How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
yes, the synapses are conveying the information now. newsflash: isaac never existed. it was only your friend posing. it was all a lie.
all a lie. (8.34-35)
Wow. And this is one doozy of a lie. Can you imagine having to process such a thing? Not only does the person you love not exist, but that person was just your friend the entire time. This is some awful truth right here.
Quote #5
me: you know what sucks about love?
o.w.g.: what?
me: that it's so tied to truth. (8.63)
Both Wills think about this line a whole bunch throughout the novel. So what does it mean? In order to truly love someone you have to be honest with them and get honesty from them in turn. You can't form any kind of actual relationship without putting yourself out there and being real. will can't truly love Isaac because he's not real—and Will can't get things going with Jane until he's honest about how he feels.
Quote #6
Jane's standing on the curb on her tiptoes now, almost leaning out into a street choked thick with cabs. A group of college guys walk past and look at her, one raising his eyebrows to another. I'm still thinking about the tying of love and truth—and it makes me want to tell her the truth—the whole, contradictory truth—because otherwise, on some level, am I not that girl? Am I not that girl pretending to be Isaac? (9.9)
So this might not make Jane like him, but Will just has to let his feelings out. Because he's waited so long, though, by the time he tells her the truth, it's too late.