How we cite our quotes: (Paragraph)
Quote #1
You know these things now, just as everybody seems to know them now. You could make it better, if only a little better, but you still don't. Why not? Why don't you want it better? (626)
One of the hardest parts of depression is knowing it's going on, but having a hard time accepting the things that can help it stop.
Quote #2
Well, unfortunately you are a victim of your own success. You don't hardly exist. (670)
By isolating himself, Will thinks he has been successful at making himself invisible. He totally isn't invisible, though, and Pops and Gran and Angela all see him.
Quote #3
"So I thought maybe you were, I don't know, killing yourself over that. That may have been a joke. You have no idea." (671)
Angela is the first person that we know of who is able to joke about death, or the threat of suicide. This puts Will at ease somehow—perhaps because he feels filled with darkness and she doesn't seem afraid of it.
Quote #4
You throw everything—sadness and rage and the past and the abject unspeakable loneliness—behind the hand as you throw. (936)
Perhaps a punching bag would have been a better idea than the guy's face? But at least Will understands that his emotions are complicated, and that behind rage is sadness and loneliness, not just anger.
Quote #5
They must be so relieved. What must they have been thinking you were going to do? (945)
Will is referring to the fact that he hasn't done himself in, and how that might make everyone happy. Perhaps it is Will who is relieved that he hasn't tried to do something stupid, though…
Quote #6
You don't want to take the pills […] for a while anyway you don't. But without them there are problems. Pain is a problem. (1051)
Some people equate taking medication with weakness, and think of it as giving up. But isn't suicide a far worse solution to psychological pain? Perhaps Will understands this, too, at this point.
Quote #7
You know the lookover. People checking your eyes […] your mannerisms, for signs of whether it's okay to be honest with you. (1216)
Will is used to people tiptoeing around him because they think he is emotionally fragile and don't want to push him over the edge. The thing is, feeling sorry for him causes more harm than good, because to get through his psychological pain, he needs to feel strong, not weak.