But her eyes are swollen and red, and I know she doesn’t believe what she’s saying. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Harry believed that after you were dead and buried you changed to plants and fire and dirt and clouds and water. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was easy for us to be together, knowing we shared experiences no one else would believe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” said Roy, “every day we’ve been reading about regular people, ordinary Americans who made history ’cause they got up and fought for something they believed in. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Confiscate?” he shrieked, as though he could not believe his own ears. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“No, he said he did. And you believed him.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Why doesn’t Hill believe him? Does Hill have other information?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t even pronounce the poor child’s real name,” said Trotter, chuckling in what she must believe was a friendly manner. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was a cutting from the Daily Prophet: Investigations continue into the break-in at Gringotts on 31 July, widely believed to be the work of Dark wizards or witches unknown. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

For them, being Jewish was not about what we believed, but about our so-called race. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Part of Hugo did not believe the girl. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

"What a dunce I've been! I truly believed you wanted to be a player!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She won’t tell any of us. There has never been such a secret. I believe she even wrote to London for it.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They changed markets and to this day believe they were the victims of a curious vegetable blight. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan shook his head, not wanting to believe it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You know you can’t believe half the stuff they print in the newspapers.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed as though all the things she had always believed were suddenly called into question. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Nobody else heard it. But I believed him, and your granddad did too.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe it was still raining, that it was the same day, that we had only been talking for an hour or so. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The Sherpas, however, had a different diagnosis: they believed that one of the climbers on Fischer’s team had angered Everest—Sagarmatha, goddess of the sky—and the deity had taken her revenge on Ngawang. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Like the food you eat...the music you listen to...the things you believe in.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you would say that! You were wrong—” “Yeah, I was wrong!” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some days, she believed that the baby had been an undeserved blessing, that she was being punished for what she had done to Nana. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He would have taken her, I believe, had there been any money at all. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe I had walked a little way along the roadside, peering through the foliage hoping to get a better view, when I heard a voice behind me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard for me not to believe that my friendship with Ellen wasn’t somehow fated long before we were born, back when Dolly was still a poor nobody in Tennessee. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had always believed that coincidences didn’t exist, that everything that happened, happened for a reason. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Turned out he’d passed a young woman at the bus stop and, believing no beautiful woman should have to wait for a bus, he offered her a ride to where she lived—three hours away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But I also see a few people nodding mechanically, probably thinking we should go along, maybe believing that will get them out of here sooner. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around me and told me everything would be all right—and I believed every word. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The Philippines—Although Bobby was adored by the Philippine chess community and had established ties there, he was unhappy with the ouster of president Joseph Estrada, whom he believed was “pushed out illegally.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her first fear was that lawyer son had not believed Mr. Randolph’s excuses for not coming to Virginia for Thanksgiving and had come to get him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t believe that winter break was already over and I was back in class again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, they let him go, watching as he gathered up his paper bag full of honey and stumbled like a drunk toward home, to the brother he hoped might believe him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Does a man ever believe in his own imminent death or in the possibility of accident? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe it—it was the biggest river I’d ever seen. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began, “Mr. Dussel, you seem to believe further discussion of the matter is pointless, but I beg you to reconsider.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And then in an interrogative tone that showed he could hardly believe it himself, my brother told me that there had been an accident and that Milton was dead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And then I couldn’t hardly believe my eyes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. And I don’t believe you lost your memory.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though astronomers had spotted some glowing, swirly clouds, there was little reason to believe that they were anything but glowing gas inside our galaxy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you seriously think that my mother will believe me if I tell her that an old man held me up with a fork and took my two nickels?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believes witches can summon up storms that sink ships at sea—James had almost lost his life in such a storm. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have believed your rebel lies. I should have taken Ruth and run the night we landed. Even if we drowned, we would have been together.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding, though, for I did believe him. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Charles wrote back, “To my mind an enourmous weight of evidence would be requisite to make one believe in anything beyond mere trickery....” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rejected the notion that animals and plants suffered sudden annihilations, and believed that all the principal animal groups–mammals, reptiles, fish, and so on–had coexisted since the dawn of time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“These rumors lead me to believe that Domingo Montoya would solve my problem.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he replied that he didn’t care to be rich and famous, they didn’t believe him and said he was only being lazy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Master Watson snapped, “He never worked that problem that fast without help! And no one can make me believe he did!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, I could hardly believe what I was seeing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He believed me, or at least he said he did, but he still sounded wary, a little anxious. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to believe any water on earth could be so unequivocal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he left, I asked Gay, “Do you think he believed me?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t believe how hard it was to see him leave, compared to how strange it had been when he first arrived. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

At first, most Americans believed that if an exposition honoring the deepest roots of the nation were to be held anywhere, the site should be Washington, the capital. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I believe every black person had a piece of those pennants. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if you don’t believe in relationships that last longer than a year. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s hard to believe a man in a cage, but please. Can I just give you her number?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Dionysius was clearly wrong; today most scholars believe that the birth of Christ was in 4 BC. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“She believes the rats want your father to make them a thumb!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not believe Mrs. Long will do any such thing. She has two nieces of her own. She is a selfish, hypocritical woman, and I have no opinion of her.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Jon said, "My lord father believed no man could tell a lie in front of a heart tree. The old gods know when men are lying." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I believe you owe him three hundred dollars.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The owner knew me for a Dane, but as I spoke French, I believe his attempt to cheat me failed somewhat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The dwarfs shrugged, and believed themselves to be extremely clever in their fortress by the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And, if Jackie was honest with herself, she wasn’t sure whether she even believed it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If he doesn’t believe me, though, he doesn’t say anything about it. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You have to believe I didn’t want to.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But again, who among them would believe he was one of the true innocents in the prison? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But I knew that no one really believed anything I said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Therefore, affairs should be managed in such a way that when they no longer believe, they can be made to believe by force. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I believe these animals do not have enough of a nervous system to suffer pain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Holmes believed he and Chamberlin would be meeting alone, one on one, but when Holmes arrived at the office, he found it occupied by two dozen creditors and their attorneys and one police detective. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was used to this cold treatment, but I couldn’t believe that they would treat my mom, the most kind-hearted person I knew, this way, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Woundwort believed in emulation and he let it be known that there would be plenty of chances to win rewards. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granted, Pondicherry was once a French colony, but no one would have me believe that some of the zoo animals had frequented the Alliance Francaise on rue Dumas. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The question was so straightforward, so simply put—so obvious—that I couldn’t believe none of us had asked it before. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Technically it's my wife's, but we all pitch in when we can. She believes families who work together stay together.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Geez, her touching the crystal is trending at number one! Can you believe that?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I suppose the moral is,” said Arthur, “that you must not commit mortal sin, even if twelve lives depend upon it Dogmatically speaking, I believe that is sound.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So do you still believe he will use it before the coronation?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Celaena had been wrong to go to the ball last night, wrong to believe Nehemia was capable of such bad things. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He believed he was going to get home. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The girl’s parents at first refused to believe the doctor who delivered the news and subsequently asked for two other opinions before coming to the Sender Identity Clinic and New York Hospital Clinic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I just let us float and float and float. I was too afraid to stop at the places I passed. You wouldn’t believe some of the things...” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Malcolm didn’t argue with her; there were other customers to attend to, so he was busy, and besides, he believed in Asta’s feelings. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Better to let the hostage believe that she had betrayed her own people. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I used to believe that the expression “caught by the short hairs” meant a captive held with a depilatory string. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s crazy to believe you can always put into words what you think of when you think of a person who’s gone, mainly because a lot of times it’s not about specific things. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Jimmy tried to tell ’em he hadn’t taken the stuff, but of course they didn’t believe him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“He let me believe it. But what kind of hero could do...that?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She could see that he wanted to believe what the prince said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t believe Paul’s story, but even if I did, it didn’t matter. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I mean, this morning I was wondering what Hill House would be like, and now I can’t believe that it’s real, and we’re here.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, I believed that the possibilities of sabotage were far from exhausted and should be pursued with vigor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth, bravely and forthrightly, without thought of personal loss or discredit. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I can see the bodies, the actual bodies, when I can guess from the sizes and shapes that none of them is Luke, I can believe also that he is still alive. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to believe every word she spoke. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

No one in Marshall would believe I was telling the truth even if I told them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again I walked through Kraków in a daze, this time unable to believe my good fortune. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Mandela was a brave man and a powerful leader. And he made me believe that it’s possible for things to change.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Rashid claimed Z had headed for California, but no one else had heard from Z. No one knew what to believe. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Be ready to die, my grandfather says, for everything you believe in. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe I had asked her that, but the way she allowed her boyfriend to treat her reminded me of how I allowed my boyfriend to treat me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe how fast you just sold me out,” Ben says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Dimple couldn’t believe the words had actually left her mouth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And now we’re supposed to believe that she didn’t paint the first one. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Richie stopped going to Sunday school after that, though he never stopped believing in God. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what to believe or who to trust. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I swapped days with a guy in my company. And you wouldn’t believe why.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I believe what most surprised me was that in Cairo, automobiles were being manufactured, and also buses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reeked like you would not believe—worse than the garbage boats on the East River. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Naturally, he had believed her and taken her home with him to give her time to rest up a day or two, then he had bought her a ticket for home. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Very few people wanted to believe that such a terrible killer could originate in their hometown. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The family prayer binds him to his parents, but what if a person no longer believes in prayer? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Even / almost believed he was a professor of psychology. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Do you believe the great DiMaggio would stay with a fish as long as I will stay with this one? he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some are going so far as to call Potter “the Chosen One,” believing that the prophecy names him as the only one who will be able to rid us of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She says she doesn’t trust him as far as she could throw him, and believe you me from the look in her eye I think she could throw him pretty far. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe that Mundín was thinking about a girlfriend at a time like this! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When he appeared over the ridge, Hazel couldn’t quite believe her eyes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It expands to encompass an entire but still-emerging world that Burr threatened and Hamilton believed himself to be defending. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I believe that justice demands that you return a verdict of Not Guilty. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our ears, though, believe we have heard full chords, a whole accompaniment, from this one solitary instrument. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And it seemed, indeed, when one looked out over Christendom, that this was what Christendom effectively believed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Within the “symphony of voices,” Kepler believed that the speed of each planet corresponds to certain notes in the Latinate musical scale popular in his day—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe this is probably my last autumn in Tennessee for a while. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

This would be Janice’s first time in an integrated setting—her first time away from her hometown, in fact—but Mary believed she would be up for the challenge and find it an invaluable experience. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Colonists in Jamestown taunted the Powhatan in 1607 with a target they believed impervious to an arrow shot. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He believed that a process capable of producing 100 grams a day was technically within reach. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Dad will believe any of this, I typed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You are here this evening looking for her, I believe. Though I do appreciate that you’ve chosen to visit my tent as well.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Edwards wanted with all his heart to believe in her goodness, but he was forced not to, as much by his own particular devil as by her outbreak. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was not the biggest church in Harlem, nor yet the smallest, but John had been brought up to believe it was the holiest and best. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He still found it hard to believe that this ridiculous man could have created anything so sleek and powerful. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Boy21 faces me and says, “Do you believe I’m from outer space?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe you mentioned that before,” said Trotter dryly. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Gram taught me to believe in magic, not ghosts. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She believes what she says; does not realise there is no going back for her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t believe how teeny her fingers are, Bry,” she said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas couldn’t believe how casually Chuck spoke about it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He’d already told us that one word about the Whisperer gets your Messenger status revoked—and believe me, no Messenger wants to chance that. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she believes him it’s kind of funny because Calvin is still wrapped around that tube. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Father announced this was the unfortunate effect of believing in false idols and he washed his hands of the affair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the way you spend the rest of your youth might well depend on how much the jury believes you. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And they don’t need me to believe in them as much as I need it for myself.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Did Doge really think it was that easy, that Harry could simply choose not to believe? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was hard for him to believe that he had never taken the time to watch them at work before. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I did believe it would work,” she said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

But at that moment, he could almost believe that this dog—his dog—was speaking to him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even as I continue downloading information, I find myself distracted as the spotlights sweep over each team, hardly able to believe that I’m in the same space as them. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Abbey and I are finally starting to believe it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We don’t believe in an evil god that could be persuaded to put a curse on somebody. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe you told me your name.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘I has told you before that human beans is simply not believing in giants.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was dreadful to him, he could not believe it of any of them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I knew that God could shoot bolts of lightning if He wanted to, but I didn’t believe that He ever did. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything Kaede had been taught led her to believe that the Xi had no interest in humans anymore. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tally couldn’t believe how much they had salvaged, literally tearing the track from the forest’s grasp. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I believe I see a damsel in some distress,” and off he marched to her rescue. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“But the God I don’t believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He’s not the mean and stupid God you make Him out to be.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She could tell them that, but would they believe her after she’d already sent them clear across the city? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘So we believe. Leo has to be alive.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“But I am afraid it is rather complex, and not the easiest of matters to explain, or believe.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Johnny Carson didn’t believe it, noted that there were about 120 people in the studio audience, and asked how many of them shared his birthday of, say, March 19. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “You don’t believe I’ll ever be back, do you?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He favored it, believed it was polio, and felt secretly connected to the late President Roosevelt for that reason. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess it’s just hard to believe that right now,” I said. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think the sailors knew you were listening? Don’t you think they’re up there right now laughing their heads off about that stupid boy who was eavesdropping and believed all their lies?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, “I believe I do. Do you want to meet them?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I am fond of Jack, and to the end I will strictly believe that he has much feeling for me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As reported in the Chicago Daily News, black leaders believed in black people’s freedom to spend their money “wherever the white man’s money is good.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s a royal treasure of the Amazons —to be claimed only by our most courageous warrior, if you believe the prophecy.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I believe those are holographic projections,” said Andrew Peckleman, waving up at a statue that was waving down at him. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She stared at Henry sitting to the left of Mr. O’Hanlon, and she did not believe what she saw . . . . . . but they were sitting all over the courtroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I believe in my decision with absolute certainty, a certainty that thrums through every cell in my body. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you believe him when he says I never eat. You are a scientist, Dr. Lanning. Think of the logic required. I have not been observed to eat, therefore, I never eat Q.E.D. After all!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Even if what I said was true, that tone of voice told me she didn’t believe me, and I’d better come up with a more convincing story. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you believe in an afterlife? Nick, do Jewish people believe in heaven?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t believe him. But Patrick says he never even showed that picture to David Marcel. He wouldn’t.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Eddington was shocked by that implication, and he refused to believe Chandrasekhar’s result. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She believed that punk is about what you DO! The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I believe that she had as large a funeral as Chicago has seen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s wrong with trying to do well in school and sports? What’s wrong with having a nice lifestyle? I can’t believe that she sounded”—I hunted for the right word—“jealous of her own daughter! ” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She had believed she had hardened herself to any further pain he could cause her, but she’d been wrong. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But Gallup was a dangerous place, and by the time they realized what had happened to them, they must have believed it was too late to go home. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But despite my own situation, I do not believe that there is a large enough need for useful information about losing two parents twice. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I believed her goodwill would in turn lead to the queen’s favor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I want to believe her, but it’s so hard to stay positive. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe how quickly he returned, carrying a bundle under his arm. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

