the monster will appear and battle you one-on-one. “He said that?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I am so sorry, sir, but I haven’t my aunt’s spiritual powers. There is no one else here. But I do know someone, a man in Sissonville, who might be able to...” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

When owls hoot, it doesn’t sound like humans laughing so I don’t know why people say ‘hoot’ but they do. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, since it has attracted so much attention, why not try to reach the whole community with the issue?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the other agents weren’t so lucky,” Sticky said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” Maggot lied, so Hugo wouldn't think I was being pally. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t want to sit in my room alone, and I guess I was a little thirsty, so I nodded. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps I was, because so much of what I’d felt in Baltimore, the sharp hatred, the immortal wish, and the timeless will, I saw in Hayden’s work. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Would it be so dreadful to just kill him now? she considered as they strolled. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the food alone that so raised Johnny’s hopes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

People who even said my father had shot me as a stunt so we could live overseas in luxury. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My mother and Ultima dressed in black because so many women of the town had lost sons or husbands in the war and they were in mourning. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I kind of feel bad now,” Camille tells us, “for making fun of Sandy so much.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

"But he's so obviously making fun of them," she said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Thurber, by self-appointed virtuous contrast, saw commas as so many upturned office chairs unhelpfully hurled down the wide-open corridor of readability. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“The other men”—he pointed to the older soldiers— “will carry spare boxes of ammunition, so do not overload yourselves. Now relax, we will be on our way in a few minutes.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I nudge my foot against Willem's, and he easily slips the chain back into place, sighing like he's sorry his broken bicycle held us up for so long. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It would be so simple, and direct, and I would get paid for it. It would be an Anchor.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Will you be so kind, Mademoiselle, as to write down your permanent address on this piece of paper?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already so wet that they no longer felt it, they were nevertheless shivering with cold and weighted with their drenched fur. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as a matter of legal reality, so various editors have told me over the years, my forensic memoir could never be published while my fellow criminals were alive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He could move them, but doing so was painful, and heat radiated from the joints between his hand and fingers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that so? And now you wish to confess?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Millard removed his tuxedo so that he was completely invisible and juggled glass bottles. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The next morning Piper woke to a different ship’s horn—a blast so loud it literally shook her out of bed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You did not do so badly for something worthless,” he said to his left hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, as his canoe glided along another curve in the river, Roosevelt wasn’t feeling so lucky. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to laugh, but her words sounded so sincere that I could not laugh. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors shaved off his whiskers so that they could cut into the gland and free the pus. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So many people in so little space that everyone had to stand up, with nothing to eat but peanuts and pretzels. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s so gentle: sliding his hand from my calf to my ankle, lifting my foot by the heel, unzipping the bootie, and slowly sliding it off. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In fact, George Pocock was already building the best, and doing so by a wide margin. 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 feel awful that Soojin’s family is having this big moment after waiting for so long, and I’m not even talking to my best friend. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I figure he's so excited about getting the new computer that he's lost his appetite. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw his Instagram post earlier, and I don’t need to pick up so he can not-so-casually remind me how well things are going with Samantha. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It’s onstage but I’m not in it, so it must have been when I was in the supply closet. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve never actually read that part, so maybe it’s not actually in the Bible. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our first priority now was to head back to Phoenix so he could get his hands on the right tools. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were aching, I was clenching them so hard. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little kid was not so good now. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Tower of the Hand seemed so empty after they left that Sansa was even pleased to see Arya when she went down to break her fast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There is so much about the story and about The Taker that is just not her and hers. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There is no face for Disturbed on the Facial Expressions Chart so I don’t know exactly what it looks like. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike me, they brought their own boots from home, and they all look so cool—and crazy expensive. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It kind of blended more into my own fantasy style so that by the time the structure reached my city section, it was made up of everything straight out of my head and all dream-kissed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Each week the autumn grew colder and wetter, and the inn, although dirty and drafty, was much cozier than any barn or dung heap to be found outside, so she remained, empty of heart. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For me, the sea was a great comfort, Pilar. But it made my children restless. It exists now so we can call and wave from opposite shores.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In winter the cream was not yellow as it was in summer, and butter churned from it was white and not so pretty. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

William punched him in the face so hard that the fiend’s neck snapped straight back, and he crumpled, lifeless, to the ground. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Or ’cause we were thinking so much about how it’d be in Mexico. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew that my uncle treated the matter lightly so as not to alarm me, and besides, if Tenorio was drinking it would take a long time before he gathered enough courage to act. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early in the morning, the men slaughtered a sheep, skinned it, and shared the meat among the finest women cooks, so that each would cook her best dish for the ceremony. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They have actually taken 3 and 11—the latter so crucial since it’s Panem’s main food supplier—and have made inroads in several other districts as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wren gave her the dented trombone to use during class, so she didn’t even have to sit out of music. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can enchant a building so it’s impossible to plot on a map, can’t you?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"Do you think so?" her eyes looked flat again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She’s so holy her husband ran off to Canada to cut down trees, glad to be gone and never to be heard from again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Right about then, I was considering doing the same thing to our town house so my parents wouldn't be able to hunt me down and end my short life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He jerks his head away from me and it’s then that I lunge forward, pressing all my weight against him, throwing him off balance so that he stumbles back against the kitchen table. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it required an accomplice, so Dasch had to trust that Burger would be on board. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The potential market was big—worldwide, as many as 750,000 people suffered from MDR, and treating all of them would require a significant quantity of drugs, because treatment lasted so long. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And my mother nods and agrees: “Bleach and sponge cost so much.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time he was so desperate, he sucked the coating off chocolate-covered raisins, even though he hated raisins. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tonight, though, Joe was so tired he didn’t even get up from his chair. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I felt that it was the fear of their enemies that made Communists—unconsciously compensating for their fear—fight one another so doggedly and persistently. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water was going every which way beneath them, and the wind was a storm blowing so bad, they could hardly control their wings. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He bites his lip, his voice so full of feeling, he’s having trouble speaking. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so absorbed in the book, I didn’t notice the Doctorita until she was standing above me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Nowruz moves around every year, depending on the equinox, so does Sizdeh Bedar, which means it sometimes falls on my birthday. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what else to do so I did as I was told. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The beach is deserted, and it’s so cold, I have to clench my jaw to stop my teeth chattering. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For nearly a year, he had been working incessantly, thinking only of putting aside enough money so that he could return to Spain with pride. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never had humanity seemed so far away as it did in those cold still months of January, February, and March. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the first crack and whoosh of water, the clamber to get out was so fierce that others who were trying to help were pulled to their deaths. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She tucked my little Korean Fire plant into the soil, and so I told her about its name and its story and about how it blooms, always, even in the winter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And I think it was only a couple months later that Fang walked off the school roof, so really it was no big surprise when the shoe box never appeared again. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was a former Columbia oarsman himself, he said, and after watching their recent exploits he had decided to send his son west for college so he too might become a great crewman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Trub looks pretty miserable, so I try to think of something that will make him feel better. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to being around so many people. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to fill in all this stuff so my new teacher could get to know me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The female upperclassmen did not approach me or make any real efforts to be my friend, so I only went to the meetings sporadically my first year. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was so distracted that I hadn’t registered them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“We can’t expect other people to side with us when everything is complicated, and happened so long ago.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was touching me in places I didn’t know could make me feel so dirty. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was trying so hard to navigate my conflicting worlds at school and at home, I left it buried in the back of my mind. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There are so many staging areas around this school, it could have gone anywhere. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I began to realize we were driving very fast; the car moved so steadily, so evenly, though, I didn’t feel the speed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The birds are so tame we pluck them out of the bushes with our hands, the sea is teeming with fish, and the trees are full of fruit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The process seemed to take a very long time - throughout which I managed to maintain my posture - until finally I heard her say: 'Good gracious, Mr Stevens, it isn't anything so scandalous at all. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Nina was sleeping in a sling around Aunt Ophelia, so I couldn’t see her face. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It may be stupidity, but I don’t think so. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was so painful, Matt thrust it from his mind. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already, there are so many things I don't understand, why someone would have to die or even fight for what they believe in. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I do have a name, you know. And so does my sister.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Lucy was a real gem. She had a kind, open heart. We were so sad to see her go.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“My mother had German heritage, so Hitler allowed us to repatriate and come to Germany. I only got as far as Insterburg.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Yet so many of the murders of the Osage were so well concealed that such an outcome is no longer possible. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe I shouldn’t drink so much coffee because it always makes me nervous and talkative. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. I’m going to get an early start.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The minute Nhamo had seen it, her heart beat so fast it hurt. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma did their laundry, so I had offered to watch the baby. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn't wait for her dad to leave so that she could start eating everything. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

