an excerpt from "Wasted"
"Hugs are difficult, however. [They] are a gesture from one person to another of [caring] , and the idea of being cared for [was] not something I could understand. Contact with another person reminds you that you are also a person, and implies that someone cares about you as such. This felt to me, profoundly false, and I felt that I did not, in any way, warrant such care, such contact. Contact with another body reminds you that you have a body, a fact you are trying very hard to forget."
Anyone else, who has read this, bawl when Duane hugs her? It's so true.
Anyone else, who has read this, bawl when Duane hugs her? It's so true.