More Americans than twenty years ago believe it possible to start out poor, work hard, and become rich. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t—I mean I didn’t have any opinion either way—but I thought it would help if he believed that I was a strong Loyalist. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I know how that feels. Your dad not believing in you. That’s a bad feeling right there.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I know my survival is hard to believe. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you didn’t believe in destiny,” said Emma, assessing me skeptically. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I do not believe in ghosts, unless they are just lingering atoms from the dead; atoms that didn’t know how to let go of one another. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The pretty one is Meg, and the curly-haired one is Amy, I believe?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Florence was calmly accepting the sacrilegious game we were playing, but then it didn’t matter to him, he didn’t believe. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe how lucky I am to even witness it—to be the one who gets to have it, and so much of it, is beyond luck and feels like fate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A lot of them emigrated, if you can believe the news. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rondon believed this wood would be perfect for making the new canoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“In this climate of heightened accountability, some believe that schools will give instructional time only to subjects that are included in high-stakes testing,” it states. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was as if he believed that they shared a series of intrinsic jokes that did not need to be verbalized. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The kind of parents who bought canned soup, lied to their kids about Santa Claus, believed everything they read in their history books and didn’t really talk about their feelings. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think I believe her, but I’m not sure. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I further believe that personality seeps into walls and is slowly released. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t forgotten he had a dog, but he still couldn’t believe it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

What should I believe? thought Shadow, and the voice came back to him from somewhere deep beneath the world, in a bass rumble: Believe everything. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Most people would have written me off as a delusional lunatic, but Diego treated me like he believed what I was saying, or at least believed that I believed it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Having been in the house, I could well believe him; but if he knew what I know, he would, I think, have raised his terms. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Most people believed in the miracle and they even lighted candles and celebrated novenas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My father would not have believed in the possibility of sub-rosa vocations. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped what Asif was saying was true, but I found it hard to believe. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I believe in things that can’t be observed now, because I don’t. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know Ma misses him and believes he is alive somewhere. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do believe I may have some canned peaches somewhere down here as well. Follow me.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It is for use in fieldwork with extreme biohazards that are believed to be airborne. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recalling the Mars Jars experiments, Vishniac believed that life was tenacious and that Antarctica was perfectly consistent with microbiology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed in magic, like a child, and in ghosts, like a peasant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“In fact,” I said, “now that I think of it, I believe I’ve already decided some of it! I think Nemur and Strauss are both wrong!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that someone like Kaori lived in such an ordinary house. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But some days, that was hard to believe. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could dare to believe that even a dictator of a small country might have a moment of unintended kindness. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Silas said, “Out there, the man who killed your family is, I believe, still looking for you, still intends to kill you.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I wished I knew how to make Diego believe me; I wished the aliens had abducted him, too, so we could have watched the stars together. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There is reason to believe that recollection was an ex post facto elaboration; those on the scene recall a sensation more suggestive of relief and euphoria in the air. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was as if they believed their own mortal souls would be in peril if they did not give us the benefit of worship on Sunday. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Believing in perfect places was as stupid as believing in unicorns, or that a TV personality was a good substitute for a real momma. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

In a nutshell: Scientists believed that a human’s reaction time was immeasurably fast—infinite, as some scientists put it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I believe you are right,” said the old mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It seemed to take him a long time to believe in the rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The messenger even went to the extreme of violating a military secret so that they would believe his identity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘I believe seven or eight of them were killed in that first volley.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was my prayer, and I believed God was with me on this. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And she was absolutely sure no one would believe her if she tried to explain it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I turned back to my accounts, saying: 'Merely condensation, I believe, Miss Kenton.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I do not believe a word of what I read. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe we did all this, like Arthur was ever actually going to be here. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And only minutes before he saw them on the execution grounds, Shin had believed he would be shot because of their recklessness. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I find that hard to believe. Then again, my life has been so insane lately, nothing would really surprise me.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“The slightest air of disbelief offends it, naturally. How would you feel if people refused to believe in you?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Can you believe who is responsible for that small girl Urenwa’s pregnancy?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We pretended, for what if one of us still did believe? all the skilled workers had already been sent to other camps. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do believe I’m falling in love with that boy. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

People believed in him, but the person they believed in was a lie. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At first, the FLN believed they could defeat the French militarily, Dr. Mustafa said, then realized that a pure military victory was impossible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say this because she believed it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Cool. A burger. And fries. You said fries, right? You won’t believe this, man, but I got rich parents, too.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“One can’t believe everything one hears on that radio, here,” he said pleasantly. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All of us could not believe how beautiful the skyline looked. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You believe this? That you’re deeply in love? And therefore you’ve come to me for this...this deferral? Why? Why did you come to me?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I got to believing that because Sophia loves me, we are the same. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt badly wanted to argue his case, but he knew Celia wouldn’t believe him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at her father sitting to the right of Mr. O’Hanlon, and she did not believe what she saw. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to believe his motivation was to save and preserve the treasures of the art world. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then she asks you not to believe Mrs. Moore, who has never committed a crime in her life. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would not help her state of mind, to go down looking like, or believing she looked like, Shirley Temple. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

People believed the words of the tortoise, the crow, and the prophet. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up to the beginning of this century people believed in an absolute time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed this because he felt, for mystical reasons, that the earth was the center of the universe, and that circular motion was the most perfect. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They believed in preparing for the Second Coming; we were actually prepared. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As it was, I had to find some way to pass the time and trick my students into believing that they were getting an education. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Really? I don’t believe it. I think they wear them to show they are chamois hunters. Are there chamois near here?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe it. Seriously. We made it through the whole night—never been done before.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She swallowed all her fear and panic even though she still doesn’t fully believe that I’m not sick. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I believe they took me for his sister. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anybody who believes that has never been called a name.This is what I think about names. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

"He believes my gruff demeanor is the reason you disobeyed orders in the garden." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

One of these people, I believe, is Mr. James Ito, but young young. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And I do believe,” she said, cool and calm as you please, though I bet her knees were shaking, “I do believe here comes my husband now!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“That I can well believe. We are looking for my son who is named Murugan, and he works with one Birla, who is a doctor.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we believe it is safe, we leave to find our foster family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agents, believing that she was about to die, tried to persuade her to give a confession. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

No, I wasn’t ready to believe this was my reality. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People believe what they want to believe,” Rowan said, with a sort of authority that told Citra he knew the truth of it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That had really surprised Papa, because he had always believed that there were special people—people born special, just like he was born to cook. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Mad to believe your word alone! The price must be silence, utter silence!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He told them as little as possible about the funding shortage, and they went to bed that night believing all would be well. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, shaking her head, like she doesn’t believe it herself. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I can’t believe I’m here in our nation’s capital! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In one South Dakota community, however, the local operator believed the Martians had invaded. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The house in which Bryce and Sarah Ruth lived was so small and crooked that Edward did not believe, at first, that it was a house. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“Right. Faith in God. That's a good idea. I'd also like to believe that I could fly into outer space on the fluffy backs of giant penguins and screw Katherine XIX in zero gravity.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And I believed her, or forced myself to believe her. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was known that I had visited Ross, had taken notes on his life, and it was believed that I had been politically influenced by him, though in what way was not stated. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe I can best highlight the difference between the generations by expressing myself figuratively. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guy looks at me like he can’t believe what my mom just said. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I had been sure we’d beat him by ten lengths, and it was only four. It’s funny that nobody’d believe me when I said this horse could run.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opens up his eyes like he’s trying to hypnotize me into believing him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She acted as if she really believed people in this world cared about other people and would actually stick their neck out, just because she did that for other people. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

We have been working too hard for too long, and I believe it has started to snow.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Even though June and her mom don’t believe in Jesus, they still celebrate Christmas. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But less than half believed black people wanted to move into white neighborhoods, take over politics, and enroll in white schools. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

People on both sides spoke the same language and could easily make believe they were Tories or Patriots. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he believe he could conceal his crime behind an apparent kindness, behind this show of being the good shepherd? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some researchers believe this was our original niche. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t believe him, like I didn’t believe him when he said he didn’t know how all the files I bookmarked about Guillermo got deleted. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He couldn't take his eyes off Basta in particular, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Among the Dinka, the tortoise is believed to be very smart. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't believe he's going to pay anything at all.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Were there more firms like Levy Pants, 1 do believe that America’s working forces would be better adjusted to their tasks. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, I believe in giving my kids names that mean something. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe it . . . she was going to let me go! The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like the images and didn’t know what these people believed, only that it was laughable. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The foundation didn’t believe I could make it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Everyone, this is Tris Prior. I believe you may have heard a lot about her yesterday.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She decided that she didn’t believe at all what Mrs. Borkowski said about daylight stars and deep holes. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And your friend couldn’t believe it, either, because when he grabbed the doorknob again, he didn’t rush right in. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the poor, Jim and Paul believed, was also morally indefensible, and the world was beginning to recognize that. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

If I could believe in myself, why not give other improbabilities the benefit of the doubt? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was good advice, and we all agreed Mamá would be the only one who would ever believe us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe people went to school here. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was never frightened of her; he never actually believed that she would succeed in killing him, or that she really wanted to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see that Vic has a large selection of ties in his closet, leading me to believe that he likes wearing them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I still can’t believe I’m here. I’m in my boyfriend’s living room. I have a boyfriend. You are that boyfriend. This is your living room.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I can't believe I didn't buy a deck of cards for us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My own apartment was, I believe, originally designed as a one-bedroom flat with a dining room, kitchen, living room, and nursery. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Rather impious of mortal man to do the gods two better, but there you are. The stone roads of Valyria were one of Longstrider’s nine. The fifth, I believe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Managers may truly believe that, without their unremitting efforts, all work would quickly grind to a halt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a boy, I believed in God by believing in His Church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Dante believed you had to tell the truth in words. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I cringed when my sister asked, “How can you possibly believe that?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

C.P. couldn’t believe that Clement would want to shake his hand without a good reason, a strategic one. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t believe how quickly the light disappeared. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“No,” Ben says, “but I believe it. I believe it for you. And that’s why it’s hope.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And isn’t that what the author of Blink ought to believe as well? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Searcy told Mama that he believed he wouldn’t come in the house. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Nan had told him the same story once, Bran remembered, but when he asked Robb if it was true, his brother laughed and asked him if he believed in grumkins too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Like the Babylonians, he believed the world to have once been water. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that they believed butterflies were special creatures and wish givers. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

For my part I believe the black lawyer who tells me that there is never a day in his life when he forgets he is black. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So many people, like Sam, didn’t believe in me and doubted my potential. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She believed his words, but only for as long as he was there. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My comprehending, my believing the teachings of Mr. Muhammad had only required my mind’s saying to me, “That’s right!” or “I never thought of that.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes wanted to see them so much that I believed it was them. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about that, the more I believed it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Adam said, “Do you mean these Chinese men believe the Old Testament?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had matured, and was no longer an excitable youth, but his politics had not changed in the least; he still believed that it would be impossible to defeat the right without a violent revolution. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because maybe even after everything that’s happened, I still wanted to believe in that last shred of magic. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He paused, waiting for a spark of recognition, and couldn’t believe that it wasn’t forthcoming. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The general believed that, sooner or later, Afghanistan would be freed, the monarchy restored, and his services would once again be called upon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had his whistle in his hand, but he was so jammed into the crowd about the door that he did not believe he would be able to get his hand to his mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Señora Oralia let out another hearty guffaw and shook her head as if she couldn’t believe what she was telling us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

No one believes the end is in sight. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe this is your last week of classes,” Dad said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe it’s over. They all think it’s over but I don’t believe it.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you’re suddenly going to believe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I ask, hardly able to believe my eyes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We wait a few minutes until we believe the body fluids have all floated past us before fetching our water. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Daedalus died in the Battle of the Labyrinth, the entire maze had collapsed—or so Annabeth believed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I did not care if he knew I was not looking at him, because even if I said I knew the difference between truth and lies, he would not believe me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He told himself he didn't believe in any of it, but he had to, because Broughton-Smith's warts were gone, and because the next morning, Kingshaw saw him, looking and looking at him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The actual quote was: "It seems hard to sneak a look at God’s cards. But that He plays dice and uses ‘telepathic’ methods...is something that I cannot believe for a single moment." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that I didn’t believe you,” she answered defensively. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But if he’s a preacher,” I said, “and he believes in a different hell. ...” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And I believed it, I believed him, even though we had not heard from the lawyers and were not sure. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the grossest thing I’d ever heard, and I didn’t believe it for a second. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

To hang up the phone and fall back to sleep, wake up the next morning believing my call had been some crazy, late-night, Chinese-food-fueled dream. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then we’ll visit Anne’s secret attic in Amsterdam to pay homage to the young woman who in the worst possible situation still believed that “in spite of it all, people are really good at heart.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Doha could not believe what he was seeing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I do not believe that it takes a genius to pierce to the heart of a situation to which Southern chivalry once gave, among other things, the mulatto. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t believe we made him or that Earth exists or space or stars.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

"I'm getting better about spending time indoors, Kabir, can you believe it? When the rains start, I'm thinking I might be more comfortable inside." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s a liar and a satan and you should never believe him.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why you don’t find this so hard to believe.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

For he couldn't believe what he had said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Knightley looked at him with amazement, then shrugged his shoulders, and said, “I could not have believed it even of him.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Army Counter-Intelligence and the FBI still believed Oppenheimer was sneaking information to the Soviets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m surprised to find that I believe it— surprised to find that I agree with Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to believe she was no longer worthy of their attention or maybe that it was wrong to look at her now, that there was something perverse about it, and they averted their gaze. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“So you’re just being polite. You don’t believe in Jesus Christ at all.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Later, Shay. I can’t believe you don’t have a single morph. Please.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“And they will fight for me, you believe?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What that meant nobody knew, but some believed that the men from the encampment would be called down there to fight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believed in my heart it was true—that I could let God redeem my past. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas figured they either didn’t understand or didn’t believe him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I believe you. But how does she know him?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

You can make them, but you don’t believe them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Plus, even though the Bible supposedly says that all atheists will go to Hell, I don’t believe it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She’d taught her students that if people took the time and effort, they’d still believe in what America pretended to stand for. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I do not pretend to fix on times or places, but I must tell you that I have good reason to believe your little friend will soon hear of something to her advantage.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

And when the boss whistled and said it was quitting time I couldn’t believe it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He distanced himself from the women and any publicity, believing that diplomacy was the best tactic. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And leave a message. They open on Monday. I can’t believe this.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

So when the Nazis said they were moving us to Sachsenhausen because the camp needed workers, none of us believed them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if he also believes we’re about to die and wants me to create something before I do, but I follow his lead. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Izzy could not believe that someone could endure this kind of pain and survive. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t believe they’ll move the army all the way out to the Berkshires.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ned knew that she and a young man had begun courting, and he believed her tears must have resulted from something he had said or done. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And believe it or not, the day before we left on this campaign trip, we got a message from Union Station in Baltimore, saying they had a package for us. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I know you not gon’ believe this, but I drank all those beers.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even after the Central High School registrar came out to announce on a microphone that we had been removed, not everyone believed her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say I believed it or I didn’t believe it,” she said, and scanned the table for the folder of matches. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t believe me, but I’m telling the truth. Something must have happened to him. He would never just go off without telling me.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I knew she was only eight, but I couldn’t believe she could be this stupid. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“What fresh and unusual ideas you have,” said Spurge, “but our experts believe it was carved in celebration of a goblin massacre.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I just did some research and you will not believe what’s for sale down by the marina.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If he could just believe it was the man who had robbed him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you suppose they really believe that?" the president said to his national security adviser, Robert "Bud" McFarlane. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t. But I don’t believe in defeat. Though it may be better.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Like everyone else, Louie was daunted by Lash, but the first three runners would go to Berlin, and he believed he could be among them. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t believe our eyes nor our ears nor the fresh sting in our noses. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then she woke up the next morning and felt better, and had to admit that she did believe it, maybe just a little. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He whimpered, not believing that his mind was incapable of figuring a way out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe anything about him, either,” Ruth Parkinson said angrily. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t believe were going to get any summer at all—not that we ever did, of course. You don’t look too blooming,” he said to Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

