Will Walton > Quotes

“There’s sickness, and there’s sadness. But the thing is, there’s love, too. I try never to forget that.”
― Will Walton, Anything Could Happen

“Am I shattered enough already,
or am I
shattering? (And when do I start to build?)”
― Will Walton, I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain

“Dancing is spiritual. Dancing is personal. Some people look at a dancing person and say, What a total show-off. They only notice the body of the dancing person. They look at the way the elbows jut out, the way the hips shake and the neck bends. They criticize all of these things, saying, This dancing person shouldn't be dancing. This dancing person has no rhythm.
But the dancer is immune to all of this.”
― Will Walton, Anything Could Happen

“Being young is like
being a moth, or alive I
bet-possibly:
I am burning, if I am learning any-
thing these days, it is that

The flames you keep touching when you're young,
you keep right ahead on touching when you're older.”
― Will Walton, I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain

“I'm not scared of the feeling. It has shown up, and I am facing it. I let everything happen, and I am facing it.
I let everything happen as it's supposed to.”
― Will Walton, I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain

“Poetry is queer really, just by nature.”
― Will Walton, I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain

“It is brave to be ruthless towards the mother.”
― Will Walton, I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain

“In case you ever had any doubt, you are my best friend, too. And everyone knows, you never meet anyone on your whole life who means exactly the same thing that your first best friend means. it just doesn't work that way.”
― Will Walton, Anything Could Happen

“It’s nice to meet you, Richard Farm the Third. You like to travel?”

“Well.” I tip my head to the side, trying to think. Where have I ever even been outside of Warmouth, other than Farm Farm? “Yeah, I guess I like to travel.”

Santa lifts his mug and takes a swig. “Excellent. Seems natural if you like to read. Reading’s just another form of travel, after all.”
― Will Walton

“Luca said one day, "I guess life doesn't level out the way you think it will, ever." Because the thing is, you always have a body. And with it, you have need, you have desire, and you have love, and it all changes.

As we live. Changes.
The matter we're made of, that connects us to the stars, in constant motion.”
― Will Walton, I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain

“Hey, Tretch. Just writing to say I hope
your date went well and to point out
that Mom and Dad did not leave
notes for me while I was out.
Therefore, you are the favorite.
I'm off to sleep off my feelings of
inadequacy. Hopefully.
Yours truly, Chopped Liver”
― Will Walton, Anything Could Happen