“It’s just life, Will. It’ll be over before we know it.”
So, this is Stella throwing Will’s own words back at him. When they first meet, he tells her that life will be over before she knows it. It’s kind of his motto. Why bother, right? We’re all going to die anyway. Well, at the beginning, Stella’s only concern was doing her treatments so she could stay alive, but she’s not really living.
These two characters were solidly entrenched in their own outlooks on life. What I wanted to do was have them literally switch outlooks. These two people have such an impact on each other that their foundational beliefs undergo a seismic shift. By the time they go to see the lights, Will is arguing for treatments, treatments, stay alive, stay alive, and Stella is recklessly throwing caution to the wind in an attempt to be as free as she can be, which is why at this moment, she flings his own words back at him.
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