If his heart weren’t so heavy, his mind wouldn’t think about snakes that way. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My heart pounded so hard I could hear it on the inside of my ears. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, I’m screaming so hard. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She did not know the spells or the magic, so gave Joan all she had of care and courtesy and hard work. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we were out, and there was light—so much of it, that for a moment I had to hold up a hand to cover my eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think about it. Throw it away. You’re worrying too much— I know, I know, we all are, there’s so much to worry about, but we mustn’t let it unsettle us.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Come on here to bed, so I can get up there before it starts. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever so fast, she kissed him right between the eyes, and ierked her head back an instant before his claws would have found her face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

How can water push so hard? she thought. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

A guard would go to the head of the stairs every so often to see what it was like outside, then he would come down and whisper to the other guards. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what would come out of my mouth, so I just nodded. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they seem so off-the-wall, but they always make me think. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They knew he was lying, Emenike who made up stories of rich parents that everyone knew he didn’t have, so immersed in his need to invent a life that was not his. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

All I did was laugh, so he looked back at the bridge and tilted his head a little, said: “Why’s it all red like that?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That uncle would look after the other uncles, and so they would all be happier than if their nephew were to be the new chief. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Mary had wired me $200 so I could pay for my expenses and buy things I needed. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Held with two hands, they shook and wobbled so anything you were looking at kept slipping out of the field of view: some sort of tripod or mount was essential. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Matt was clad only in a pair of shorts, so the peas landed on his bare skin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We attend in shifts so everyone can fit into school. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so tell me,” Percy said, “why is it bad to be in the , Fifth Cohort? You guys are great.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It was stupid, irresponsible, to expose you like this. I’m so sorry.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rhydd calls all us kids “Blue” so he doesn't have to remember our names. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Here, have a seat,” he said as he sprawled onto the other pile of grass, “and tell me why you want to go to the palace so much.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so hard to put things in words. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was just baking cookies, and my mom cooked a lot, so of course we had everything. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The man turned to me ever so slightly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He felt a pinprick of nerves along his spine—he’d had no idea it was going to be so busy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There had been no word from Babbage the day before, so when she got home she went straight for the computer to check her messages again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The couch is cold brown leather, so I wrap myself up in a fleece blanket before I sit down and punch the remote. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their inherited memories covered one million years without people, and so the birds hopped close to tourists and fishermen. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The head was so bowed that he could see no face, and presently the figure turned aside round a bend in the road and went out of the Mirror’s view. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was so pointed that I felt embarrassed for Miss Love’s sake—but pleased for Mama’s. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We are nowhere near any of the Collective’s living quarters, so I’m wondering exactly where he could have seen the book. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why I’m so much less valuable to him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself forward some more, but she was too far, too far to reach in time, and he felt so heavy— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Lee stood up in front of him, his tiny fists doubled ineffectually, his stance and position so silly that he began to laugh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Waiting for her to get off the phone so I can sweep the upstairs.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a deep, deep pleasure to have my whole family around me, and the only pain was the knowledge that I had missed such occasions for so many years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up Agelaos’ broadsword from where it lay, flung by the slain man, and gave Leodes’ neck a lopping blow so that his head went down to mouth in dust. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Sandi had drunk so much water that, she explained quietly to Mami, she was going to have to go to the toilet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Today I’m the first to arrive, so I wait for class to start, my back against the warm building, the sun smothering me through a hole in the trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed dangerous to her, even if she didn’t quite put so fine a point on her observation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sierra raised her middle finger overhead and turned a corner, making sure to go down a one-way street so the car couldn’t follow her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mom was forty-one years old, so the pregnancy was what they called “high risk.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Monday, February 25 Dearest Little Book, It is so strange now I know something I’m not supposed to know. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said he had some influence with the Korean businesspeople in the community, that he believed in fairness in pay and hard work, but that he could only do so much. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was more enthusiastic about America than ever, and he was not so simple, and he was not so nice. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And so deviously instructional it makes me want to put the man’s eyes out with my pencil. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The heave was between herself and the wolf pack and so she relaxed, stood up, and took stock of her home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mother Earth would not be quite so beautiful. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice is so strangely pitched that it seems to be everywhere. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was warm and shone so bright, Anya had to shut her eyes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s have a look at the child,” commanded Industry Jongwe, and so Nhamo was made to stand and turn before the assembly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Have we no more gravity among us than to be so chafed by the taunt of a pajock? Sit down, Corin, or shalt leave the table. I ask your Highness again, to hear our conditions." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The coach says he’s surprised at how fast I am for being so big. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Enrique races so fast he feels the blood pounding at his temples. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

