Freewill Isolation Quotes

Angela bonds with Will over their status as outcasts, yet she also makes a point of setting herself apart from him here. Looks like misery can only stand so much company…

Everyone needs a space to feel safe in, a place to go when you need to retreat from the world. For Pops it is the garden, and for Will it is the beach.

Maybe Will's having a bit of a woe-is-me moment here, but maybe he's also tapping into something that's simply true: There is always a bit of space between us, a limit to just how together we can be as humans since, in the end, we're each different.

Will sees himself as dangerous. Or does he just want people to not judge him? What does Will get from feeling that everyone is afraid of him? What does he lose?

We love television as much as the next guy, but there's still nothing quite like a good, old-fashioned face-to-face interaction with another human being, Will.

Will thinks he has made himself invisible by keeping a low profile and isolating himself. But while this seems like it was his goal, he also seems pretty bummed out to have reached it.

Okay. So Will is nothing today… but there's also something there that wasn't there yesterday. You win, Will—we're thoroughly confused.

No one can shoulder their whole lives themselves. That's what friends are for, yo—listen to Pops, Will.

Does being famous make Will feel less isolated?

Epiphany alert, Shmoopers: Will has finally realized that there have been people around him who care all along. That loneliness? That was all inside him.