If I had believed that we could ignore these eight minutes, I would have patched up my hypothesis accordingly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for her to start grilling me about the crush thing, but after multiple days of me insisting there’s no such thing, I think she’s finally started to believe me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

You sure is ugly, she say, like she ain’t believed it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I, who treasured my children more than my own life, couldn’t believe my sister would leave her son for anything. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bringing fortune to our house! Making Fruitless Mountain bloom! You’re always wishing to do impossible things! Stop believing stories and stop wasting your time.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

What you want to believe, you believe, and what you don’t want to believe, you don’t. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The state was dreamlike, as if the hysteria had freed me from a fiction that, five minutes before, I had needed to believe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think even she believed we’d be able to do that. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although there was still a threat of an Indian attack, Rondon believed this was their best chance to build two small canoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“He drowned that summer—I believe he let that iron collar just take him on down,” Teenie told her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like contemporary astrologers, the Olmec, Maya, and Zapotec believed that celestial phenomena like the phases of the moon and Venus affect daily life. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You don’t believe in God? Not even a little?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You know. At first I believed that project was quite useless, as you are sometimes quite useless, Alaric, but now I realize it was actually clever,” Jonafren said, and he opened his eyes wide. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, that was it. Oh that was it, but how can you believe that? How can you believe that? I can’t even make myself pretend that you could believe that.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the college people and suburbanites believe it is the ecological thing to do. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a question of believing or not believing. He just needs to hear the story from you,” Miss Larsen says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The wise woman and her love potions are not so secret as some ladies believe. Courtiers, too, have resorted to her remedies and advice.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But he had a history of taking over territories he considered German, and he and his ambassadors believed that people of German heritage owed “complete subservience” to their “home country.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nora must be thinking the same thing I am, because she says, “I can’t believe you have to go back in two days.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t believe all the stories, but I did believe Jamal. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the amazing things about America is the way it can both undermine you and keep you believing in your own possibilities, pumping you with hope. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cara could see that now, and she could believe it was true, even if all the rest of it still didn’t make any sense to her. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you believe it! She had the time of her life whining about us. ‘You’re all going straight to hell, yesss,’” the She Elephant said in a perfect imitation. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And believe it or not, the first was getting beat nekkid. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

In that study, 60 percent of viewers who saw a story with no image falsely recalled seeing one, and 70 percent of those viewers believed the perpetrator to be African American. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He nods quickly, like he almost believes it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

How could a man who had been the warden of a prison—who was the Law Commissioner—be so wishy-washy when it came to what he believed? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Hard as it was for him to accept, he had come to believe that they had been fighting the wrong people for years. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He believed he would go mad without hearing more. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had never graduated from college but had fooled hospital officials into believing he was a trained physician with expertise in psychiatry. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With everlasting gratitude, your friend, Ezekial Freeman She could not believe it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

My face reflected the seriousness of what I believed was at stake, how important the choice that lay before our nation really was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Styx Malone didn’t believe in miracles, but he was one. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Yet another notable difference between Jim Crow and mass incarceration is that many African Americans seem to support the current system of control, while most believe the same could not be said of Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She demanded, right up in my face, “Don’t you believe there are any good white people?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still believed that these were the “captain” and “whistle” Halliday was referring to. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Cedric looked as though he couldn’t believe his ears; then his face split in a grin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe she looked like—like this. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He nods like he believes me, then pops a toothpick in his mouth. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really believe he may not have suffered very much, because the bad air had turned him silly: but I wish I hadn’t seen it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me—they showed you test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You made this mess?” she said, like she couldn’t quite believe it, like what she’d expected me to say was that a roving band of house wreckers had come through during the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not trying to get myself any treasure, I’m not trying to take anything for personal gain. Can you believe that?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t believe a word of it!” said Doge at once. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were a little green, but even so, Brian couldn’t believe how sweet and rich they were—like small domestic plums, with a little more tang to them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was an unsettling current in his voice, a genuinely conspiratorial note, as though he believed literally everything that had been said. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if the intentions of the merchant were not honorable, you’d better believe that she’d be heading in their direction to inform them of their malfeasance and impropriety. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

To put it another way, Cheskin believed that most of us don’t make a distinction—on an unconscious level—between the package and the product. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Besides, unlike the others, he believed that, overall, the expedition was going well. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Of course I do. You don’t have to go to church to believe.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the daytime, it was hard to believe what had happened to Gomo’s son and wife. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Death row prisoners were constantly advising him, but he had no way of knowing whom to believe. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Imagine: You’ve been brainwashed into believing that your blood is tainted. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“He believes what is true,” I said with anger. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My Little Tomato,” Marcus said, and he made a sort of laugh, like he also couldn’t believe we were actually talking. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You won't believe what I'm going to tell you,” she said as she threw ashes over his excrement in order to pick it up with the shovel. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It is what I have always believed to be true,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Ophelia, that nothing is as it seems at Elsinore. Gertrude wept as the rites were read, and I believe her grief was real, but Claudius betrayed neither satisfaction nor sorrow.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

So much so that some people believed that the Nhambiquara were essentially a myth. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

My mother began to receive two checks—a Welfare check and, I believe, widow’s pension. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to know she believed in him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I just can’t believe I’m talking about theater with another guy and he’s not slamming my face into a toilet. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I believe you, she said, after a long pause. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As many times as Big Ma said it, I never fully believed it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A part of him just couldn’t believe it was real. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you believe I’ll also be able to make it out?” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe he’s asking me what I’m doing in our own living room! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“A man of bones. You can’t be up to your eyeballs in bones and not believe in enchanted places.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They no longer believe it’s possible to reach America. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She refused to believe I was her son. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe there is a little maggot in her brain whispers I don’t have two farthings to clink.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And if they chanced to look down and see me struggling underneath them, they saw that even the crooked girl believed her own life was precious. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one, least of all the Queen, would believe a word of her story. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a true gentlemouse he believed in tempering triumph with mercy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The officer claimed that Prince had tried to run him over with his jeep, and I knew that the prosecutors would believe him. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“So you believe things happen for a reason?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You won’t believe who posted your freestyle from the other night,” he says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“All on your lonesome?” he says, like I bragged on going to the moon and back and he didn’t quite believe me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God they could put their faith there and let the smaller securities take care of themselves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the SS was ordered to kill several other political opponents and anyone whom Hitler believed had betrayed the Nazi movement. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Oh, I knew it well, who had believed in grieving's seemliness; I knew it as well as she—Clytie—knew it. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the way down the three flights of stairs I wouldn’t believe it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You have to believe your father will return.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

How can you believe in thunderstorms when all you see is a mostly clear sky? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Grandpa didn’t have electricity or running water and didn’t believe in hiring colored help. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And I tell you, I could not believe it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugged, shoulders thick with sudden irritability, as though he could not believe she did not recognize her good fortune. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Things had been going wrong for so long, it was hard to believe they might go right at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nor do I, nor does anyone. It is very cryptic. I believe no one will fully understand it until the final moment has arrived,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you had told me the truth, I could have believed you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My son is leading a host to war, she thought, still only half believing it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I am a stupid woman. I am the one who believed all his lies.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Walter at times expressed frustration that people didn't believe him when he told them he had received nothing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe I was actually addressing the Ogden Morrow. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There’s something in his voice that makes me believe him, and the pallor on Fulvia’s face confirms it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Liyana’s family believed in God and goodness and hope and positive thinking and praying. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I regarded him with impassivity, I believe; for he wished me to be sorrowful, to wince at some degradation; but I was aware of no sentiment of horror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He wants us to believe that because he wasn't in the drugstore when the robbery went down, he wasn't involved. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not believe I was now going to the table of sixteen. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He had longed for this life, and never quite believed he would have it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I can’t leave them,” I said, knowing he wouldn’t believe me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe that if a guy gives a girl an orange, her love for him will multiply.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In White’s desperation to get Hale, he’d committed the ultimate sin of an evidence man and believed, despite apparent contradictions, what he wanted to believe. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I believe a lot of it was true.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

By the grace of a god I never really liked, much less believed in, my mother is actually coming back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Would she really believe all that stuff about ugliness again, or would she remember how someone could be beautiful even without surgery? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t believe it could be Alaska, either, until I figured out that she was the only person on campus who could've known what Marya was doing. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

You can only believe they are men and women by their beards and breasts, and the grown-up way they move to protect their children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she didn't believe me, but I also knew she knew that whatever I wasn't telling her, I wasn't telling her for a reason. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I believe he asked you too. You referred him to me,” replied Mother. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only I still couldn’t believe she’d have had the nerve to. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey was my partner, which—believe it or not—worked out great because he let me do whatever I wanted. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Liyana’s mother believed a whole lot in karma, the Hindu belief that what someone does in this world will come back to him or her—maybe not the day after tomorrow, but eventually. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He said to himself that he would wait, thinking it would pass, but meanwhile he thought of the pretty pale young maid more than he himself would believe he did. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But do I guess right that that is how you believe? Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan believed one thing above all else: that the Lord notices righteousness, and rewards it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this leads, imperceptibly but inevitably, to a state of mind in which, having long ago learned to expect the worst, one finds it very easy to believe the worst. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I’m about to tell you this. I secretly think I’m going to drown.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe I’d ever wanted to be near to him myself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might have been responding to the need in Tessie’s eyes, her desperate yearning to believe that there was something instead of nothing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t believe in my ability to beat her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I could say we drove a chariot pulled by camels and they’d believe me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We have quite forgotten that there are such things, and even now we hardly believe our eyes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe it is true, what Gareth said. I believe they are coming to catch us tonight!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few heartbeats I believe my mouth falls open. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe this girl was talking to me again. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Mark couldn’t believe the absurd words coming out of this lady’s mouth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“My dear madam! Nobody but yourself could imagine such a thing possible. Not heard of you!—I believe Mrs. Weston’s letters lately have been full of very little else than Mrs. Elton.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have believed the screams could get any louder, but they did, and when she saw why, her hearts—or the memory of them—gave a lurch of savage hope. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Gram,” I said, “do you really believe these stories? I mean, princesses trapped in towers and things like that?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I believe it! Look. You got qualms, tell me about them. Because you related? Your daddy’s more related than you are, and it’s his idea.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But what matters is only that Claudius believes me to be truly dead. Does he?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Asked to state what he believed caused the strike, Mink “testified that the cause...was simple—-the infection of ‘the Bolshevik spirit’ among the ‘foreigners.’ 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I remain committed to my eyes-on-the-shoes strategy, so I’m not sure but believe he’s released his grip on my arm so he can accompany the ranting in Spanish with flailing hand gestures. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Rather than convincing me of the righteousness of this kind of believing, rather than making me certain of its correctness, it made me question, and doubt, all the more. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I know it looks hard,” said Elisha, “from the outside, especially when you young. But you believe me, boy, you can’t find no greater joy than you find in the service of the Lord.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I do, I look at her and say, “Then why did you come, if you didn’t believe him?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I want to believe that a twelve-year-old can be a hero, but my gut tells me my mother wants me to stay hidden. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for my father she wouldn’t have done drugs and believed that she couldn’t do any better than standing on a street corner asking for money. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe he was only eighteen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Somehow, some way, I believe in my heart that we can make this happen. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, I didn’t, I tell myself, but I’m not sure if I believe it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But as the climb goes on, you grow accustomed to the exposure, you get used to rubbing shoulders with doom, you come to believe in the reliability of your hands and feet and head. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patrick Prendergast believed his appointment as corporation counsel was about to occur. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You expect me to believe that you—a scrawny child—gave the Shetani of the Greater Jungle a command and it obeyed?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I believe Owen Williams told you about me.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many shed their tribal cloth and embraced Western culture, a way of life over 350 years of white oppression had deluded them into believing was better than their own. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were times when he could hardly believe he was still on the same planet. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grampa had warned me about Dad’s crazy ideas and that someday he might want to leave Mississippi, but I never believed him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe I’m watching Dylan and Harriett walk off together like they don’t have this history of not speaking for the past four months. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

An idea had planted itself during my teary ride home—an idea so ridiculous I couldn’t believe I was entertaining it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sam kept saying, “I can’t believe I didn’t think of it before. You guys are great together.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Time stopped in this small grove of trees, and he wanted to believe he could spend the rest of his life sitting here drinking soda, eating whatever he wanted. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Apparently, the Titans didn’t believe in restrictions like that. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A perk of being a goody two shoes is that Barb will probably believe me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She raised her eyebrows finally, and smiled, and I believed the smile. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He believed that a young lawyer had more political opportunities in a small-town practice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girlfriend was one of the best spies the British had, but fortunately for Washington, when her report reached Clinton, he did not believe it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This has been one of the most terrible shocks of my life to me I hardly can believe it that it is true at all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was strong because I fought for what I believed in and I never gave up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And what would they do if they didn’t believe her? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I know that you all believe me weak, frightened, feeble. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I think Leah and Adah also believed these things, in their own different ways, and that is why none of us moved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis believed that the camps instilled obedience, discipline, and respect for hard physical labor. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because he believed himself right, and he kept on believing himself right—after the first car crash, after the second, after the bin, the fire, the pallet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“See how he looks so youthful, who would believe he is eighty?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I still believe it will work,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even in silence, she gives me the confidence to do what I believe is right, to trust my own perceptions. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of Pickett’s executives had already been arrested and were believed to be cooperating with the police. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“That gun was stuffed full of live ammunition, can you believe it?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, not wanting to believe his words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“In a lifeboat? Come on, Mr. Patel, it’s just too hard to believe!” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I for one could go weeks hardly thinking about them, and there were even days when a defiant surge of courage would make me think: “How could we believe rubbish like that?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I can't believe you would be so stupid," Leo snarls at Mina. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She also found it hard to believe that we could get to America with the help of white people; it seemed like an impossible dream. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Slept through all the fun, believe it or not.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I told your mother not to marry a Curry, but did she believe me?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone who’d believed in him and was now counting on him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It seems impossible to believe I was just in a room with fourteen other people just like me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They believed that they were called by their god to create a new place where they could practice their own religion without having to live among those who did not believe as they did. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Yes, I can believe it. May the gods curse him.... He was never the same after his quest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I got to see that. I don’t believe it. Where they going—Africa?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I've been thinking about it all the way back from your cottage and I believe I've got just a tiny little bit of an idea." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He believed the president was moving too slowly to find a negotiated settlement. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe that some witches wanted to give Spares more rights. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

True, everyone referred to this area as "the lake," but it was still hard to believe that this dry wasteland was once full of water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

So, the fact that Gabriel believed our town needed that bird to exist made absolute sense to me, whether I liked it or not. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It came out sassy, but Miss Ellis just squinted her eyes and went on: “It’s hard to believe that it was all your money.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And after all these years was thrilled to see what she believed was one of them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many, perhaps most, economists go further and believe that good institutions are overwhelmingly the most important explanation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Who would have thought anyone would really believe that about her? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got home from Clover, I called again saying, “I brought something back for you from Clover—you won’t believe what’s happened down there.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And although my father was not a fisherman but a pharmacist’s assistant who had once been a doctor in China, he believed in his nengkan, his ability to do anything he put his mind to. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam didn’t quite believe the line, but they’d been taught it all their lives. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The trained ear, he believed, could pick up the softness and flexibility of the female style. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A Baptist minister from Vermont who had come to Wyoming two weeks before the election said that he believed he had witnessed a miracle. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Many scientists believed that since patients were treated for free in the public wards, it was fair to use them as research subjects as a form of payment. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe that sentiment, but still, there has to be a logical explanation for the horribleness of this day. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was either an amazing feat of stubbornness or naiveté, I thought, for someone who had seen so much death and suffering to still believe so unconditionally that everyone was as stand-up as he was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

