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  5. Of course I tensed up when he touched me. To be with him...

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
Hurt, Violence, Courses
John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.63, Penguin
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.