Paul Will
Paul Will
war character winter
. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.
christmas moving together
The universe is a trillion, trillion threads moving in seemingly unrelated directions. Yet when you look at them together, they create a remarkable tapestry.
smell childhood
The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood [p. 53]
apology soul chocolate
Nothing heals the soul like chocolate ... It's God's apology for broccoli.
stronger locks building
We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside
tickets earth rounds
We all arrive on Earth with a round-trip ticket.
stones gone prophet
We stone our prophets, then build monuments to them after they're gone.
truth-is
Magna est veritas, et praevalebit: truth is mighty, and will prevail
stories love-story compare
I've yet to read a love story that compares with mine.
want life-is indication
I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).
stars believe adversity
It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls’ most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.
life-is
That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be.
pain real growth
The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.
life-is
Life is not yours to take.