On small things I was thrifty enough; no expenditures on “carousing,” flashy clothes, or any of the other indulgences that are often smugly believed to undermine the budgets of the poor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some listeners missed the program’s beginning and, at first, believed the newsflashes. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘After this we will not meet again, for I believe Gage knows all about us. He might be moved to arrest Mr. Lorne. He might send soldiers to arrest us all.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to believe this, but Dad has changed his date!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Oppenheimer believes that this method will not work,” wrote Wallace. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe we were getting away with this. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I am writing these words in 1984, but this grandfather of mine was born, believe it or not, in 1820, shortly after Wellington had defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still believes that if we do what they want, they’ll get bored and leave us alone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some scientists believe the Appalachians experienced a fourth, earlier mountain-building episode, called the Grenville Orogeny, and that there may have been others earlier still. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As long as I kept my eyes on the spire, I almost believed he couldn’t touch me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Many settlers on the borders of Indigenous territories believed that the newly created, professional US military might not support their interests. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

They seem to be accusing him of plotting to destroy the Chateau de Saint-Malo, though why they might believe this is not clear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Why, then, do so many people believe in astrology? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The six men turned to look at Chronicler, as if they couldn’t quite believe what they had heard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hope he still believes that Audrey really is my girl as he looks at the two figures sitting in front of the big screen—just two silhouettes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I believe I will always take the right turn of the road.’ Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe your talent is above what we could develop here. There is a summer program, however, in Vilnius.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she believes that acting the part of the livid parent will make the consequences less severe for me, show that I was merely being a ridiculous child, that I’m not a threat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t believe her, but she told him the story in enough detail that he became convinced she was telling the truth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They believe they cannot get started in life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I thought I might have to carry her to the car. I can’t believe you let her sit up all night.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t believe it; we’d come a long way, as far back over the hills as I could see, and that was a couple of miles. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe he doesn’t want to know about his family,” I said as we watched him walk toward the house. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You gone have to ask yourself, Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And although he did not for a minute believe this herd of thundering clowns was going to flush Joe Mondragon, he never let that belief disturb his concentration on the job at hand. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, the money, I believe $1.50 a week, was a big help then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew then it was him, but I couldn’t hardly believe it! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You have no right to photograph my students. You can’t use those pictures without permission, and believe me, you won’t get it.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Hanako could not believe their luck to find this woman in a starving country selling these beautiful cakes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As if heeding Uri’s words, bread soon became something more to believe in than to eat. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Did Paul really believe that he could possibly be entitled to money that didn’t exist, from a math contest he’d only just found out about? Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

At first my grandmother couldn’t believe me, but as I went on about the workbooks and circles, she dissolved into another round of laughter. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not my assessment, believe me. If I were a scholar, I could have made a case for it, but you see, I’m not important, either.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You guys. You think everything’s about hormones. Hormones and periods. If men ever got periods, believe me, you’d all be in a ball on the ground from cramps.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I—I—it’s hard to believe—even when you see it happen.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We look alike if we can believe our own eyes!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If Father really believes what he says, that there is a most important ten percent, then one day I may make the choice to go to Boston. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

‘Then it’s up to us to find a way of making her believe in them,’ Sophie said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention; and, by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The small children believed she was a witch, but they were wrong. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may reply, I do have hope, in that I do not believe our race shall perish. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A series of small coincidences that we say means everything because we want to believe that our tiny lives matter on a galactic scale. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some entomologists believe that the ant’s food habits have changed as it has become more abundant, so that observations made several decades ago have little value now. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t believe how cruel they can be. You wouldn’t believe it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe I hadn’t really thought about a hard candy maybe being dangerous. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Since the nobles are more perceptive and cunning, they always have time to save themselves, seeking the favours of the side they believe will prevail. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

O’Neill had been gracious and attentive, but there was no reason to believe Jesse was an inch closer to getting into school. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had he believed Van Eck had the blessing of the Merchant Council? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The sort of magic I hadn’t believed in since I was six. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She’ll be allowed to nurse the baby, for a few months, they believe in mother’s milk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got there, I couldn’t believe I was still sweating, since it felt like anything liquid must have baked out of me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I believe you have mononucleosis,” the doctor said after examining me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Others are silent because they believe hiding the truth will protect friends and family members—e.g., The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe this was the same Padre de Jesus talking who several months back hadn’t know his faith from his fear! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had come to believe such things in the United States. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Because the Inka was believed to be an immortal deity, his mummy was treated, logically enough, as if it were still living. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But that had been yesterday, and he had told Jean then, believing it to be true, that the travelers were fine, and on their way home. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And I believe it was then, looking on that view, that I began for the first time to adopt a frame of mind appropriate for the journey before me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve made it clear I want cremation, but my mom doesn’t believe in it. ” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I mean, I believed it, but, you know, I was surprised! Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The praetor was too alone, too bitter and betrayed to believe anything could go right for her ever again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Anyone who conspires cannot act alone, nor can he find companions except from amongst those whom he believes to be discontented. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He believed a man should work hard with his hands, that toil and sweat were evidence of a virtuous life. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe that I had the courage to go through the center of the line and dance in front of 500 people. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She told me this over and over and over, and I tried to hug her back, but I couldn’t match her tears, and I couldn’t believe her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe with all this technology, in a ship that traveled across the galaxy, the same flint lighter from my seventh grade chemistry lab is what they have on the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mark couldn’t believe how heavily he was breathing.“Okay ... okay. Sorry. But... just hurry.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I don’t believe you. You’ve got good ol’ boy written over every square inch of that body.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The truth is, despite the fact that I don’t believe in miracles, I was hoping for one. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I guess what I’m saying is I believe now. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Cutie sounded grim, “Globes of energy millions of miles across! Worlds with three billion humans on them! Infinite emptiness! Sorry, Powell, but I don’t believe it. I’ll puzzle this thing out for myself. Good-by.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“I have always believed that raising kids means more than just being a good parent and trying to do the right things,” Papa went on, his voice beginning to wobble. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Also, he believed he was much smarter than the Jackboots. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I opposed the May Day strike on the grounds that the ANC had not originated the campaign, believing that we should concentrate on our own campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe that was only six months ago. Wow. Seems like so much longer.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And, I believe, words....You understand, an argument....I don’t know. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I said to him, “You don’t believe me, I’ll show you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We could hardly believe it,” Jesse later told me, recalling that first morning when they gazed up at a squat, ugly, four- story apartment complex facing a suburban highway. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers believing that he was dying, that perhaps he was already dead. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It makes as much sense as believing that a technical knowledge of molecular biology will render a person unappreciative of the mysteries and complexities of life. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head in doubt, though my heart throbbed at his words and I wanted so badly to believe them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had grown up believing in America and the individual and it was a stronger faith than his faith in God. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ghouls divided into two factions: there were those who felt that the vanishing of their friends was meaningless, and those who believed that something, probably the night-gaunts, was out to get them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I believe there’s some alien creator and somewhere for dead people to hang out, but I don’t credit all that as God and heaven.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And there the ginger smell was sharp, sharp enough to distort dreams and make the sleeper believe the things he hungered for were right at hand. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you must have lied when you told me all those things ... you must have, because I can’t believe your love is really that feeble.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Man, I couldn’t believe it, I’d slept as long as those rich folks in the moving pictures! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I hope she believes me, because it’s true. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Evidently the girls had told her his story and she had believed it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Focusing on the Olmec’s chronological primacy, they believe, obscures the more important fact that Mesoamerica was the home of a remarkable multisociety ferment of social, aesthetic, and technical innovation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe we’d been shut out of the talent show for being too loud. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe how many big vases and baskets of yard flowers had been brought in and set on tables and on the floor around the coffin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

With his arm across my shoulder, God forgive me, I believe it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And white people everywhere have always believed that the government just gives money to Indians. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first Mary had not been sure whom to believe about the goings-on in the Moss household. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I am proud of my father,” I said to Miles Umlatt, “for standing up for what he believes. But, like I said, once in a while he goes too far.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Irizarry knows you are the last of the great old-timers. He knows that you believe in the rules and that you remember fondly your youthful days in the old neighborhood.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe in bragging, nor do I think that I am a genius of my own making. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, these are the students who start to believe that they can’t sing at all, and give up on music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Haltingly, I told her what had happened—that is, I told her the story the cops had settled on and that, after a great deal of counseling, I, too, had come to believe. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Yet each time the new scythes are bejeweled, I still rejoice, because it allows me, if only for a few glorious moments, to believe that we will all choose to live forever. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Half of those jurors, no matter what they said when we questioned them when we picked the jury, believed you were guilty the moment they laid eyes on you. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

All three powers merely continue to produce atomic bombs and store them up against the decisive opportunity which they all believe will come sooner or later. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She tried to believe that William still loved her, and that in time he would come home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe in Jesus. But I believe in God.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

What must it have been like to believe in something greater than oneself? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Do you believe in the words of the Bible, madam?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not believe that guerrilla warfare was a viable option at that stage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had business to attend to, and besides, he did not believe the illness ravaging his city was a contagious plague. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It is believed that this force is carried by another spin-1 particle, called the gluon, which interacts only with itself and with the quarks. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not believe in giving people more information than they can handle,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The king could not believe what Beowulf had done. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

You didn’t believe that you really needed all of the education that we were trying to give. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

HARRY: And I have very good reason to believe that Dark Magic is in a resurgence and I need to keep you safe from it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“Then what did you think I was doing in there? I’m pretty sure whatever you were thinking was terrible. But you want me to believe you’re really a nice guy.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Total accident. I forgot all about the fake finger. There are several precedents, I believe.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It’s hard not to believe in fate when you watch a boy climb out of a well using a jump rope. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hueper believes that our situation with regard to cancer today is very similar to that which faced mankind with regard to infectious diseases in the closing years of the 19th century. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I am going to try and learn my lesson and just believe you this time.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But only a part of me believes this is true. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He thought it had been a man, and even in that briefest second believed it had been the Corporal. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When my father said that my mother was not coming back, I refused to believe it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that we had passed our second hurdle already. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But another part is that few people believed Carvajal’s description of the Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Not when you believe that child will have to die to save the world. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

In those days, I believed that proficiency in English and success in business were the direct result of high academic achievements and I assumed as a matter of course that Sisulu was a university graduate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly looked as menacing as he had the night when Harry first met him, the night when Harry still believed Sirius to be a murderer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The Mist is really thick there because the Mountain of Despair is so near. Titan magic—what’s left of it—still lingers. Monsters are attracted to that area like you wouldn’t believe.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

What would he be thinking—believing—at that moment? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s believed to rebuild your blood, and we certainly needed rebuilding because you lose a lot of blood during circumcision. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who would ever believe that Mama scrubbed floors to make a living for the four of them? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like pregnancy, being a foreigner, Ashima believes, is something that elicits the same curiosity from strangers, the same combination of pity and respect. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Never before had I been so curious about money as now that I believed I was surrounded by it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never understand them. Why do they want life to be so solemn? I believe they actually enjoy it more that way.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I got suspended,” I said, just as we pulled into the parking garage in our building. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

If I had told her just how much I hated Mr. Tuttle, she wouldn’t of believed it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I believe it to be a good sign. I don’t remember ever drinking a glass of good bourbon with any particulate matter floating in it, do you? What do you think of this color?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Like their Christian counterparts, they refused to believe in the infinite or the void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And yet if it wasn’t enough for her that she was beautiful to him, if she couldn’t believe him... Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A routine, automatic agreement: Amara’s emotional well-being was more important than what they actually believed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In other words, it was wrong for Galileo to believe the Copernican theory and he must not argue in its favour, even from the perspective of, as it were, Devil’s advocate. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s true, that was what we believed: the majority rules. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least Jacob didn’t believe any of this. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still, the popular afterlife is better than no afterlife, like Lidia believes. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“That Fuller boy, I believe it was,” his aunt said. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even counting the time it would take us to go down and come up again, I think we should save several hours. Yes, I definitely believe it’s worth trying.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

So I figure I’ll go like @#$% if it’s a mild curse—like the kind you hear in the movies when everyone makes believe they’re morally violated but have really gotten the thrill of a lifetime. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The kind of hope that creates a willingness to position oneself in a hopeless place and be a witness, that allows one to believe in a better future, even in the face of abusive power. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Theodora and Luke have gone to explore the brook, I think. And I suppose the others are around somewhere. As a matter of fact, I believe my wife was looking for Mrs. Dudley.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them simply refused to believe that Westerners were capable of such an achievement, which had eluded even the strongest Sherpas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had to get food, and started walking south, where he believed Danville lay, hoping to hitch as soon as a car came by. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis promised them it would all be returned to them in due time, and the new prisoners believed them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I firmly believe that people’s souls can splinter off when they die. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s what they say, but I believe the rich rule here too,” he said. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Some old-timers said there were black panthers in the woods, but George never believed it. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Surely they’d believe us when we told them Sam hadn’t taken them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving the Medical Examiner’s office at about noon to go and complete funeral arrangements, Sister Betty told reporters, ‘ ‘No one believed what he said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment he said, “So very close. I believe one more push ...” A burst of shouting outside. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, Burnham believed, nothing could tarnish the fair’s triumph or his own place in architectural history. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I don't think he had ever really believed in its existence before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And when he reached the granite ledges and looked across to Malaga, he could almost believe in hope and prayer. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And Piper glanced over, smiling, like Would you believe it, if you hadn't been there? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Indians, he grumbled, “believe what they please and no more”—a practice dangerous, in Hennepin’s view, to a well-ordered society. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Look, he gave you that bracelet because he believed you were special. He believed you were good." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And later, one look at the whiteness of their faces and their bloodshot eyes led everyone to believe that it was true. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Some also believed that Germany had a right to these lands. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You call it an open mind to believe men flew down from the skies on fiery wings?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

High toned and high yellow, she believed what her mother was also convinced of: that she was a prize for a professional man of color. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to believe the verdict and emphatically denied that he had committed any of the crimes he was charged with, nor did he ever intend to commit any crime. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

By the time I had celebrated my twelfth birthday back on December 7, 1953, I'd believed I had put aside my hurt over being left out of all the Maypole dances forever. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The pressure to do well in school begins to build at grade four, believe it or not, and it becomes everything to students by grade seven.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

All that was left of the great stronghold of the First Men were three towers . . . three where there had once been twenty, if the taletellers could be believed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had heard of it but had never seen it, and if he had not seen it now he would not have believed it. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot believe she would say that if she knew. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her father’s totem—and therefore hers—was shumba, the lion, or so Grandmother believed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then again, Poseidon has tried to unseat Zeus before. I believe that was question thirty-eight on your final exam. . . .” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“So Marcus told you he was working under my orders,” she says, “and even knowing what you do about his rather tense relationship with both the Dauntless and the factionless, you believed him?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We’d still go Demon Hunting in the desert together, for old time’s sake, since by then I was seven and too grown up to believe in demons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She knew what this was—rather, she didn’t dare to hope that it was actually what she believed it to be. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Sailors used to believe they protect ships. Is that what you believe?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I saw you on the first day of school. I couldn’t believe you were brave enough to wear hijab here. No one else does.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she saw who it was, she approached me and said, “Dear sir, you are very kind to visit me; you, I hope, do not believe that I am guilty?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t I spent every hour of the past month on this business? Good faith! He expects us to believe whatever he tells us, and then doesn’t trust us in return!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And I do believe that sound is the sheriff laughing.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“It was hard to believe we were accomplishing anything at all,” he said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“From now on, your teacher will let you leave the room any time you have to. You believe Aunt Sissy, don’t you?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The holdup in Fairbanks was orchestrated by him, would you believe? The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some believed that sunshine shrank drops of dew into eggs, which hatched into maggots. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But she’d never really believed it, even when Percy came to camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I believe if we should examine your question together we shall find our answer. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The animals now also learned that Snowball had never—as many of them had believed hitherto—received the order of “Animal Hero, First Class.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

