Steve Toltz… she gave me a look that deftly combined tenderness with revulsion. To this day the memory of that look still visits me like a Jehovah’s Witness: uninvited and tireless.
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…she gave me a look that deftly combined tenderness with revulsion. To this day the memory of that look still visits me like a Jehovah’s Witness: uninvited and tireless. The quote makes it clear that the woman who looked at Greg found him to be repulsive. This is in contrast to the feelings he expressed to her, which were described as tender and loving. The difference in how she felt about him and his feelings for her caused the two individuals to go their separate ways.
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- … she gave me a look that deftly combined tenderness with revulsion. To this day the memory of that look still visits me like a Jehovah’s Witness: uninvited and tireless.