Will Johnson
Will Johnson
giving choices doe
We study there a lot because... what other choice does society give us, right? It's Starbucks or death, sometimes.
mother gratitude devotion
A pause while my mother made high-pitched sisterly devotions of gratitude.
cat brooks lecturing
Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.
moving phones years
It rang and it rand and it rang. I looked at the screen one last time, then at Stuart, and then I reached my arm back and threw the phone as hard as I could (sadly, not that far), and it vanished into the snow. The eight-year-olds, who were truly fascinated with our every move at this point, chased after it. 'Lost it,' I said. 'Whoops.
people creative impossible
People always say they can't do things, that they're impossible. They just haven't been creative enough.
men thinking feet
Do you ever sing in the car?" "Generally not. But I am driving a police car." "I think people would like a singing policeman. Makes life seem more like a musical. Like Foot-tastic." "You can talk for a long time about nothing." "I certainly can, you charming man!
gone jack-the-ripper
Some nutter's gone and pulled a Jack the Ripper.
kissing giving forever
I remember how, at first, I had felt the tension in his lips, as if he was trying to make a barrier between us - then they had relaxed, parted slightly. And that's when I had known he wanted to kiss me, wanted to give in. That little parting of the lips, the little sigh that came out... I would hear that sigh forever. That little, little sound when the whole world seemed to open up.
running ran
I ran like a thing that runs.
sports running talking
I like to talk. Talking is kind of my thing. If talking had been a sport option at Wexford, I would have been captain. But sports always have to involve running, jumping, or swinging your arms around. You don’t get PE points for the smooth and rapid movement of the jaw.
paris needs reason
Why Paris? Paris needs no reason. Paris is its own reason.
mad lasts
I'm the last of the mad ones.
tea cups hot
Hot tea," he said, holding the cups. "It's just wrong.
thinking brave said
One question," I said. "Did you tell me all that because you think I'm going to die?" "No," he said. "It's because you're doing something brave, and I felt I should too." "I'll take that as a yes," I said.