No one could believe that we were still in touch. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"It seems they believe that Lord Stannis must win, and wish to share his victory. They call themselves the Antler Men, after the crowned stag." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sabrina ends the night with a talk about following our dreams and believing in ourselves. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The most revealing feature in this compromise motif is that on each issue, both sides could plausibly believe they had gotten the best of the bargain. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It was when Lenny talked to you the way he talks to me. When he refused to believe you about that debate club of yours and said you just wanted to make trouble.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“And in the meantime, if people are as confused and uncomfortable about things as yourself, well, they aren’t going to organize in any viable way, believe me.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father, on the other hand, believed a major part of his job was keeping the men from Ohio happy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you actually believe that Germany can win the war?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There, sir, you are redd up and made decent. Now I’ll leave you: I have been travelling these last three days, and I believe I am tired. Good night.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lyell believed that the Earth’s shifts were uniform and steady–that everything that had ever happened in the past could be explained by events still going on today. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"I believe you are losing, ser," he told the knight under the horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Many believed that the Jews deserved what they got. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If things went wrong, if the gods didn’t believe me ... The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I nod and smile, and in that moment I believe her. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I mean, I almost can’t believe I didn’t have his number until yesterday. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

‘She’ll reduce the Acropolis to a smoking crater. Athens - your city - will be utterly destroyed, your people along with it. You believe me, don’t you?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His worshipers believed that his death and resurrection showed that the soul lives on forever after the body dies. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is by no means his first exposure, however: there is good reason to believe this begins while he is still in the womb. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Seanie was kind of a geek, and I completely believed what he said was true. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I believe I thought of it as simply another ruse, Mr Stevens, to annoy you. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you know about what I believe?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I could believe a lot of things and had been forced to over the course of that month, but getting kicked out of a checker game by my baby brother was pretty tough to swallow. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grantham nodded her head, “I find that easy to believe.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just couldn’t make herself believe any of it was possible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe how much easier it is to get through the day now that I’m no longer in a constant state of fury. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, ma’am,” said Viola, “I believe Captain Tate is working in the shed out back.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Roy couldn’t believe how much space the newspaper had devoted to the owl protest. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter how many ways he tried to believe it, what little faith he had in magic was gone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The pieces all fit so snugly, I can’t believe I never saw it before. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Rumors about the Yule Ball were flying everywhere, though Harry didn’t believe half of them — for instance, that Dumbledore had bought eight hundred barrels of mulled mead from Madam Rosmerta. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“No Black person,” wrote the novelist James Baldwin, “will ever believe that George Jackson died the way they tell us he did.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

William had to work closely with officers who believed in these theories. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe it when Father and I showed up without the rest of them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have conquered ours, or so we believe. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m good because I make it easy for people to believe me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you, sir, I believe that they are out.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not lying, he was wearing a white lab coat and—I couldn’t believe it—dark glasses on a chain looped around his neck. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you believe that someday none of us will have masters, or not?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t believe any of this underwear actually exists, but thinking about it is a nasty joy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another juror admitted trusting law enforcement witnesses he knew to the point where he would “believe anything they say.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“What can I say? Her life is a tale told by idiots,” which, Rowan believed, was a very bad Shakespeare misquote. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And then, do you know, I couldn’t believe I was there. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The garage chief believed nobody was loony enough to steal a marked police car. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man shakes his head and stares at Max as if he's not believing her completely. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Even though Papa said he could not see the future yet, Hanako believed that he would see it again, and soon. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Indeed, this used to be the main argument of opponents of black holes: how could one believe in objects for which the only evidence was calculations based on the dubious theory of general relativity? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear tapping against the window and jerk my head to the side, for a split second believing that it is Fernando, trying to get in. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were three potted plants hanging from the high ceilings in the front room, and it made the house seem impossibly larger than the outside led you to believe. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He believed that a large number of worlds had formed spontaneously out of diffuse matter in space, evolved and then decayed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking me in the eye now, his voice charged and sincere, as though uttering a confession, a fantastic revelation which I could neither believe nor deny. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was such a beautiful piece of material, I couldn’t believe he was doing that. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expressed bewilderment that anyone believed the broadcast was a real news event. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

After that meeting, it’s hard to believe what Kenn is saying. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Park was inclined to believe the radio broadcasts from Seoul, which he had heard while living in China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

My father let out his breath, like he didn’t believe me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But in Holland, the astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who believed in both, was showered with honors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before it was just a story, but now I can believe it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I believe it was a whale looking for a mate. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t believe much of what Sally said after that. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that everything Bodega had told me was true, because Sapo believed it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Many educators believe that the Race to the Top, with its strictly defined inducements and penalties, will do even more to constrict curriculums than No Child Left Behind. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She laid out their whole happy history, told us how life had seemed so wide open with Stan, and how even now, even after two months, she couldn’t really believe he was gone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It could be, of course, but not Malcolm’s. I believe him. If it’s a fantasy, it’s his friend’s.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The defection rate shot up to 34 percent among those Democrats who believed civil rights leaders were pushing “too fast.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean?” he asked her, and she heard a looming disagreement in his voice; he, too, believed in unbending, unambiguous honesties. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But either she really believed I was having deep emotional reactions to questions like, “Should our school have uniforms?” or she was just giving me enough rope to hang myself. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not most of the time. I work graveyard shifts at the Showtime. You wouldn’t believe how late people come in to watch movies.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe it’s still raining,” said Mom, looking out the lobby windows. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Most professional astronomers of the day were skeptical, believing the “canal lines” were optical illusions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

A few weeks ago, Hazel wouldn’t have believed that anyone could sleep through a numina attack, but now she imagined her friends were still snoring away belowdecks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If you can believe this, Jorge has been forcing our son to study accounting. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe Father Olufemi has several of his works in his study; he keeps the oldest volumes there. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And the more he looked at animals and people, the more he came to believe we are all related. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Suppose we take her. I don’t believe Mother would mind, if we bundle her up well,” began Meg. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I desperately need to believe that somewhere else these other, foreign people exist. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The door opened up and she looked straight ahead and saw all these cages. She started yellin, ‘Dale, you not gonna believe it, but them cages was filled with man-sized rabbits!’ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We are cultural animals and it is the richness of our culture which allows us to accept our undoubted potentiality for violence but to believe nevertheless that its expression is a cultural aberration. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was nothing he could do down here except trust and believe in Uncle Jet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe your parents were going to give away Sir Fig! Why do adults always want to split up friends?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There’s probably a genetic reason every mother believes her son to be the apex of male beauty. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not like the police. These small-town cops don’t actually expect to find anything. They’d be shocked to know the truth, probably wouldn’t believe it if you told them. But these guys...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I believe I can improve upon the toxin Epsilon-5 created for you.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the anguish of that risk-taking move, I continued to believe I deserved to be treated equally. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine,” I replied, not sure if I believed that or not. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I believe you said on that last tape that you were six when you first had a mystical experience. Is that right?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I might have been able to reconcile myself even to this if I had been able to believe that there was any loving-kindness to be found in the haven I represented. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The laughter was soon forgotten, perhaps because nobody had ever fully believed the prince story—Kayode, after all, always called Emenike Bush Boy behind his back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m looking in the mirror, and I can’t believe my eyes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The first time I realized things were going to get nasty was the first week in April, when Charlie broke our friendship off at the pagoda because he believed the lies Jenny Flick told him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe it, and yet somehow, I knew it was true. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You are right to laugh, Captain Short. For a while there, I did believe in all that under-the-rainbow crock-of-gold blarney, but now I know better. Now I know about the hostage fund.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But like Emma, Newman believed that you could get to heaven only through accepting Jesus’s teachings, by achieving a full sympathy of spirit with God’s spirit. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe she had thought up all of that. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe more violence solves the problem of violence. Anyway, my opinions don’t constitute the exam.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He kept a brave face before his friends, assuring them he would ride again, but they didn’t believe it and neither did he. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to believe that he took at least some of the lessons we taught him to heart,” my dad says, “and that he kept his own emergency supplies—maybe even has his own bug-out.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Eric said Mr. Willis was at a special training camp, but he was believed as much as he usually was, so no one knew for sure. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His lordship sincerely believed he would get justice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her schoolmates believed this because she was already the most beautiful, distinguished, and discreet girl they had ever seen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the kids would ask if I believed in God, and they seemed dubious when I said yes, as if there were no religions in Africa. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In reality, the work wasn’t as hard as Nailer had always believed, especially with the yellow-eyed glare of a halfman looking over his shoulder, but it wasn’t exactly interesting in itself. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because of these daily cordial interactions, Butler believed he “understood” blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tales about Goldstein and his underground army, she said, were simply a lot of rubbish which the Party had invented for its own purposes and which you had to pretend to believe in. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“He died for us that we might have the right to eternal life. A lot of people don’t believe that. But you can have eternal life. Just look at Henrietta.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Looking at First Sergeant Shinn, I could see that this was indeed a man who believed in what he said. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was better for her to believe the official version. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I wouldn’t have found you either, believe me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe in Black people and White people coming together. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

We stay close to the trees, believing their trunks can hide us from the world. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The typical economist believes the world has not yet invented a problem that he cannot fix if given a free hand to design the proper incentive scheme. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And the scary thing is that I believe him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The results of the test, to the dismay of Osprey’s sheriff as well as Alvin Dewey, who does not believe in exceptional coin-cidences, were decisively negative. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The way I tried to fool even myself, to shade myself from what I felt, what I believed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Neil had gotten into her cat carrier believing she would eventually return to our apartment, and that tore me up. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I loved your sister. You have to believe that. Her death ruined me. It destroyed me like you can’t imagine.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He called his parents collect—she still couldn't believe they were okay with this. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Leo couldn’t believe that they didn’t appreciate what they were looking at, but he tried to contain his irritation. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You have to believe in God to be a priest.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But all of his bold resolve would have come to nothing without the vast indigenous army whose leaders believed they could use the Spanish presence to catalyze the destruction of the Triple Alliance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In a nutshell, both of my parents believed that sports were the best way to keep all of us kids disciplined and continuing to learn outside of the classroom. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“She was going to throw it away. Can you believe that?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Look, Merlyn, I don’t like knowing about the future, and I am not sure whether I believe in it...” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This afternoon I saw new faces in the ghetto. Two German officers, I believe they were Gestapo. Since we’ve been here, we have not seen a single officer . . .” It was close to midnight. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Days passed but the king refused to believe it was nonsense. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He believed that the prevailing religions of his time were evil and that neither immortal souls nor immortal gods exist: “Nothing exists, but atoms and the void.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even believe in my own ability to protect these kids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I look around the room, refusing to believe there’s no water left in here. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I say the words, not really believing anything will change. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her cry reached her husband upstairs, who did not believe what he heard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a newspaper man, Sierra. I understand curiosity, believe me. But this...For your own good, this is something you need to stay out of. Stay far away from it, okay?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Most of us have difficulty believing that a 275-pound football lineman could have a lively and discerning intellect. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was obvious that he didn’t believe this was real. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that Bobby had lapsed over the years into a state of increasingly frequent paranoia, believing as he did that people and organizations, bonded in a conspiracy, were out to persecute him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This is all very hard to believe,” she muttered as we hurried down the path toward the fish pier. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

So she decided she would believe in it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“She allows her character to believe the lie. Her voice has so many tones to it. She can be seductive and naive all in one sentence.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"You don't say! I would never have believed that they were so enduring. Since slavery times!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In China, a person’s character was believed written in her face; a prospective bride’s picture was studied under good light. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie couldn’t believe it, but it sounded like this would work. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And to think that she had believed in him! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This variability in the flow of time might be hard to believe, but it has been observed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It sounds crazy, but I still found it hard to believe she was gone, and half expected that her death wasn’t really written down in the Bible. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Who would’ve believed it was possible to feel bad about so many things at the same time? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They’re just words, I then told him firmly, confidently—in the way a father believes he should—but mostly because I didn’t know what else to say. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I am rather curious to see what it is like. Besides, I think it’s good to change the place where one sleeps from time to time. I believe it gives one more interesting dreams.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And in spite of myself, a prayer formed inside me, a prayer to this God in whom I no longer believed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second—and I believe this is important, because I don’t think the police believed me when I told them about Megan’s lover—I need to get in touch with Scott Hipwell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stores in the mall have fake snow in the window corners, like I’m supposed to believe it snowed through the roof, right? Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Can you believe our luck?” said Ron miserably, bending down to pick up Scabbers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“But believe me, you don’t want to know as much as you think you do.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She made herself believe that no matter what Johnny was doing, it was all right and that his explanation would set her mind at ease. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you ever get tired of believing, Madame? Don’t you ever want proof?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Still half-asleep and turned away from the door—I refused to believe this was happening—I heard the sound of boots approaching my bunk and then stop. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The Howards couldn’t believe the state in which they found Belmont. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot believe,” said Silas, “that you could have been so...so stupid. Everything I told you about remaining just this side of invisibility. And now you’ve become the talk of the school?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Only,” said I, “that you would not confound them with the others. They may be of the same blood, but, believe me, they are not of the same nature.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So that Christmas Henry brought him home, into the house, and the demon looked up and saw the face he believed he had paid off and discharged twenty-eight years ago. Go on.” Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had believed without question his illustrations of the good which came of following the Founder's path. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believed in Elijah Muhammad, and he had convinced us that Allah’s chastisement upon Reginald’s mind had taken away Reginald’s ability to gauge distance and time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bald man moaned that we could believe no one. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He believed that all drawers were created equal and filled each with whatever fit. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We need to remove some of the native species. The Collective believes an airborne herbicide can kill foliage, without risking physical contact with dangerous flora.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a deliberate attempt to intimidate him, Stalin believed. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

So said the Bay Area press, so said much of the national press, and, one has to believe, so thought Ky Ebright. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And she looked at me like she couldn’t believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My last name means “one who believes in God,” another aspect of my name that helps define me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Turtle had convinced her not to confess: It would mean a criminal record, it would kill their mother, and no one would believe her anyhow. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, my lord. You have a daughter, I believe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now, when he said he stole them, nobody believed him either. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s been three days and I’m ready to write it down because now I believe it’s real. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

