So, the thing weโre all not talking about,โ he says. He gestures to me. โYou almost died, a sadistic pansycake saved you, and now weโre all waging some serious war with the factionless as allies.โ โPansycake?โ says Christina. โDauntless slang.โ Lynn smirks. โSupposed to be a huge insult, only no one uses it anymore.โ โBecause itโs so offensive,โ says Uriah, nodding. โNo. Because itโs so stupid no Dauntless with any sense would speak it, let alone think it. Pansycake. What are you, twelve?โ โAnd a half,โ he says.
Veronica RothOur eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to to them.
Veronica RothWe kiss again and this time, it feels familiar. I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
Veronica RothWhen her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but warm, and then she stood before me, short and thin and plain and in all ways unremarkable- except that she had jumped first. The stiff had jumped first. Even I didn't jump first. Her eyes were so stern, so insistent. Beautiful.
Veronica RothI see love developing from friendship. Common ground is a strong basis for friendship. My husband is my best friend and we have a lot in common even though we're admittedly different people. I think it evolves from how I see relationships working. You know, the opposites attract thing happens all the time, but so does the best friends thing. It's just a great kind of relationship in fiction.
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