The Persistence of Desire

"this pattern had given Clyde as a boy a funny nervous feeling of intersection, and now he stood crisscrossed by a double sense of himself, his present identity extending down from Massachusetts to meet his disonsolate youth in Pennsylvania."
page 561

This quote is included in the first lines of the story. As Clyde stands in the doctors office that he visited as a boy he begins to feel uneasy. He feels as though the self he is now exsists in Massachusetts and finds it akward to be in his homestate of Pennsylvania. The Pennyslvania version of Clyde is beginning to show through due to the location of Clyde and this makes Clyde nervous. Clyde is nervous because he is considering the possibility of running into more memories which confuses his sense of self.

"Clyde paralyzed by so heavy an injection of love, touched her arm icily"
page 563

This moment happens after Clyde begins to express to Janet his regret of doing anything wrong in the pass. This hints that Clyde still has feelings for Janet. These feelings have come from an injection of his past caused by being in his hometown. However, reopening connections with Janet feels icy to both of them because they both lead different lives now.