It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed.
The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.
***A KEY WORD*** Imagined
...to swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent.
Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and I know I’m right. It’s like I’ve been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.
an expression of surprise falls from her face, though she's trying to keep it. it breaks off and she seems to catch it and fidget with it in her hands.