‘Glad indeed I am to see you safe back. But I’ve a bone to pick with you, in a manner o’ speaking, if I may make so bold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He did so via an affidavit notarized in Berkeley on May 4, the day of Bush’s return appearance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I did not want to give my parents the choice of saying no, so as soon as I entered the house, I said, “Are you ready? We have to be there by seven-thirty.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Told him he should run my race since he's so supportive. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. I’m okay with my scarf.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Tough business,” Freckles says, stepping back, wiping his hands on a bar towel tucked into his little waist; no adult man where I’m from has a waist so trim. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Meg looked around her, realizing that she had been so breathless from the journey and the stop on the two- dimensional planet that she had not noticed her sur-roundings. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world was so big, yet everything in it was so small! A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water so black, it sucks up the light. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bottled and sealed, standing on a table near the head of her bed, so they’d be the first thing she would touch in the morning when she woke up. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to fencing in convention centers or sports arenas, so this was on a whole different level of spectacular. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I watch Soojin put her empty containers back in her lunch bag, looking for a clue to why she’s acting so bizarre. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

In late October 1942, news of another transport reached Schindler, so he kept his Jewish workers at the factory overnight instead of sending them back to the ghetto. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Char is one of the kids flunking English, so I know hearing some dirt on Miss Saunders would make her day. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the biggest reason Byron and Joey and me thought they’d never send him to Alabama was because we had heard so many horrible stories about how strict Grandma Sands was. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stare much?” he says quietly so only I hear. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In April we went to Colorado to film foster children who were placed for adoption with military families and remained a few extra days so I could try skiing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Seeing so many people, Sam’s legs shook and she sat down heavily on the toilet, overwhelmed—but her sister was thrilled, asking everyone’s name as they came in. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But then — when they had walked so far around the perimeter of the forest that the castle and the lake were out of sight — Harry heard something. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I got a letter from her about a month after getting home to sexless Stokum, and unfortunately the Spanglish that had spilled so musically from her mouth lay flat as stones on the page. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"They make them to splinter on impact, so no one is hurt." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what else to do, so every day after school, I started going home and resting next to her in bed. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Fish can be pretty, if you look at them right. We’re throwing them back in today, so we won’t need to pull out the big guns.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We have so many secrets to hold in. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm’s little finger was not very clean, so he sucked it hard first and then held it in the saucepan till the milk was warm enough, and tipped it all into the bottle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One of them kicked me in the shins so hard I fell to the floor. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were both so excited, we were talking over each other and laughing all giddily and stuff. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was moving carefully, so as not to slip on the ice, when I passed the doors of the Longhorn Saloon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unwound that ribbon just enough so the first note with the statement Minerva and Sina had drafted slipped out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I am going home for a holiday. But first I go to Lausanne to stay with a sister for a week or so.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the days that follow, it’s movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay, so I walk the compound halls instead of sleeping. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Concerned that the neighbor had spent so much on our enterprise, they decided we should go and give half of it back. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s already grumbling, so I know he’ll be just fine. We might be able to bring him home today.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But if my wand was so powerful, how come Hermione was able to break it?” asked Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And so I take small sips that taste salty, like drinking someone's cloudy tears. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I haven’t been out in the village much since I stopped wearing makeup, so I’m sure he’s wondering about my patches. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dusk was falling so quickly that it seemed you could almost sense the curvature of the earth arching away from the sun. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“That fracture wasn’t so bad. It’ll be off in a month.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was already unified politically in 221 B.C. and has remained so for most of the centuries since then. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cora had been figuring on Sam’s news all day, holding it up to the light like a hideous bauble, tilting it so. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She had been complaining about it taking up so much room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Even so, it was hard not to feel that something was deeply wrong at the sight of so much food left out in the rain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"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

"It's still so hard to see," Mina says. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was probably blushing, but hopefully it was so hot anyway that Annabeth didn’t notice. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

With that Gandalf went out; and as he did so, there came the note of a clear sweet bell ringing in a tower of the citadel. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The knives stop, and so does all conversation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We were on the corner of Fifteenth and Siegel, so we got constant foot traffic. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the moon that loosened the bindings on the night and the secret wounds held so close. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“And I’m eighteen. And he’s a nice guy, so who cares how old he is?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was Mr. Lawrence’s new idea to keep Tony in at recess so they could play some math games together. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

But the courage that had been awakened in him was now too strong: he could not leave his friends so easily. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We’ll all have new boots and coats to keep off the rain so we won’t be coming home from school famished. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But Fiver was nowhere to be seen and Hazel was afraid to ask for him, in case to do so should seem like weakness and a need for comfort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I helped her bathe and dress—if Ferula didn’t beat me to it—and I felt infinitely sorry for her, so tiny and thin with that monstrous belly, as the moment of delivery approached. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For so long all I saw was the strength, standing out like the wiry muscles in her arms or the black ink marking her collarbone with flight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I did not feel comfortable putting on a funny skit, so I asked Paul if he would play the piano. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“How did you convince the Golden Company to take up the cause of our sweet queen when they have spent so much of their history fighting against the Targaryens?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Boyle was happy to argue that God makes miracles happen, and that in doing so he breaks his own laws. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Doing so showed that her father’s ties to Rome extended to her reign as well. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

One thing I got onto that morning, with the house full of Granny and empty of her at the same time, was the notion that she’d of hated dying so plain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I could afford to be stolen from, but I judged them harshly for doing so. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced her mind to stay on Alice—so tiny and waiting. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But you admit something too. You wanted me, before you got this thing for Jeremy. Which is so wrong. A non-Muslim guy. Admit it.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Alex told himself as he walked toward Riverside Drive that the Hudson River would be fine, but even so, when he got to the river, he felt a sense of relief. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He buckled once more to the task of explaining that he was sure better times lay ahead—and as he did so, felt himself the least convinced of any. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just about to harvest, so it was a good time for this to happen, I guess. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If so we are now off in the North Sea, and only God can guide us in the fog, which seems to move with us; and God seems to have deserted us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It’s why it hurts so much to see those hats. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The plane was so clumsy that it was difficult to fly in the tight formations that were critical to fending off attack. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And almost every time she did, from age six or so on, she ran to her friend Yuko’s house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Anya was tired too, but she didn’t think it was smart to stop so close to the village. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Joe didn’t want babies either so all those miscarriages—two in the field, only one in her bed—were more inconvenience than loss. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Suzume was there for about two years. I was there for a year and a half, and Lee was there for a year or so.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And so George pulled Marco to the other side of the boat. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

