All the World Beside Quotes

“The word, 'abomination,' redefines itself with each second that passes, so it seems to lose all meaning, for what they are doing now is more than a word; he feels neither the violation or the humiliation that had seemed bound to its meaning only a moment before. It seems to him now, as he relaxes for Arthur, that everything has led him to this point, that everything is as it should be. This is His flesh; this is His blood boiling and bound before the moment the spear pierces His side. This is what it means to receive His communion.”
― Garrard Conley, All the World Beside

“Better if we had never said a word. Far better if we had never said any of it aloud, for now it is real. It is real. And I must face it.”
― Garrard Conley, All the World Beside