Freewill Wisdom and Knowledge Quotes

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Quote #4

That is your move isn't it Will? From when you were a kid. Still expecting that it is you who disappears when you shut your eyes. That the world spins around you. (388)

Will shows that he is aware of the self-centered thoughts that plague him. These kind of thoughts are based on the logic of a nine-year-old, and don't serve him anymore, but that doesn't mean he's stopped thinking them.

Quote #5

Whether it was a suicide or not. I mean can they ever know for sure? I don't think they can. You cannot ever know what is in there, even if you are right there with somebody. (391)

One of the wiser things Will knows is that there is a limit to how much we can know another person. We act like we can be super conclusive about things—and at times, we certainly can—but we can never actually get inside someone else's head. So in the case of his parents' death, ultimately, it's all a mystery.

Quote #6

[…] and the poor lovely girl whom you knew. Did you know her? (405)

A young woman Will goes to school with is dead, and Will thinks about whether it's ever possible to get to know who someone really is. He knew her… but did he really?