Of course I tensed up when he touched me. To be with him was to hurt h…

John Green
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Of course I tensed up when he touched me. To be with him was to hurt him-inevitably. And that's what I'd felt as he reached for me: I'd felt as though I were committing an act of violence against him, because I was. ✨ John Green (2012). The Fault in Our Stars, p.63, Penguin
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