At that crab dinner, I was so mad about what she said about my hair that I wanted to embarrass her, to reveal in front of everybody how petty she was. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The girl or the dog, Todd,” Aaron calls, still with the calm that’s so much scarier than when he was shouting. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I shout at her now because I'm so angry at her for loving me, even though the logical part of me knows that I'm being cruelly unfair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so, sir. Unless they’re indoors a lot. Usually visitors like to walk about in the garden, but the weather en’t been very nice, so...Would you like your pudding now, gentlemen?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I go to the rest room to turn my shirt around so the mustard stain is hidden under my hair. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around so I don’t have to stare at Frank while I talk. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I could always run up into the fields and save myself, but the point was to try to get the wagon home so we could earn our livelihood through the winter. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were still making their way outside, so he expected it would take a while for him to find his mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Henry pulled his hood on against the stinging wind, so I did the same. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or if a quarrel threatened he would play so tenderly and soothingly that the fiercest spirits would grow calm and forget their anger. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In cities, the muffled under-sound of motors is so constant that we consider it silence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I wasn’t so good at ignoring people after all. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When it came to war, my parents could shelter us from only so much. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s so cool to hang out here with all these gringuitos.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my belief in my grandmother was unshakable; if she said so, it must be true. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

By that time my legs had stiffened so I could hardly walk. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a rabbi. Why is this so important to you?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

How could I pretend to be a victim when I was so willing to sin? The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I said in Navajo, just loud enough so that they could hear. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was metal, of course, but like the relief on the walls of Sarai’s rooms—the songbirds and lilies so real they mocked the master carvers of Weep—it was utterly true to life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that guardian of yours didn’t like him staying here, so they took him to some shelter. ” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I expect you shall be so with the rent!” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

These I was saving for my own wedding night—about which you know so much.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s just a joke, my darling! No need to be so pious all the time! God knows I don’t blame the poor man for wobbling like venison jelly!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But my dad looked so vulnerable, it pained me to think that he had finally reached a point where he could help his family, only to end up helpless himself. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That was impossible and I knew it, but for some reason I could not tell Phoebe that, so I lied. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But she was and the skateboard, like so many skaters', was her voice at its loudest saying, Get out the way or pay! Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

War, vengeance, murder—all the themes on which the tale was strung—were so removed from modern reality, few could relate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Just so many things to do around here.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said ... so a man can stand up.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so easy, she thought with some disdain, to find out about people. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And since we have so much farther to go before dark, I can’t say anything now either. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it surprised him that so many of the others looked like lost chicks thrown from the coop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably so much malarkey,” said Mack, “but Hazel he takes it serious. I’ll ask him to look you up, Doc.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Indian Health Service funded major dental work only once a year, so I had to have all ten extra teeth pulled in one day. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Master was unsteady on his feet, swaying ever so slightly to the left. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s actually commandments. God wrote ten of them so people would know what to do.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The chemicals in his brain were so depleted he wasn’t going to come awake even for the storm. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike my friends, they weren’t celebrating the arrival of the New Year so much, it seemed, as closing the book on the old. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait, but no one says anything so I wait some more. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Some of the fanners had quit farming and were cutting railroad ties so they could feed their families. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day, Jeremie, I am so happy I drag cane like angel, like superman, I am fast; I am magic; I have wings to work. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Saturday before that, a violinist from Connecticut who made half the women weep, so overcome were they with feeling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The court ladies, with their bright plumage and twittering voices, were like so many birds in a gilded cage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But the string also vibrates in halves, in thirds, fourths, and so on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A lady who worked there and knew my dad would stack up soda crates so I could sit down while I ate hot dogs and drank my soda. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It was carried on in the city’s newspapers, so that all citizens knew of the dispute. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. Lord Asriel wouldn’t be dining here if it was going to break out in the next week or so.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

One evening there were so many deer that I decided to chop limbs on the other side of the meadow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, Africa has many problems, but there is so much beauty, so much goodness too. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Roger ceased to be a pig and became a hunter, so that the center of the ring yawned emptily. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I have to go around with my shirt open so that I have enough room for my chest.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

His voice was so soft that the hall grew hushed as men strained to hear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Dumpster had been slowly reeling in its shadow, so that he now had to sit with his back flat against it and his knees drawn up in order to remain wholly in the shade. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, there came a crash that was so loud they all felt it in their bones. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

My voice shook so much, I wasn’t sure she’d recognize me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ugh! Ugh! Now I must go wash at once! Who knows what diseases these creatures must carry, after living so long in the wild?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

At first the miles seemed to pass faster than they had on the trip into town, but for all that, Jethro began to grow tired after three hours or so had gone by. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curtsied and hurried out of the room, leaving the door open a crack so I could easily open it when I came back with my hands full. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shall not forsake our old alliance with Gondor, and while they fight we shall aid them: so say I and all who hold with me. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I mean, after being away from the world for so long?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had never seen him so angry before. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern mistook the chickens clamoring about her for their need to talk, so whatever she had to say about the new baby she said to the chickens. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“And the throat it came from? I need this man, so be quick!” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Happy Birthday, kid,” the waiter said so that the whole room could hear. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

How do you estimate the total need, per patient per year, for doctors, nurses, drugs, laboratory tests, hospital beds, x-rays, and so forth, in the best of rational worlds? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood grew hap-hazardly a century or so ago and today looks hardly urban at all. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been so young then, a lifetime ago. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The little hairs on my neck stand up at the sight of it so close. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I almost put yours up. But there were so many to choose from.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

How had she missed it for so long? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He spoke of God’s great generosity in sending them so wise a king. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gaze dropped to the bathroom mirror, but I didn’t much like what I saw there, so I closed my eyes until I finished urinating. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard people say grief brings you closer, but the griefs he and I carry are so different. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Groves joked later that when this complex and contentious job was done, “I was hoping to get to a war theater so I could find a little peace.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“She wants to partner with me to finish and market the app, so...” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had a terrible headache, so I lay down for an hour after breakfast and then went to the office at around two. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“They’re powdered, so all we do is add water and fry them.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

