She tips her chin up and looks at me with that Abnegation stubbornness I know so well. She may have left them, but they are what’s making her strong.

Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion.

What's this about flashing underwear?" says Uriah, sidestepping a bunk. "Whatever it is, I'm in.

I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the attraction, obviously, but I also think it's important to show the characters having actual conversations about things other than their feelings for each other - and to develop their friendship on the page.

Please. They're like the Cult of Four.

I need the protection of seeming weak.