Veronica Roth: "Anda pikir insting pertama saya adalah melindungi Anda...

"Anda pikir insting pertama saya adalah melindungi Anda. Karena Anda kecil, atau perempuan, atau kaku. Tapi kau salah. "Dia mendekatkan wajahnya ke wajahku dan melingkarkan jari-jarinya di daguku. Tangannya berbau logam. Kapan terakhir kali dia memegang pistol, atau pisau? Kulitku menggeliat pada titik kontak , seperti dia mentransmisikan listrik melalui kulitnya. "Insting pertamaku adalah mendorongmu sampai kau pecah, hanya untuk melihat seberapa keras aku harus menekan." Katanya, jari-jarinya meremas kata istirahat. Tubuhku tegang di tepi suaranya, jadi aku melingkar sekencang pegas, dan aku lupa bernapas."

--- Veronica Roth

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you're wrong." He leans his face close to mine and wraps his fingers around my chin. His hand smells like metal. When was the last time he held a gun, or a knife? My skin tingles at the point of contact, like he's transmitting electricity through his skin. "My first instinct is to push you until you break, just to see how hard I have to press." he says, his fingers squeezing at the word break. My body tenses at the edge in his voice, so I am coiled as tight as a spring, and I forget to breathe.