Quotes by Percy Allen

“He was in Percy’s arms and it was lovely to be there, to be one inconstant body rubbing off on and absorbing another.””

“He became too aware of his body as a continuous thing, connected physically to itself, like a long line of Hals going back to conception and forward to resurrection. Somewhere behind him there were the ones who had touched other people besides Percy, and the pious ones who promised they’d never do this, and the ones still in his mother’s arms.””