The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) Language and Communication Quotes

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Quote #10

"Viola," I whisper, my voice shaking.

"I know," she says quietly, pulling her arms tight around her, still facing away from me.
And I look at her sitting there and she looks across the river and we wait as the dawn fully arrives, each of us knowing.

Each of us knowing the other. (38.83-85)

Here's a bit of non-verbal communication, which is sometimes the most truthful kind. Todd and Viola are spending their last bit of quality time together before they get to Haven—and they know it. They've had some feelings pent up which have probably made their communication worse, but here they acknowledge their feelings without saying a word.