While Madison was probably stretching the truth for his Potomac-driven political purposes, it was nevertheless a truth that he and many Virginians sincerely believed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lenin, when he published State and Revolution just two months before the October 1917 revolution, genuinely believed that a communist revolution would lead to the rapid withering away of the state. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I tried to think through the drugs, through the distant pain, but there was no honest explanation I could give them—none they would believe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I can't believe you woke up my entire neighborhood at five forty-three for no reason." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mom said no, but I’m not sure I believe her. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You can’t believe what people leave behind on their bus seats,” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe he simply believed, along with a number of his colleagues, that abuse was a perfect preparation for prison work. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She acted like she couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I believe nonplussed is the word for her expression. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Today we know that the fall was not quite as rapid, dramatic, and widespread as earlier scholars believed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It would have been easy to have lived in it, for it was his mother’s world, humble, contrite, believing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Over time it became impossible to believe that any of us would ever improve. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And so I believe gay/straight alliance clubs must also be fictional. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Yet if the lord of cheese could be believed, the Mad King’s daughter had hatched three living dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I now believed I was seeing things as they were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not created in one fell swoop by God, never to change, as the Bible said and most people believed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her look of disgust I believed Cecile would have spat on her own floor if she wouldn’t have had to clean it up. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he believed what the other boys said about the horse. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arya didn't really believe that, and anyhow it had all happened a long time ago. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I believed that Fufi was my dog, but of course that wasn’t true. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I carefully peeled back the tape on Caitlin's gift and could not believe what was beneath the festive paper: an authentic, genuine Reebok T-shirt! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But at least for a brief amount of time, we stood strong for what we believed in. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bryce is watching me with his puffy red eyes like he doesn’t believe me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Whatever it takes! I mean, believe whatever you want. That’s fine.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old man arched his bushy eyebrows like, Can you believe it? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So I told each kid, “Ah, you can't believe everything you hear, you know.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He is sorting through a chest that contains— believe it or not—more toys, when I see them: two old-fashioned wooden stick horses, one black, one gray, that sit forgotten in a corner. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books you could solve any problem, but now he wasn’t so sure. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The teacher actually admired my father greatly and didn’t want to encourage him to enter a field of study that he believed wouldn’t allow my father to excel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gently turns my hands and examines them, as though he doesn’t believe me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The nurses in the intensive care unit couldn’t believe their eyes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This seemed so obvious to me now, it was difficult to understand why I had ever believed anything else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I repeat the officer’s words, not really believing them. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“History. Science. Math. It’s hard to believe, but I actually enjoyed them.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I believe I know my will and my way!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He said, “Ghosts don’t care if you believe in them,” and even though I was an atheist, I knew he wasn’t right. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I believed that she would have already told on me if she wanted to. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live my life. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Can you believe that Julian phoned Channing Williams, my wicked predecessor, and threatened to quit unless she was moved?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“When the fighting comes, don’t deny your slaughter nature. You are no more Richard Lopez than I am an obedient hound. Blood is not destiny, no matter what others may believe.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, I get it. A lot of people have vanished without a trace, and someone’s sending out secret messages, and nobody will believe you about it. But we aren’t really in danger, are we?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you left all your hair on the floor,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It made no sense to me, and I even wondered how Nazis could believe such contradictions themselves. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe Mr. Tushman even knew about the Plague game! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Hardly able to believe his luck, Grub scurried back toward the command tower. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I have come to believe that God takes to himself those who are afflicted with madness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But there was a part of me that didn’t quite believe it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And I can’t believe now that I almost didn’t take it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She reminded Calder and Petra that Charles Fort didn’t believe in coincidence. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was free when I decided that dying for what I believed in was worth it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You speak of the fairy court as if you believe in it,” Ash said, taken aback. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe how much stuff By could put in his mouth! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you’re serious when you say that? I mean, you actually believe that, don’t you?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"I believe you," Tyrion said, but what he thought was, And who will go find you f He shivered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe how big he was. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wizards avoided Augurey nests for fear of hearing that heart-rending sound, and more than one wizard is believed to have suffered a heart attack on passing a thicket and hearing an unseen Augurey wail. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it would be wonderful if you could, at least once, believe in me.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maize is just another word for white corn, and by the end of this story, you won’t believe how much you know about corn. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a tartan dress—a Campbell tartan, I believe. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Please, Alby,” Ben pleaded, his shaky voice so pathetic that Thomas couldn’t believe it was the same guy who’d tried to bite his throat off the day before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn't believe I had missed this guy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Besides, I kept my jackknife open under my leg and he looked like he’d believed me when I told him it was made out of real silver, even though it probably wasn’t. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“A great many people would have believed it Jenny. I expect a great many will.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The early Greeks had believed that the first being was Chaos, corresponding to the phrase in Genesis in the same context, “without form.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could I have believed I was alone in here? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holy Cats, I can’t believe Libby would do that, except I can. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Grandma told me the story, and I believe it, too.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The physical remains of a saint — even a fingernail or a lock of hair—were believed to be charged with miraculous powers. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

For some reason she was determined to believe that Flame had become his mistress again, possibly because this seemed to be the best way of hurting her lover. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something inside me believes I can just take off. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She smiled and said, “No, Billy, not every time. He only answers the ones that are said from the heart You have to be sincere and believe in Him.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is believed that evil spirits easily get jealous when they hear a child being complimented, and they may come and take away the child to the other world. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we went to a refugee camp in Italy where I became a great thief, until we got asylum in Oklahoma, where we try to act normal—raised-eyebrow face like you don’t believe it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, it was generally understood that the police could not stop and search someone without a warrant unless there was probable cause to believe that the individual was engaged in criminal activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The crowd of people who witnessed Fannie’s death believed she was shot down in cold blood. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Off goes Etienne, content to believe that someone is on the job. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“He believes in figuring out the truth, no matter what anyone else says. Calder and I like that. I mean, he’s such a fearless thinker.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to believe this was an important line to hold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I can’t blame her for her skepticism; sometimes I’m not sure I believe it myself. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Alby took his ring of keys from his pocket and rattled them mockingly—Thomas couldn’t believe the sudden bravery. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Soojin gives me a sideways look, like she doesn’t quite believe him. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I want to believe you should love your neighbors as yourself and the Kingdom of God is within you. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I wasn't watching it with my own eyes, I would never believe anyone could move that fast. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She believed he would go on as they had, indefinitely. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t believe it until he tilted my bed up so I would be sitting to greet them when they arrived. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was his usage, then, not Koyré’s, that Butterfield adopted with some discomfort, believing that it would already be familiar to many of his listeners and readers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t believe her, since I was fairly sure her mother’s jewelry was still sewn into her girdle. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you guys are doing this. Taking a week out of your lives. I mean, this isn’t exactly Hawaii.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"He's moved into your room. Can you believe that?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had felt his father growing weaker and, believing that the end w'as near, had thought by this separation to free himself of a burden that could diminish his own chance for survival. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a crazy desire to believe that there had been some mistake, that Floyd Lee had gotten them innocently, maybe buying them from the real thieves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But, while Jefferson thought of slavery as an evil that he hoped would eventually disappear, he still believed in his own right to buy and sell slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We both believe in buy everything you can. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I believe I uttered some words, perhaps in a rather half-hearted way, to the effect that I could not inconvenience them to such an extent. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe that. You need to believe it too.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Boy, you won’t find me in a boat with you rowing anytime soon. I came to tell you I just don’t believe it.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Again with that? No. God. I don't want to date anyone. I see what it's done to you. As you well know, I believe in saving Thunderstick for one very special lady.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe she yanked my new coat,” Vega said, examining it for damage. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Because even when Flora's father was thinking that things were hilarious, even when he was talking like a parakeet, he still, apparently, did not believe in speeding. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s about how we deal with the repercussions of magic when placed in a public venue, in a world that does not believe in such things. It’s a test of stamina and control, not skill.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Half of the city believed it, though as yet they did not have the courage to say such words aloud. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Like Galileo, Kepler believed that the book of nature is written in the language of geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This idea was hard for the Pythagoreans to believe, but it was incontrovertible—a consequence of the mathematical laws that they held so dear. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

After his return to his home he never spoke of it again to anyone, save Gandalf and Frodo; and no one else in the Shire knew of its existence, or so he believed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“People told me about you, Cudgeon. They said you’d stab me in the back. I didn’t believe them. I was a fool.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The debate upon it grew so lively, indeed, that at least six more honourable members told six more, during the discussion, that they believed they knew where they were to be found. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wagner wasn’t the only one who believed music and mysticism could fuse to become the religion of the future. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Third, I did not for a moment believe that, even if we reached the mountain, a party such as this would be able to climb it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I believe him because he simply sits there and lets his eyes grow round and black in the middle of all that yellow. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Not believing his eyes, he handed the ticket to Bri for confirmation. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Five good-looking women visiting the Virgin, I don’t believe it!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe you have, no,” said Lazlo, finding a place for his arms about her shoulders, wild windswept hair and wings and all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That we weren’t just shut-down old coal mines and people on welfare like the rest of the country wanted to believe we were. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps they will attack now. They say they are to attack but I can’t believe it. It is too late. You saw the river?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Nan said it wasn’t anyone’s fault, but I could tell she didn’t believe it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe they just believed what the doctor told them. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I am so horrible. Now I can believe that God might love the world, whatever it was like, because of himself.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bank was dying, but still the people of Midland, and even Odessa, refused to believe it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they planned every detail, the Shakers had believed, they could create a patch of heaven on earth, a little refuge from the world, and the founders of Shaker Heights had thought the same. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He told me out of trust. I would never betray it. I believe that the world could be different. I believe that our destinies aren’t chains around our necks, but wings that give us flight.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The police, coming to the station house front door, and looking out of the windows, couldn’t believe what they saw. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His stories are nearly always set in this region,” Elinor went on, “but I believe he lived abroad for a long time and moved back here only a few years ago.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He couldn't believe that still mattered to her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’ll be able to see it someday. I truly believe there’s nothing like travel to broaden a young person’s perspective.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can't believe what I'm reading: "Watch TV or something"? And then, "Call me if there's an emergency"? So let me get this straight, Mom: Your kid goes invisible, and that's not an emergency? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to convince myself, visualize Fay, hypnotize myself into believing that the woman sitting beside me was Fay. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And you wouldn’t believe it, but I raised my hand. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I believe my atoms begin to drift apart—stop holding hands—in those wordless moments too. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

External realities of a frustrating nature she obliterated by refusing to believe in them, and when one resisted her disbelief she raged at it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first they did not believe in his existence. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dad is trying to tell me Shoji is going to live with him. Can you believe how ridiculous this is getting?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He ignored Natalie and began pushing clothes from one side of the closet to the other, even though he didn’t really believe he would find a laptop behind or underneath them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After their meeting, Scoville announced to the newspapers that the man was insane and had acted alone, believing he was carrying out God's directions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But he cut me off and urged me one last time, drawing himself up to his full height and asking me if I believed in God. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Over time, though, scientists came to believe that light was not in fact a particle, but a wave. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I should never have kissed you. Perhaps I made you believe something that wasn’t true.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I believed we were off to a good start. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Oh, the agent was quick to believe him. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he says what he says next, he intends to believe it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I do believe, however, that the newspaper sponsors an athletic contest in the spring, Anthony. We’ll be sure to participate in that one as well,” Mrs. Grayson promised. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Another woman tells the Wireless Officer he should see what they have growing in the garden, you wouldn’t believe the flowers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I believe you,” I said, trying to maintain a straight face myself. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe sharing a confidence will actually make him believe I see him as a friend. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They could not believe or accept the fact that they were unloved; they believed that the world itself was off balance when it appeared as though they were not loved. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by freezing cells at various points, they believed they could see the actual moment when a normal cell growing in culture became malignant, a phenomenon they called spontaneous transformation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I fell back onto the raft, and I believe it was terror as much as wind and current that widened the distance between raft and lifeboat so swiftly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they told us there was nothing they could do, we didn’t believe them. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad to hear you believe in something,” said his friend. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Grampa sounded so wrongheaded, I couldn’t believe it Maybe some of what Dad was always spouting about equality and the American dream had rubbed off on me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mayor Harrison too believed he was in love, with a New Orleans woman named Annie Howard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Since childhood, I’d believed it was important to speak out against bullies while also not stooping to their level. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When she was a skinny child, strangers bought Lourdes treats on the beach or on the main street of town, believing she was malnourished and motherless. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he looks back, he says: “I continued to believe what I was telling him was everything I knew and everything I remembered.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But believe me, in real life when you are eye to eye with the enemy you’d rather shake their hand than shoot them.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Repeat an insult enough times, and anyone will start to believe it.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Go to the door. I believe you are right.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I believe Pearl Harbor itself would have passed by them tonight, intent as they were on devouring the manioc. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I believe our sorrow was the more intense because nobody else seemed to share it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one saw me, or so I believed—except the foxes on the shoulders of some of the ladies. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Because to be honest, if I hadn’t lived it myself, I wouldn’t have believed it either. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hannah never believed he would love her back until the day he did just that. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The man with the beard and the turban, who did not believe in ghosts, was looking around him nervously. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"It is hard to believe," Mentor agreed, nodding. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She’d figure it out one day, but for now she could go on believing that some higher power sent me where it thought I needed to be. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Back then, we still all believed in happy endings. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He believed and with reason that they had turned the vote against him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly could not believe that it had really happened to her. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old Antifederalist coalition that Madison had opposed so effectively at the Virginia ratifying convention in 1788 believed with some justification that their cause had never really been defeated, merely outmaneuvered. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She mounted him then, and for a time, she almost made him believe it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When we got our schedules on Maze Day, we couldn’t believe out of six classes we didn’t have one together. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It is said that he believes the soul is as important as the mind, if not more so. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She takes someone else’s seat beside me and takes my hand and tells me that I would never believe what has happened. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Mom, believe me, Michelangelo would definitely not be painting bakeries.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he’d be more likely to believe me if I sounded indignant. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They parted as casually as any friends who believe they will meet in a few days. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Specifically, Nye hoped to find a Zenith portable radio believed to have been stolen from the Clutter house on the night of the crime, but he had no luck with that. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he stood there looking like he was trying to decide if he should believe me or not. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s done, Hiram, and believe you me, nobody around here is going to bring up this ugly mess again. It’s over. Period.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She believed, as firmly and as quietly as she believed that Kainene would come home soon, that His Excellency’s journey would be a success. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our true believers passed on, or stopped believing, and we were left, lost and scared and dispossessed, to get by on what little smidgens of worship or belief we could find. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

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

I don’t know whether to believe the bird, but I’m willing to entertain the idea that maybe he’s not the enemy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I do believe Fern meant to say something nice. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Jane made some remarks, which no one believed, about having left for just an instant, and stuck her hand out for her fee. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they didn’t believe that Santa Claus could, really, have given any of them nothing but a switch. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe we have perhaps chosen you too quickly to be a missionary. What I thought was great potential to spread the word of God turned out to be, well...” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"I believe him, and I'm sure you both are heroes, but I need you to tell us what happened too. Okay?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I will not share anything you say with your parents unless you expressly agree that I can or if you say something that makes me believe you are in danger.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe that I would actually have a say in who makes the laws in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Without the discovery of as yet unavailable research tools, we will probably never know what the ancient foragers believed or what political dramas they experienced. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Fifi drops out of college and goes off on a church trip to Perú, chaperoned, of course, otherwise we wouldn't have let her go. We don't believe in all this freedom." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When she was little, she’d been slow to understand or believe that her mother wouldn’t want her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Poor boy. You truly believed you could break out of a military stronghold, didn't you?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I tried not to laugh, but I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After the Georgia legislature declared a prohibition against alcoholic beverages in 1907, Papa quit making or drinking beer—he believed in being law-abiding—and the churches started using fruit nectars instead of wine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Scientists believed the rock was a remnant of the Ice Age, left behind by glaciers as they pulled back up into Canada, where they belonged. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He had come to believe in the myth of his own authority, and after all I am an outsider. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You have to believe me, Anna, I didn’t intend for things to go the way they did.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t believe what we been learning!” she said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