That tier of magic was so far advanced that even Master Illuminators rarely attempted it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He scrambles from beneath the desk and stands to pull them up, but his head throbs so intensely, he stumbles. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It made me so happy to see them together, it took everything I could muster not to cry. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably. My dad might spend next summer in Alaska, though, so I don’t know,” Lindsey said, eyeing MaryAnne as she pretended that she had something to say to her coach, some reason for coming over. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

This is very unusual for me and they were sure to notice, so in order to avoid any questions, I quickly racked my brains for a neutral topic. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Additionally, the pressurized space helmets would cause headsets to jerk forward and cover their eyes during an actual splashdown, so they had to practice for this, as well. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to do the sound for P again. This time so we can hear ourselves. Remember P. For P, blow through your lips, like a puff of smoke.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The London Eye managers have fixed a camera into position, so that a good shot of everyone is possible against a backdrop of Big Ben. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last circle are five metal bowls so large they could hold my entire body, if I curled up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

No one had called me so I walked to the back of the house figuring she was the type of lady that would want me to come in through the back door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You always play that last hymn so loud,” said Mrs. Cobb. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The face is so pale that it’s camouflaged almost perfectly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There were Minute Men too, so called because they made one- minute speeches in favor of America in moving-picture theaters and in churches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it was so beautiful, with the shops, the tall buildings, the lights—electricity everywhere—and all the cars honking and streaming through the streets. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Short of riding Belle up the church steps, I couldn’t get inside fast enough, so I pushed John off her back, yelling, “Get them home! Minding their fences!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

His sister even thanked him once, which made him so warm and shivery inside, that he had to run and shout, louder than ever, at nothing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Or more likely, it has become so unfashionable to discriminate against certain groups that all but the most insensitive people take pains to at least appear fair-minded, at least in public. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The new cycle would he so different from anything he had ever known. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I cut the engine as soon as I was in a spot, so that the thunderous volume wouldn’t draw attention to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“White people, too, need to come to him so he can forgive them their sins.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they had shown anything else except tiny fingers—so thank God they did. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She refused to cross the picket line, so we drove twenty miles out of our way to buy our duct tape. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But we all have lived together in this town for so long, I just never thought much about people’s religions before. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The walk was always so nice, even in the winter. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And life didn’t seem so bad, me sitting there in my truck with my dog and a beer. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Confronting their joy, once I have settled my wits, I am sure I shall feel joy in sympathy; Bono would do so for me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Baba sets up an IV with painkillers, but even so, I cry out and grip Dayah when he cleans and bandages my feet. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he could still use magic and so would be a better protector than Zvezda. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We think you should stay for three months, until the end of the school year. I’ll pull some strings and get you your diploma so you can enter colegio in the fall.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no gardens about so no one would think of setting a trap for him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ava Willis’s voice was so loud, I overheard her shrill questions. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

People have searched for this underlying theory, but without any success so far. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t heard it in so long, I couldn’t even tell if it was his or if I was making it up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hid my face in my jersey so I wouldn’t break down on the court. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Theresa plugged her ears so she wouldn’t have to hear Grover’s booming voice. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disconcert them, she thought, keep them off balance; and this angel did not know what he should do, so he did as she told him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If I had been more like Juanita, I might have said, “I told you so,” though. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My fear was so great I couldn't endure another moment of the conversation. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Her dad was playing it. I liked it, so I added some of his songs to my playlist.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was thin and wiry so his Greek armor hung on him loosely. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to prove that she was dead, so by the Soviet Union’s strict military regulations she couldn’t be given the award. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There is nothing so magical as a tree with an owl in it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope so much I do not have to fight again. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wherever he came a madness filled our foes, but fear fell on our boldest, so that horse and man gave way and fled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you shouldn’t let Teddy drink so much coffee.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And basically he had nowhere to live because Mom had got evicted from her apartment, so they were squatting in 3833—four of them in one bedroom. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This incident of the master’s death following so swiftly after her reiterated plea, Kill him, Lord, left her with the conviction that prayer was always answered. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheepmen who survived did so only by becoming indentured servants to the large companies that controlled the range and the grazing permit system. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, I’d taken my gray coat from the closet, but it was so small it looked as if it might have belonged to my little sister. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There were no real shelters, so we crowded under the trees. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trembling so hard I feared my bones might break. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secrets are kept from children, a lid on top of the soup kettle, so they do not boil over with too much truth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were so thirsty that we ate mud to force some moisture into our mouths, but it did not really help. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her movements are so quick that I can barely keep track of her. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And so he is tender and careful, and comes to her clean that their fulfilment may be rich and blessed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I wonder how it is that I have so much when she doesn’t have any. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. The Paqo said he would speak on my behalf.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And why is she so determined to get there now? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Why did he so quietly submit to the concealment Mr. Rochester enforced? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Why did I get so annoyed at the sound of my sisters’ chatter? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I almost have to shout, the noise is so loud. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so glad I wasn’t around to see him fall off his bike. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I asked, and looked up at her face which didn’t look so bright and cheery. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got home, I was so excited. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The chief mate simply stood beside it, brushing his fingers against it every so often, as if to reassure himself it was still there. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

So he picked up the pace with a few Civil War hymns, but even so, she finally waved her hand and told him to stop. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Seems so simple the way she put it, but it's never that simple. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The best reading light in the Night of Joy was the small one on the cash register, so Jones went over to the bar and flipped it on. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione’s hand was clamped so tightly around the paper that Harry was sure he was going to tear it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I says, ‘I hope it may be so. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She’d gotten a lock on her door and I’d learned to pick it so I could sneak in and scare her still. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

