" The Persistence of Desire"

"...Every cell in his body has been replaced since he has last seen her, his hands jerked in his lap and blood bounded against his skin."

This quote is when he sees his ex girlfriend again. He doesnet know what to feel or how to think. He is entranct by he presence. He has een in a slup and she was like a breath of fresh air for him. His body is feeling all of these things that he hasent felt in a while. He sounds board with his life now and to see her is like living errantly.

"Well if i hurt you, it was stupidity, because I was young. I've often wondered since if I did, because it seems now that you were the only people outside my family whoever, actually, liked me."

He is telling her how he feels. There in an apartment and just chatting and he is taken over by love for her. He is telling her he is sorry and everything he feels. She on the other hand is acting a little distant and taken back. He is giving her an aplogy for all that he has done and expressing his love for her. And remember how she acts and how much he liked/missed her in his life.