If he told the truth, nobody believed him; and if he was silent—which he found himself becoming more and more—they thought he was sick. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I forced a smile on my face and prayed my mother believed me when I said, “I’m okay, Mommy.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His procrastination would have disastrous effects, if you believe in that sort of thing, which, some days, when the old Greek blood is running high, I do. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I feel super awkward right now, and I can’t believe I’m doing this, but here we go. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Now then, as Director of the Unexplained, I believe the great many unanswerable questions surrounding young Amari here mean that she falls squarely under my jurisdiction.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I told them you were all right,” my mom said, but she sounded like the weight of the sky had just been lifted off her shoulders—and believe me, I know firsthand how that feels. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to believe that my first year of junior high is almost over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe for a minute he was ever divorced.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying I don’t believe they faked it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He labeled Bateson’s experiments “utterly inadequate” and refused to believe de Vries’s studies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I think this is a fact, which it serves no purpose to deny, but, whether it is a fact or not, this is what the black population of the world, including black Americans, really believe. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Once inside she saw that the building was even more vast than its exterior had led her to believe. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe it was finally happening. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A long time ago scientists believed that light always traveled in a straight line. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t, wouldn’t, believe that Ernest had been involved in such a plot. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to believe that, so I pushed those words away so I wouldn’t have to think about them. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Despite her journal sketches, she no longer really believed in characters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Could you believe that, despite everything I’ve put you through, I love you, too?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Charlie’s eyes get big and excited, and I know she believes me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He spoke to me because even before I knew the details, I believed in him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe that,” Tats says out loud. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In this, somewhat unexpectedly, he was opposed by T. H. Huxley, who believed that museums should be primarily research institutes. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I whispered back, “I don’t believe in the paranormal.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My parents had at first refused to believe the emergency room doctor’s wild claim about my anatomy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All this she would have believed, because otherwise how could she have kept on living? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Put another way, Reggie’s team saw no reason to believe this was anything but a practical deal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh you wouldn’t believe me if 1 told you. You really wouldn’t.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed that he was right in saying that the lower animals on Animal Farm did more work and received less food than any animals in the county. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you really believe there is a communist conspiracy?” asked the incredulous reporter. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

You can choose to believe me or not to believe me. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Now we’re going to offer up a prayer for your healing, son, believing that God’s gon’ mend you,” the pastor said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Good afternoon. I have an appointment with a Mrs. Cole, who, I believe, is the matron here?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He believes his own words, and I’m glad he does. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

"You wanted the Stark boy dead, I believe." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Many whites who supported Jim Crow justified it on paternalist grounds, actually believing they were doing blacks a favor or believing the time was not yet “right” for equality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yet even surgeons who believed they were following Lister's guidelines were still exposing patients to germs. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re always believing what those Ghost Teachers tell you. Look at the size of the jaws!” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would mean that the universe was only half the size and age that Sandage believed–ten billion years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think the old man believed me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I believe that Andy has the ability—he just needs the desire to get it together. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These two conservative barons had never yielded to Arthur, and they did not believe in any form of government except the rule of force. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all revolved around telling stories, and convincing people to believe them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know Freud interpreted his own dreams when he was developing his theory? And he believed that all dreams are a form of unconscious wish fulfillment?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

They wished it’d be true, they wanted to believe me, but they never really did, I could tell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Of course we did. And now she’s doing the same. It’s just that she can afford to do more. Ten thousand dollars! I can’t believe it.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“And you believe his tenders of affection?” he said with scorn. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He would use civilians—sharp-witted Patriots who could spy while making believe they were Tories. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year later a secret conference of scientists is convened to debate the dimming of the sun, which many now believe presents an imminent threat to life on Earth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At best, this book identifies several constellations of environmental factors that I believe provide a large part of the answer to Yali’s question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you think they'll take somebody like you, right off the bat? Why you've got to know all these catechisms and credos and believe in them, lock, stock and barrel. A girl with your sense!" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But it means also the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He still couldn’t believe that a busy man would take the time to come and be with them. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe it! The answer has been sitting right here all along.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“If that’s what you believe, there’s no hope for you, Virgil Salinas.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to believe that today’s birds are the last of the dinosaurs. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“If it is not love that will save you this time,” said Voldemort, “you must believe that you have magic that I do not, or else a weapon more powerful than mine?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was even prepared to believe that Neil Armstrong might conceivably even be some absurd kind of name. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dried Billywig stings are used in several potions and are believed to be a component in the popular sweet Fizzing Whizzbees. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the prince wore it, and for many years, he believed it was right. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We do not believe that she would help you. It must be a trick.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Bobby believed that if he were brought back and forced to stand trial, he’d be convicted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was also hard for the Japanese to speak up because they believed that their emperor was a god, the son of the Sun God. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, King, not really. You always believe every single thing anyone tells you.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Despite rumors, many Jews didn’t believe the fate that awaited them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I...believe in you, Ally. Now, forget what you wrote. Put the paper down and take a deep breath. Close your eyes if it makes you nervous to see everyone and just be honest. Be...you.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I believed these stories were planted by the government to divide the Congress movement, and I regarded it as malicious mischief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believed that I had lost my daughter and that if I did the right things and brought us to the right place, I could recover the girl she used to be. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Lady Marya had won clear too, and a good thing; the fire was spreading over Queen Alysanne and her foes faster than he would have believed possible. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe the same man had written those two verses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you believe you are somebody now? Somebody of importance? Werner clenches his cap behind his back to keep his shoulders from quaking. “ All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I believed in him not only as a leader in the ordinary human sense, but also I believed in him as a divine leader. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For them I believed I could don armor and charge at giants, even if I saw only windmills. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All these years, she had believed that if workers stuck together, they’d win a fair share of the money made by their muscle and sweat. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe in luck or streaks or whatever else you’re talking about,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, that she could not believe, would not believe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was so much easier to think it was real when two people believed it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Helen, why do you stay with a girl whom everybody believes to be a liar?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The statement ‘I believe in God’ is either true or false, but only I can know for sure which, because it refers to a purely internal state of mind; it is inherently subjective. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Coach Dub, Reggie believed he could be more than just a poor boy from the South. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Owner had always believed that there was really only one Talent you needed in this world: The Talent for appropriating other peoples Talents. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to believe my parents, but my brothers and sister were not so easily convinced. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

This thing they had never really believed in was coming true. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded like she genuinely believed I might not be aware of this fact. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That day, seeing my father wrestle something as dangerous as mangolomera made me believe every story I’d been told about the Pope’s awesome power. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

They don’t believe because I’m some poor refugee kid who smells like pickles and garlic, and has lice, and I’m probably making up stories to feel important. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I believe she has buried him in her backyard. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Whatever the price of saving lives, Farmer and Lafontant believed, it must be paid. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He could not believe the contents of the survival pack. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I saw Branwell at the Behavioral Center, I had said to myself that even before I knew all the details, I believed in him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe you might have to take a number.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When his once-thick golden hair had begun to recede, he had commanded his barber to shave his head; Lord Tywin did not believe in half measures. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I believe I told you to sit down?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She paused, and her face looked as though she still couldn’t believe it after all these years. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Uniformitarians by contrast believed that changes on Earth were gradual and that nearly all Earth processes happened slowly, over immense spans of time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

What side are you on? 11TH JUROR: I don’t believe I have to be loyal to one side or the other. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know he couldn't have foreseen this, must be hurting for me because, in fact, I believe he cares about me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hayden returned in December to direct the decoration of the building’s exterior, believing this to be her responsibility. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I believe that is a conversation better held in private,” Mr. Clarkson said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. You want to believe but it’s hard,” Mtisha’s voice was soft on the phone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I couldn't believe where my hands were. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He still believed his original instinct was correct, that Howard was in Indianapolis or somewhere nearby. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And that was no more than the truth, though his father would not have believed it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He thought about what he believed and where he believed Cool Papa’s spirit went. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Do you believe that I am what I say I am?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I didn’t know this was here,” I whisper. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You have to believe it, but you hate it. I don’t have to believe it, and I think it’s beautiful.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Yet, even with such attitudes, I believe their benefits outweighed their disadvantages. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes go back to the name, unable to believe what I’m seeing. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don't believe you. Let me see the book. ” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that I was just as shaken and horrified as everyone else; no one believed my grief. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You may not believe this, Luther, but I plan to have the best squadron in the history of the Marine Corps.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro sank down on the ground, weak with fatigue and emotion; someone—he later believed it was Bill—carried him inside and laid him on his comshuck bed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the lie I’m thinking of. It might infect everything. If they ever found out you’d lied to them about this, the true things would suffer. They wouldn’t believe anything then.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I believe she thought it came from the potential lunatic. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

For a person who believes that 1 newborn is worth 100 fetuses, those 1.5 million abortions would translate—dividing 1.5 million by 100—into the equivalent of a loss of 15,000 human lives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They had just moved in that week, I believe. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I still believed in spells...he thought. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch believed the job was beneath him, so he never told his mother that he worked as a waiter in America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

My heart is pounding so hard I believe she can hear it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It had been said so often that John, without ever thinking about it, had come to believe it himself. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Mac,” he inquired, “do you actually believe there’s a pole up there sticking out on top of the world?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be clear: I don’t believe in fate. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But the old man would not have believed white warfare—killing across great distances without knowing who or how many had died. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to be the big hero again. You want everyone to adore you and believe in you and follow you.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I do apologize, but we have strayed off topic. Where are my manners? I believe that introductions are in order. I don’t recall hearing your names.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Can’t believe I told that intelligence officer I couldn’t do this kind of work! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“The police will believe anything I tell them.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because most Americans, including those within law enforcement, want to believe they are nonracist, the suffering in the drug war crosses the color line. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?” he said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I thought the Negro paper believed in reporting the truth,” Stella pressed, frowning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A person who believed in patterns might be tempted to believe Diego and I were fated to meet. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Are you serious? You really believe that? Are you blind?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She said it was to see that we behaved, but I believe she was glad of an excuse to leave the sadness of the house. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice had gone from its “I don’t believe you” tone to its “How dare you lie to me” sound. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

"As long as I have the people with me I'll believe in what I'm doing." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's hard to believe—here it is, August, and we're walking ankle-deep in high mountain snow somewhere in Switzerland. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I haven’t been—I haven’t done the best job supporting you. I see that now. But believe it or not, up until this moment, I really thought I was doing the right thing.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For instance: Hudson Clark hadn’t believed in doors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The Southern Presbyterians believe that what is to be is to be and you can’t do a thing about it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Your actions contradict your thoughts—you’re dragging us through this maze because you believe this prophecy needs to be enabled—and by that logic prophecies can also be broken—prevented. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Miss Turner was the only person that believed me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou said, “I did not believe you, and I do know what they taste like, and it isn’t chicken.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Buddhists believe that if you empty out your head, that’s when you find enlightenment. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

So my father believed, or wanted to believe, and so he tried to convince Tessie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The government people wanted us to believe there was something wrong with her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most psychologists believe that nature — genetics — accounts for about half of the reason why we tend to act the way we do. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Drucker had made it sound inevitable, but I still hadn't believed it was possible. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

To not help him, they believed, would be a greater moral offense and act of ingratitude than even his verbal attacks of hostility and hatred. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You couldn’t believe how bad it’s been. I’ve often thought you were lucky to be hit when you were.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“They don’t expect stuff to work, so when it doesn’t, it’s no big deal. They don’t believe in maintenance at all.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not. But I still think it’s worth it. Your education will open doors later, Merci, believe me. I just don’t want you to blow it.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She was not entirely sure what she herself believed, but she knew that her mother would want them to do these rituals for her, and that was enough. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimly, he remembered reading about that; in the olden days they had believed in canals on Mars. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The General, ah, defers to General Hill’s judgment, I believe.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and smiled at me now, but I didn't believe in that smile for a second. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

For all Stalin’s preparation for the “future war,” he seems to have had some kind of mental block against believing that Hitler was really going to attack him. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Your parents and I—the entire staff here—we want what’s best for you. We’re here to help you get better. I need to know that you believe that.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He believed he was looking at Marburg virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dalgard hung up the phone believing that his decision to sacrifice the monkeys in Room F had been correct. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I know May herself believed in spirits from the next world. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she almost believed it would be enough. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In more primitive ages, when a just and peaceful society was in fact not possible, it had been fairly easy to believe in it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ve known forever she wasn’t going to make it, almost from the beginning. She said she was getting better because that’s what I wanted to hear. And I believed her. Except I didn’t.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You never really said anything about what you Koreans believe in,” she said. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diego ignored the past, and I believed we had no future. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"But then," he added, "I'd never have believed it of you, either." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was preordained, a bulletproof future they’d tricked themselves into believing was guaranteed to them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Madame,” said I, ”’twas far from our intention to intrude upon the grief of any; but believing the house unoccupied, we wished to take shelter here for a few hours before resuming our journey. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“There are rumors it is hidden in an ancient engineering work. We believe it could be sealed within one of the gates of the Panama Canal.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t believed it was really there, or really gold, or that he could really have it just for the taking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not believe I was alive; I could not believe I was not dreaming a frightful nightmare. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some things have been waiting here so long, I believe, they have many layers of dust upon them. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some provincial leaders resisted it because they believed it undermined their power. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when my own mother didn’t believe me, I stopped believing myself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As she uncovered a globe, I couldn't believe my eyes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You’re impatient, stubborn and willing to sacrifice even your lives for what you believe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with most grown-ups April’s eyes got narrow and you couldn’t believe a word she said. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor would she have believed it after the aggressive realism with which she revealed to her that the anxiety of falling in love could not find repose except in bed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I do not believe in miracles. But I grant that there are things—events and beings, perhaps—beyond the reach of reason,” I say, turning my thoughts into words with difficulty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“He’d never believe me. And the lawyer would probably call your dad to double-check. It is stupid.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was my father, and I wanted to believe him, but I wasn’t so sure anymore. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Could he really believe the impossible legends his son had scoffed at? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t believe them until I saw it in action myself,” he said, then folded one of the pages back and held it up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sure, the water crisis is bad, but not every one of these people could possibly believe it’s so bad that they’d need to leave for greener pastures. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“There are a lot of things worth overthinking, believe me. But this isn’t one of them.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then came the rest of us: Ruth May with pigtails flying behind her, hurrying mightily because she is youngest and believes the last shall be first. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t believe everything you hear in stories, Bast.They lie to you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t have believed you if you told me the truth.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“All right, don’t tell me then, I don’t care. I don’t believe any of it anyway,” I said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the cyclotron development had been, let us say, a year earlier, I repeat, there is every reason to believe that some of these discoveries referred to would have been made using cyclotrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His words had hit home; she had been compared —unfavorably, she believed—with the only people she knew for certain she was superior to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until that moment I’d always believed I could still go home and pretend the Congo never happened. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve grown stronger. In a way that, perhaps, you can no longer understand. People change. You used to believe that most of all,” said Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Many Christian commoners were tricked into believing that their religion and their cause made them superior to those they fought against as soldiers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you see that I don’t think our father was a thief? I don’t believe he was a liar.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before, you used to hear the word immigration and it sounded like everything you ever believed in. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You talk about charm and beauty and sacrificing yourself to make things pleasant for people. I don’t believe you care a bit for that. You’re too conceited and stubborn and selfish...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“So she wants to believe him when he says he’s through?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

How could he believe that his dear Annie suffered for sins she committed? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe that what had generated such college popularity for me was Dr. Lincoln’s book, The Black Muslims in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others can believe what they like, but I don’t believe for a second that this is the real August and the other an aberration. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I wondered how safe and normal a life he must’ve lived in order to say something like that, so casually, and really, truly, believe it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It would take time for her to work it out, but somehow, even in those first moments of learning of the Soviet accomplishment, she believed that this was her fight too. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But this drive was different and better because it occurred during calculus, because it occurred with Ben and Radar, because it occurred on our way to where I believed I would find her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Neeley, if you had to die, wouldn’t it be wonderful to die now—while you believed that everything was perfect, the way this night is perfect?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have my own tiny apartment, if you can believe that. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dimple, believe me, I do too. But this is not a conversation to have when we’re both...” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My head couldn’t hardly believe what my tongue told it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mama hides things from me—or that’s what I let her believe. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You a low creature, man! I can’t believe you done that! You lower than dirt.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never went to find him on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, because I was happier believing he was there than finding out for sure. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But did we really believe in the Gallery? Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced back and couldn’t believe what he saw. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the compliment,” I said, looking at him with the pleasantest expression I could muster so he would believe I wasn’t annoyed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe he knows anything about it. He never had the pluck to come here himself. He only talked of one Other World. But suppose there were dozens?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was probably believed to be dead, drowned in the shipwreck that had killed his closest friends and Commander Brum. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There is much more beauty in the world if I believe such a thing is possible.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

