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At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.

At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.

John Green
Letting Go, Hurt, Alaska
John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.15, Penguin

Shouldn't letting go be painless if you've never learned how to hold on?

John Green
Letting Go, Painless, Ifs
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson". Book by David Levithan, John Green, and Rodrigo Corral, April 6, 2010.

Cold,” he said, pressing a finger to my pale wrist. “Not cold so much as underoxygenated,” I said. “I love it when you talk medical to me,” he said. He stood, and pulled me up with him, and did not let go of my hand until we reached the stairs.

John Green
Letting Go, Hands, Medical
"The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.

And then we were kissing. My hand let go of the oxygen cart and I reached up for his neck, and he pulled me up by my waist onto my tiptoes. As his parted lips met mine, I started to feel breathless in a new and fascinating way. The space around us evaporated, and for a weird moment I really liked my body, this cancer-ruined thing I'd spent years dragging around suddenly seemed worth the struggle, worth the chest tubes and PICC lines and the ceaseless bodily betrayal of the tumors.

John Green
Letting Go, Betrayal, Cancer

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