One night, a few weeks after the baby was buried, I felt him leaving our bed ever so quietly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no way of knowing this, of course, so he didn’t wave back. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But his eyes always seem hopeful when he says that I can outwork talent over the long haul, and so for him—and for me too—I try my best to do just that. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Annabeth was struck by a thought so sharp and clear, it was like a blade from Athena herself. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He wheeled around, pulled open the front door, and slammed it so hard that one of the little panes of glass at the top fell out. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I am the last to enter, so I don’t get one. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mother and Margot have shared the same three undershirts the entire winter, and mine are so small they don’t even cover my stomach. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This was a small observation she had made, but also not so small. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Yes, we inevitably turn to God; for this religious sentiment is of its nature so pure, so delightful to the soul that experiences it, that it makes up to us for all our other losses.’ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know why this was so, but it seemed natural that it should be so. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My Spirits being much depressed by this Spectacle, so soon as I had Discharged my Duties, I sought out Prince’s Work Detail, that we might Sup together. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wonder if 1 can ask the doctor to do a blood test or something so that I can provide her with proof of my sobriety. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I get home, I don’t look so bad. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Neel’s body was blocking most of the light from the flashlight, so he couldn’t see anything. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Awww, man,” I said to myself, “I wish I had a magic lamp so I could have die genie make me be where those shoes are and they could be where I am!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah Ruth opened her eyes, and Bryce moved Edward’s china legs and china arms so it looked as if he were dancing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She thought the yellow soap was too biting, so she brought along a cake of Sweetheart Soap and a big old bath towel to dry him with. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his first coherent thought is that he did not expect being trapped in a fire to feel so cold. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I have picked your roommates for you, so don’t worry your pretty little heads about making arrangements with your buddies.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He has been gone for so many decades I have lost count. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His work led to one precise moment: when the syrup was so thick, and yet clean, that it was time to “strike.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Chocolate cake is like our tradition, so...” he starts. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A moment later he found himself blinking in the light of a big, airy room with wide open windows, all looking north so that no sun came in. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

With you, for example, so that you understand some of the problems the chimps and the wild places face and can help to solve them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The route to the park was clear of holes and rubble in the actual street, so it would not be that much of a problem. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then one day I heard my mother and her friend Lindo Jong both talking in a loud bragging tone of voice so others could hear. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was in the saddle, she could ride so fast that there was no chance of gemstones cropping up in her wake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he saw that it was so indeed, he returned over the land to Shath and as an exile stood in the doorway of the Outer Hearth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve met a lot of people here with white mothers and they are so full of issues, eh. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I grabbed at her hands and twisted my body underneath her to turn over so I would be on top, but she pushed her whole weight down on me, grunting. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could see no way for it to come about, but Nanny and the old folks had said it, so it must be so. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Instead she said in Igbo, “I did not know it would be so hot here.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I asked again and again if she was okay and said maybe we should stop somewhere so she could see a doctor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, girls, if you haven’t signed your name on the tryout sheet, please do so now,” she said, pointing to the clipboard on the table next to her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

After a minute or so he realized that they had, after all, come to the right place, for here were Bill and Fleur, Dean and Luna, gathering around him as he knelt over the elf. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The iron bucked, tossing me forward so both my feet left the ground. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But nobody tries to take anything anymore so I guess he proved his point. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A fight means trouble, so when Julia follows the group going left, I head right. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Isabelle’s eyesight is not what it once was,” said Martha, “so she is not able to read like she used to.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the dugout to see if Nunu had witnessed his triumph, so she could vouch for his story at dinner; but she’d found his Gameboy and wasn’t paying him any attention. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But I thought I’d better come myself”—he held up a rolled request form—“so that there could be no question whether this was a mistake.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Tristan jerked his hand away so fast he dropped his foil on the floor while also knocking everyone else’s foil off the heating plate. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Did they have a choice of organs to use, and if so, did they alternate or play favorite? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll tell him about the babies. He loves babies. He said so.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Not very likely, so far from the stream. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark, but Christmas lights lined the ceiling there, too, so I could see people. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His voice is so loud, it ricochets from both walls and explodes in my ears. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Right before Popo became so sick she could no longer speak, she pulled me close and talked to me about my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Dr. Howell was always honest with me, so I tried not to worry so much. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t face the thought of the lunchroom after the Edie thing, so instead I went to the library, ate half my sandwich under the table, and then tried to read. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I guess so. But she still Biddy and I still Quincy.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was so little else to talk about. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But if that is so,” asked Milo—and he had no doubt that it was—“shouldn’t you release them?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Elinor heard the shots she jumped up so fast that she stumbled over her blanket in the dark and fell full length in the coarse grass. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Scott acted out the part of Mike, using the chicken wings on his plate, George laughed so hard she almost choked. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The whole scene was so familiar yet so completely alien that it gave Annabeth vertigo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I see. A rabbit I knew once. He used to foretell the weather and so on.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The queen’s men outnumbered the queen’s ladies three to one, so even the humblest serving girls were pressed into the dance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pirithoüs was quite as adventurous as Theseus, but by no means as successful, so that he was perpetually in trouble. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed I had never felt so strangely before. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I continued to fall behind in school, so that left only one option: I had to enroll in home school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Maybe you should put on American clothes, darling. You look so lovely in jeans with your slim figure. Or a miniskirt, maybe?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fostered by an unprecedented media explosion, this “visual background noise” has become so much a part of our daily lives that we take it for granted. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone can buy cheap paintings and reproductions to decorate a room, where they often hang virtually unnoticed, perhaps deservedly so. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

With things going so well I distributed my letters in the mornings, and saw the city during the afternoons. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry. We have an elevator in the back, but it went on the fritz this afternoon. The technician is coming to fix it first thing in the morning.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Kevin had many other chores to do for Papa and I was not allowed to keep him waiting, so I always dashed out of my last class. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The center of balance is so narrow that if jockeys shift only slightly rearward, they will flip right off the back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so I believe gay/straight alliance clubs must also be fictional. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m about to say so, but Amelia manages to cut me off. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s too stoned to know what to say, so he just looks at the stapler and then back at me, then at the stapler again. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had shown it so often that I think it was more real to him now than the house itself. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Girls are always supposed to be so pure. Here’s one who isn’t, anyway.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was so sure, and they danced and walked all over me. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan had been on four gleaning expeditions with Goddard so far. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Moss rubbed at his cheeks, and he didn’t know if he had ever felt so angry in his whole life. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Not all traveling entertainers are as respectable as our troupe, so, understandably, not everyone respected them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Let me get the check,” he said, and his voice was so depressed I thought he was really going to cry. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was an odd-looking person—he had a very long neck with a bump in the middle and teeth so big they looked as if they were trying to escape from his mouth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two green-clad figures in the center of a vibrant ballroom, so undeniably in love that the entire room flushes with heat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Still, she admired the ritual, envying the Levys the pleasure they took in one another’s company, wishing her cousins lived nearby so she could have an orchestra of her own. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

There are now so many jellyfish that power plants around the world have been shut down when hundreds of thousands of the creatures have clogged their seawater cooling systems. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I would give my foot,” he said, “to have a little armour —even just a sword, so that they could remember.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sound without cognate and so without description. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The twins barely responded, and they wouldn’t move or let Luke find the phonebook so he could order. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, through the spinning, she thought of her brother and tried to will herself to feel better so that she could help him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It is almost impossible for me to show you what I did on these maps because they are so preposterously wrong,” he began. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She'd heard their excuse—different versions of it—time and time again, but they were always so entertaining that she was game to hear it once more. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because the association of race and criminality is so pervasive, employers may use less accurate and discriminatory methods to screen out those perceived to be likely criminals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Just as Diana’s father had so often done with her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Nobody is posing, so we all look like ourselves. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