She repeats how okay everything’s going to be again and again like a chant, but I can tell she doesn’t believe it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Real glad. Not like you guys.You guys are a breath of fresh air, believe me.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A rumor based on a kiss started a reputation that other people believed in and reacted to. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

McCandless, I came to believe with increasing conviction, scrupulously steered clear of the reportedly toxic H. mackenzii and never ate its seeds or any other part of the plant. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost ask whom he’s talking about, because I can’t quite believe he’s admitting that high and mighty Cardan is affected by anything. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I believed I could repair the damage—that now I was back, this would be my life, and it wouldn’t matter that Nick understood nothing of Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I bet now you can believe in anything. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Tories believing all differences could be settled with time, patience, and respect for government. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my life I’d been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her life before— the Academy, her family, her obligations—was a different world, one she could barely believe she had ever lived in. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He and many others believed that the German government ended the war too early and was "stabbing" the German people in the back. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought you didn’t believe in God,” he says. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She believed that just as the power of her mind could move the saltcellar on the table, she could also produce deaths, earthquakes, and other, even worse catastrophes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe I struck the right tone in my postscript, after only a dozen tries. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe those words had come out of my mouth, but as soon as they were spoken I felt the truth of them, resonating in me loud as a bell. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I believed I could be remade, my mind recast. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Not believing in God doesn’t make June evil. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But if the public schools he attended had not offered arts instruction, he believed, he would not have fulfilled his potential. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s hard to believe, but we aren’t friends. My friends are the band. We’re all pretty different, but they don’t make fun of me.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I can see her chess mind sorting through the pieces of my words, not quite believing my excuses, looking a dozen steps ahead for what I might do next. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is hard to believe this, it really is. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He believes Juan Manuel has made it big in New York and he is waiting for money from America to complete the upstairs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But he finally answered that he believed her to be well and married to a rich gentleman. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They want to believe that their language and culture are so unique as to have required uniquely complex developmental processes, unlike those operating elsewhere in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler had fought against them in World War I and said, "I'll never believe that an American soldier can fight like a hero." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The white dude—Brad, Jus believes—raises his hands in mock adoration. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If War Admiral got it, they believed the race would be over before it began. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if he doesn’t care? What if he doesn’t believe her?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I still couldn’t believe how unfair it was. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Some say those are just stories, but I don’t believe that. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

But despite the intentions of the marchers, I could hardly believe the chaos, confusion, noise, and violence. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother believes. She was raised Buddhist but goes to Methodist church now. She’s not very happy with me.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In years to come people would call the outbreak of firepox that struck Ketterdam the Queen’s Lady Plague, after the ship believed to have brought the contagion to the city. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They believed me completely, and thought me vastly knowledgeable; I felt superior to the lot of them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt herself beginning to believe it; but all the same, it was heartrending to see the poor little cold thing, so close and yet so out of reach. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I can see Johanna beginning to believe him, thinking of the small cluster of people she has gathered to the Allegiant cause. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Until the day she married him she never believed that she would ever consent to be his wife. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of family efforts to keep certain things dark, he had reason to believe certain things were well known, even among the—ah—lower classes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They believed that Mark Antony would not support Caesarion’s right to rule over that of his own flesh and blood. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Bobby believed deeply in the notion that a play renews itself every day, in rehearsal or performance. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Can’t believe they ripped up everything they got their ugly hands on,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“At the top? The second paragraph, I believe?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy spoke heartily, “Let’s believe together in a world where no one is inside or outside, yes?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I do believe your earlier suggestion is spot on,” he said, and rather randomly quoted what Maddie reckoned was probably a line from Kipling. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

First published in 1905, the book, at the time Bobby found it, was still believed by some to be an authentic work of wowfiction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even my roommate Edward has claimed victory, although I’m inclined to believe the closest he’s ever come to a naked woman was between the covers of one of his eight-pagers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Below her name is a quote from Maya Angelou: “I believe that every person is born with talent.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In a nutshell, Barack believed and trusted when others did not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Gregor couldn’t believe his dad would abandon the family and never look back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's like I didn't let myself see it before, but now that I see it, I can't believe the things I did to you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

For much of the last century most Mayanists believed that at its height—200 to 900 a.d., roughly speaking—the Maya realm was divided into a hugger-mugger of more or less equivalent city-states. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I might not have believed them, but I had the example of Isaac and Alice before me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He must have believed that if he kept winning these tiny skirmishes, victory would eventually be his. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Cohn, I believe, took every word of "The Purple Land" as literally as though it had been an R. G. Dun report. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

His face went from its livid red to an ashen white more quickly than I would have believed possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They stood looking at each other in the half-light, Faber and Montag, as if each did not believe in the other's existence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not superstitious and do not believe in omens, but the death of the snake did not please me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kermit believed that he would be able to transport some—if not all—of the empty canoes down the precarious rapids and waterfalls. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe that he was finished off by an SS, for nobody had noticed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks like ..he said slowly, not quite sure he believed his own eyes, . a hot air balloon.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was ironic, but liberals believed in the South’s racial Manichaeanism almost as completely as Jesse Helms—they just aligned themselves with the folks on the darker side of the color line. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still believing in a God who chooses sides. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, we have to believe him, we've got no choice,” Hornet said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once the lock gave way, he said, “If you believe in praying, Cas, this might be the time to send one up.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Your ends may well be right—I think I believe in the same ends—but you cannot use people as your pawns, Atticus. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I feel annoyed with myself, because I think I do believe her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe that was a sign—he didn’t think he believed in signs, but after the coyotes last night, he wasn’t sure he didn’t. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I believed he had no human weaknesses or faults, and that, therefore, he could make no mistakes and that he could do no wrong. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even for humans, if you can believe it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But a cry came from the priest and they looked up to see a marvel hardly to be believed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

This moment felt both hard to believe and completely inevitable, if such a thing were possible. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I question Noah about it, he says he doesn’t know what I’m talking about, but I don’t believe him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If smart people are parodying it, that’s a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had looked at me with his wide, bright eyes and smiled like he couldn’t believe the great thing that had happened to him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no reason to believe that the prince wouldn't betray him again. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sergeants were polite but did not believe it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It is not enough to give lip service and to believe in equal pay: there has to be a conversion, from the heart. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yolanda often read poems addressed to lovers, sonnets set in bedrooms, and she knew her mother did not believe in sex for girls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

If ever I have children I will not read their diaries as I believe that even a child is entitled to some privacy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I envy some of my friends who are convinced about telepathy; oddly enough, it is my European scientist acquaintances who believe it most freely and take it most lightly. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because they did not roll from his tongue like they had been practiced, I believed Hamlet’s words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Did he lead you to believe that the other Champions know about you?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Reyna couldn’t believe the son of Bacchus, the most good-natured of officers, would side with Octavian. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I have always believed, almost from the moment I met Jerome, that God sent him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But another part of me wanted to shout at her and ask why she didn’t believe me or care enough to ask whether or not I needed medical help. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe thanks are owed to you too. My understanding is that you helped Ekon procure my daraja. You brought her to me.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Well, when you are ready, make sure to come and immerse. It is such a beautiful tradition. I can't believe we have it back." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Looking at the man, with his crippled foot and greasy ragged tunic tied closed with woven palm fronds, it wasn’t hard to believe he was close to starvation. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Those monsters deserved it, believe me, Dottore,” he said to Scipio. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They created us, they shaped our world, they told us what to believe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some people are just like that and if you don’t believe me it just means you’ve never met one of them yourself. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had me such a good nurse. I couldn’t have believed it.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I can't believe they only gave me six days off—that's only four days here, counting travel! I should probably stay up all night so I'm still on New York time." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He did not know how much he would tell about the ugly words of Guy Wortman and the others who were ready to believe that Matt Creighton was a Copperhead, because of Bill’s actions. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I believe for those of us who keep it in our hearts, Coalwood still lives. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to believe Audrey, I really did, but I knew better. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A lover of language, my father believed very much in the power of words to influence and transform lives. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Researchers raced to find what they believed to be the elusive cancer virus, with hopes of developing a vaccine to prevent it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that a vile creature like him could sway the Boltons to change their allegiance, but nothing else made sense. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Now I’m beginning to understand. I didn’t steal that plum tomato, sir. Colonel Cathcart gave it to me. You can even ask him if you don’t believe me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But you say they were gods?” asked Mouzaive, the natural philosopher, who was hard-pressed to believe in the divine. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Like many of his countrymen, the Soviet leader believed that communism had set his country on a path toward social justice and modernization; its triumph over capitalism was all but inevitable. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m having trouble believing this is even possible. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He used them in a few videos, and you wouldn’t believe the response. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was hard to tell whether April was kidding or whether she really believed stuff like that. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile? not able to believe my luck. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Actually,” he said, as though continuing a conversation begun while Eleanor slept, “I cannot believe that my wife stirred up that storm, but I do admit that one more word about pure love...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Damnit, Dana...What’s the good of sitting here trading threats? I don’t believe you want to hurt me any more than I want to hurt you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

With all my heart I believed that we would continue to live the same until Archangel Gabriel announced the end of time. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As she moved stiffly, she saw Ginika in her side vision, watching them, her expression puzzled, mouth slightly slack, as though she did not quite believe what had happened. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In point of fact, Pocock, with only a lower- school education, tended to believe that it was he rather than these college men who should be deferential. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s what scientists believe holds the Milky Way and all other galaxies together, kind of like a giant spiderweb. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

If Jeanine can make people believe that my father and all the other Abnegation leaders are corrupt and awful, she has support for whatever revolution she wants to start, if that’s really her plan. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Malfoy couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw that Harry and Ron were still at Hogwarts the next day, looking tired but perfectly cheerful. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Thessicher kept staring at him covertly, unable to believe that he was who he said he was. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe, even in my fiercest moments, I had considered this possibility. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

So she was careful not to make the same kind of mistake herself; and she believed all the stories the guys told. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the second type, known as information-based discrimination, one person believes that another type of person has poor skills, and acts accordingly. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He wept because God was unfair, and because this was the way God repaid those who believed in their dreams. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could hardly believe my eyes. Is she getting friendly?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, the census of 1790 provided unmistakable evidence that those antislavery advocates who believed that the future was on their side were deluding themselves. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Helpers had been programmed to believe that “everything is as it should be.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

My trust in Estrayen had been more willed than spontaneous; now I believed him completely. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t believe any of this underwear actually exists, but thinking about it is a nasty joy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why I believed her, but for the first time ever, I told someone my secret. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe we wanted to believe that was true. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe that a peaceful Asia is far nearer to reality because of what America has done in Vietnam,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

For a second, 1 couldn’t believe who it was. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Toby had known him long enough to believe that Luke wanted him to be happy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe what I just witnessed. Never in a million years.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe the Roach called that ‘the easy bit.’” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t believe—yet—that the children were in danger, but it was very worrying not to know where they were. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tasha bugged out her eyes like she couldn't believe what she was hearing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Laury summed it up best: “Lightning’s a good listener, and she believes in us.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby don’t believe it!” she said, her voice excited. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you, man. You probably spent the whole night in here scratching this all off.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I understood how he felt: I didn’t believe in ghosts who used Morse code to communicate with people they’d never liked. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“A man of science, and yet you believe the myths. You believe in the might of reason, but you also believe in fairy tales. Goddesses and curses.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Please, don’t cry, mi niña. Your hair will grow back stronger, believe me.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Carrel was a mystic who believed in telepathy and clairvoyance, and thought it was possible for humans to live several centuries through the use of suspended animation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I believe, on hunch, that an inventory of our major disease problems based on this sort of classification would show a limited number of important questions for which the predictable answers carry certainty. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained that Mom believed children should be responsible for their own grooming. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As a scientist, she believed that it was her obligation to perform medical research that would help alleviate human suffering. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1951, most doctors in the field believed that invasive carcinoma was deadly, and carcinoma in situ wasn’t. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ubiquitous in highlands art, the Andean cross is a stepped shape that some claim is inspired by the Southern Cross constellation and others believe represents the four quarters of the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t believe that the pursuit of one person’s dreams should come at the expense of the couple.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Despite what he wanted to believe, he couldn’t convince himself that the man wasn’t telling the truth. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I still don’t believe what I’m hearing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Was it Flora’s job to believe in Ulysses? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe he was giving it to me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Comes a time when a man’s got to sit down and think, and that’s the time you got to make up your mind to sell your life for something you believe in.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia revered El Lfder and wanted Felicia to give herself entirely to the revolution, believing that this alone would save her daughter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They, too, had come to believe her repeated statement, “We got to go free or die.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you truly believed that, you would never have come." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Yet it is hard to believe that Homo sapiens was completely innocent. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t believe, ma? But it is true.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I refused to believe that they had the power to prevent the world’s end but had chosen to leave the decision up to a sixteen-year-old nobody. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Shanti had told her story so many times, she had even started to believe it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Adams believed that Jefferson’s version of the story, while misguided, was destined to dominate the history books. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But believing in one another was not really at issue anymore. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I believe in God the Father Almighty—” she began. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I believe in all of them, all three versions of Luke, at one and the same time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was awake half the night thinking it all over, and I believe it’s a plot to get the house.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

For weeks after that I could not believe in my feelings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be the only metropolitan area in the country governed by people who don’t believe in genetic damage. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It would have been comfortable, but I could not believe it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

More important, they believed the crimes they committed were legitimate because they were committed in the heat of passion: anger, jealousy, loss of face, and so on. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know people would rather believe the person they know than the person they don’t know. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It made me shiver, not because it was cold but because the roots of everything I had ever believed in seemed shaken. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded and took a deep breath like he really believed her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She’d won the competition fair and square, and she still believed in her design 100 percent. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And like I said, I’m not sure what I believe. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“The school pays for it. We have a budget, which is really rare. And Mr. Partridge is great. You shouldn’t believe what people say about him.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

If she hadn’t seen it, she wouldn’t have believed it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I did not believe in magic, in spells, in things that defied logic. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes! I couldn’t believe anybody would take such a chance. We were only allowed to bring one pencil, you know.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The young guy who’d thrown his voice like a bear did a ventriloquist act that was so good I almost believed his dummies had come alive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

For all of his training, Dr. Rohmer would never believe that cripples themselves are a diverse group, and some make jokes. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had always believed passionately in Mother’s herbs, but that night felt different, like something inside him was shifting, a new creed taking hold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One day when the guard told me that I’d been in for five months, I believed it, but I didn’t understand it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I am not. I am a First Officer with the Air Transport Auxiliary. And I bet no one believes you, either, when you tell them you’re a rear gunner in the Royal Air Force.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I believe that your immune system is especially fragile given what I could surmise about the nature of your upbringing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. Prisoners state he was killed this morning. I believe Doubleday has succeeded him.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a letter in 1879, Charles wrote what he now believed about science and faith and how he had gotten there. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madison wanted to take slavery off the national agenda because he believed that decisive action would result in the destruction of either the Virginia planter class or the nation itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a lie but people believed it, while no one seemed to believe the truth. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ma believed that her bone soup could cure all kinds of ills. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“If this is what it’s like to be free,” he thought, “I believe I’d rather be penned up in my own yard.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

We believe there is a common language that all technical civilizations, no matter how different, must have. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not believe that there were hoods in suits out by the gates who were not stabbing each other. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He’d believe her about the dungeons and the fat man with the forked beard and the wizard in the steel cap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“This will take a month’s believing,” he said. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron walked away, hardly daring to believe that they’d avoided detention. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z