On the appointed day, an ominous hive of an inch or so square popped up on the colt’s coat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so few words that fit the moment and so many feelings. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Again I feel so thankful to have Joy as my teacher. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I have to go someplace before it gets dark, so we ate early.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I wrap my feet around his back so he can’t get away. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was glad the phone had died so James and her brother couldn’t see her face. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You need to stop asking so many questions,” she says, and turns away from me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His accent was American, like Joseph’s mother’s, but sometimes he pronounced things the English way, so his speech sounded rather mixed up, as though he didn’t come from anywhere. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, your grandfather is so full of fun, I expect he has a grand time when he goes to New York for the store.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Calder, it’s so cold out. Do you suppose it will hurt her? I could wrap her in my jacket.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been outside this early, didn’t realize it was so loud. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There is a shyness in his eyes now that makes him look so young, an expression that tugs my heart closer to him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It fails that test, so it is not a good description of the Universe. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I move my shoulder so her head isn’t resting on it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, however, I got so sick of spelling and spelling books that I cried. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The problem was that math seemed so boring; his brain never needed urging when it came to reading or writing. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She leapt back and shouted at me to stop, raising her blade so that it hung quivering in the air just between my eyes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Someone else carries a lamp from one corner to the other so we have light. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We pointed out other things—the spring, the cave, a gull flying, the sun and the sky, Rontu asleep—trading the names for them and laughing because they were so different. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another was the use of so much wood in the construction of homes, offices, sidewalks, and roads. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle to breathe and can’t inhale at all, so I reach for the door handle. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’d taken so little time over the past years simply to be with them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s so loud, I’m sure my head has come off and he’s holding it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bren is shaking her head so hard and fast, it looks as if she’s having a seizure. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I guess he hasn’t stopped to think about what’s so great in New York, in a while. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was nervous, so that it was hard for me to turn around and walk on. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What’s so complicated about you lying and taking advantage of my sister? You were never going to leave your wife, were you?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He saw right away that Sam was “extremely excited—more so than I had ever seen him before.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way I despise them, because they are so much like Carol Campbell, squealing and flinging themselves around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were acting as husband and wife and having so much fun I didn’t care that we weren’t married. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the summers in Delhi, so very hot, my sisters and I would lie upon it and try to press ourselves into its world. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But he’s here with Jill. And he seems to want to play friends, so why not?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“David, oh, David, it’s been so many years! How you’ve grown, boy; how big you are, boy. Oh, David boy, how are you?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lewis jerked his head so his blond hair flopped out of his blue eyes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It's so much more comfortable than the bus. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

During the next half-hour, things moved so swiftly and so silently that Sophie, crouching in the giant’s ear, was unable to understand exactly what was going on. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That message was always subtly present in Democratic appeals to white voters—and sometimes not so subtly. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, no—I don’t think I did. I got in last. No, I don’t seem to remember doing so.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dude was so comatose he didn’t even change his breathing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The aircraft came closer, so that the boys could make out the markings on the wings and the white helmets of the pilots in the cockpits. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Although I’m so many miles away from Bosnia, I wish there was something I could do. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Why weren’t we close, ‘more in the Mexican style’? Everyone is so private, she added. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-seven species, ranging in size from dragons to Bundimuns, were to be hidden from Muggles so as to create the illusion that they had never existed outside the imagination. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lateesha found out, she slammed the door in my face so hard the paint cracked. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her third period is way on the other side of the school, so she always dashes as soon as the bell rings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And so he walks away from Bretons studio, not even trying to meet the man he came to see. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Jealousy loomed so large in her it made her tremble. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the ground so hard and sudden that my mouth came open and I swallowed a bunch of dirt and old dead leafs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There must have been a thousand or so students in that huge room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enoch shared his last name with another boy on the team, so the baseball players called him “Big” Washington to differentiate the two. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she put her hands over her face so we wouldn’t see her crying. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She lowered her head and tilted it so that a great red eye could look at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was planning to give him the drawing for his birthday, but after seeing those brochures, he looked like he needed a transfusion, so why wait? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt better holding it—not just for light and protection, but also because it was so familiar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I almost think they did me a favor. Ten seems an excessive number of fingers to keep track of. And so many nails to pare!” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was staring at me, and so was the dwarf, little old Thurman Osgood, who always watched the trains come in. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Loose lips sink ships, my mom used to say, and I went to school every day on the Titanic, so I got it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She tried to remember a time when she and Taryn had so much fun that it made her all giddy and trembly. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I saw that turbulent emotions possessed her, so I asked what I thought would be some sedative questions about her little girl. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I turned around, pressing my face against my towel so he wouldn’t see my tears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I take narcotics every day and I drive on them every day,” she admits, and she says she’s done so for many years. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After enough wailing, I said what was so unthinkable. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strange light the sun made in the water, now that the sun was higher, meant good weather and so did the shape of the clouds over the land. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe you. But it makes no sense. They should be glad you fled. At best, you’re a nuisance. Why are they searching so hard for you?” he wondered out loud. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There are Syrian guards too, but not so many. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And so on, until the entire seventy-five boxes had been distributed among seven or eight students. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to rewire Operation with a giant battery so you'd get electrocuted if you touched the sides. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Safer doesn’t mention anything else about Mr. X, so I don’t either. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He did so reluctantly, he said, because he was afraid that if the owners found out, they would no longer help him get his immigration papers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Snape had given them so much homework, Harry thought he was likely to be in the sixth year before he finished it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“My dear Mr. Bennet,” replied his wife, “how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right, Professor, it’s all right!” said Harry loudly, his hands shaking so badly he could hardly scoop up the sixth gobletful of potion; the basin was now half empty. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

—That’s a wonderful observation, B. J. See, Shakespeare isn’t so bad. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall windows were framed by pale yellow drapes, pulled back now so that sunshine flooded the chamber, throwing soft spotlights onto the blue carpet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“And sometimes there’s a good reason why someone’s an only child, so don’t even go there.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After the incident with the detective, Mosca had drilled a spy-hole into the door, but it was already dark outside, so when Prosper pressed his eye against the hole he could hardly see anything. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Darren’s dad taught me all sorts of useful stuff, like the right way to hold the football and how to throw it so it spiraled just right. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And if His love was so great, and if He loved all His children, why were we, the blacks, cast down so far? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Harriet said she was certain there was one place so shallow that they could wade it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My brother is next. His arm is just as dirty as mine so don’t be surprised. And you don’t have to tell him. You told me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a mouthful, so people just started calling them the Little Rock Nine. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of this the chimneys leaked so badly that half the smoke blew back into the room. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know which is more horrifying—the thought of being here for another week, or the thought that maybe the medication that I so despise might actually be working. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was the “acting like a lady” term of the equation that was so vexing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s coming on summer, it’s New York—it’s hot. And how do you know so much about cricketers? Are you one?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pages quivered so much, I had to rest them on my bed to keep the handwriting of Momma’s first letter from wiggling away from me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Mist hung over the airport so that all I saw as we landed were fuzzy white and blue lights on the runway and at the terminal. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And your father—he’s so skinny, he’s disappearing.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember, even chickens who can forage for insects and other foods will get the majority of their nutritional needs from this feed, so choose wisely. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

C-rations, grandchildren, were the special food packets that we Marines were given to carry with us so that we would have food to eat when we were cut off. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, it had mostly been Mom’s idea, but she thought it would be best if I brought it up so Connor would be more open to it. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Train Ear’s arms were so long, he almost hit a man. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

After seeking the approval of Ang Dorje’s mother, Boyd and Nelson started supporting the young Sherpa financially so that he could return to school. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, some members of the refugee community became so fed up that they decided to act. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

What was in the bag that was so important? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Parrish didn’t play squash; my dad didn’t golf, so that was that. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The girl looked so bewildered, like kindness was unfathomable to her, and that broke Hazel’s heart more than anything. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The piece of home was tiny and so only bought her a second’s worth of distraction. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lie on the bench and watch the birds weave through the warm air until the sun burns so bright I’m afraid it will make holes in my eyeballs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Patel, Piscine’s piety is admirable. In these troubled times it’s good to see a boy so keen on God. We all agree on that.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t keep my eyes open—so I clamp them shut, and when I do, I find myself staring directly into the void. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m trying so hard to act normal that I don’t notice Windy until she’s a few feet away. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

After so long I could not adjust to it. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reckon I talked to it so much before I conjured up a mind’s eye view of it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front door, which Rhonda had just closed behind him, had no knob on the inside and was likewise painted black, so that it blended into the wall. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was something else to think of: the matches were running out, and so was the naphtha for the stove; she must keep the fire alight day and night from now on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“They are welcome, being yours,” said Wang Lung’s eldest son, “and we will prepare a meal so that they may eat before they go on their way.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her nose was delicate and thin, and her cheekbones high and wide, sweeping down to a small chin so that her face was heart-shaped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Who would’ve believed it was possible to feel bad about so many things at the same time? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She thought of him now, while the singing and weeping went on around her—and she thought how he would have loved his grandson, who was like him in so many ways. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had more than me, and had arranged them in a super-cool way, so they overlapped one another. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Probably, though we thought not so soon and not so many; a rat has a natural set of tools that monkeys lack: sharp, pointed teeth that never stop growing. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

At 2:47 he was worn out, but still wide-awake, so he got up. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Or did we need the peaches so we could bunker down in the house, like the Weavers, and fight it out? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as the verdict had been announced, she’d heard a terrible keening, so sharp she’d clamped her hands over her ears and collapsed into a ball. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

While that was going on I was curled uselessly in a ball with my arms over my head and my teeth clenched, so I missed a bit of the action. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Daddy is bringing you copies this morning, so I am sending this note over with him before I go off to school. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In case someone were to wonder why he was so ignorant, he didn’t ask many questions. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not so soft. The rest of us would like to hear your sweet tones.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they told Lara she failed, she threw an epic temper tantrum so bad she may not be allowed to try out again next year if Agent Fiona has anything to say about it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And after so many years of despair in East Africa, things started to look up there, too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would sigh a moment, stretch myself and turn, and opening my eyes, be bewildered at that glittering sun, that hard, clean sky, so different from the soft moonlight of my dream. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I reach across her and unsnap her seat belt, then pull her out so we’re standing face to face in this flat, ugly parking lot next to a dark library, a Chick-fil-A right next door. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She used to think about how they seemed so cold, and yet all they did was work for her two cousins. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like so much of this building, every detail is ornate. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Kote straightened up so that he was no longer leaning over the unconscious man and wiped the blood away as best he could, which wasn’t very well, as his hands were covered in blood themselves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Granddad saw me right after I found out you were leaving. I, um...I wasn’t taking it so well.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She said that a boy in the Shanghai American School had been so scared, he’d wet his pants. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched superhero videos with them on my laptop in my room, closing the door so that Mama and Baba weren’t disturbed by their laughter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I was scared, but I didn't want Diana to know, so I said let's go upstairs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Big Ma didn’t seem to mind being alone for so long. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Butler jiggled his sister up a foot so he could reach his belt. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe this was why so many people said it felt better to drive a stick shift. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

"I hope so. My grandparents are, anyway. Where should we go first?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was so excited when Mom first enrolled me here. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Now, because the day is so fine, and thou’rt getting so strong, it might be well if we should go fishing.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The easy sweeping grace fascinated him on so large a man. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say to him, Why can’t you go to England, Dad, so we can have electricity and a wireless and Mam can stand at the door and tell the world what we’re having at dinnertime? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had been so intent on telling Sirius all about Snape and Moody he had completely forgotten to mention the egg’s clue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the bar handle of the next door so I couldn’t open it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Certainly he looked paler; his skin still had that grayish tinge, probably because he so rarely saw daylight these days. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"It sits outside the Hab, so I saw when it disappeared. He probably mounted it on the rover. There's no other reason to move it, so I'm guessing he's got life support online." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet she can tell he is visited by fears so immense, so multiple, that she can almost feel the terror pulsing inside him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It started because she passed so close to some workmen that our fender flicked a button on one man's coat. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

How she wore chopsticks in her hair and how she stitched up the hole I chewed in my baby blanket so that it looked perfectly new again. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

In doing so, I continued to piece together the fragmentary bits of my life and place them together until they became a mosaic. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Though the reality and meaning of the Bible stories seemed vast and alien, I still found the stories enthralling, so I said: “The Bible stories are nice.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so happy about skipping some homework that I’ll keep remembering it and being happy over and over again. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z