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An abusive person both physically and verbally. To the best of Olly’s knowledge, his dad first became violent about a decade before the novel begins, after he was fired from his job in New York City for possible fraud. He’s an alcoholic who drinks at least three drinks per night, and he takes issue with anything either of his children do that marks them as different. Because of this, he refuses to allow Kara to paint her nails black and a few years before the novel begins, he pulls Olly out of the mathletes and tries to get him to join football. Though he’s not physically abusive every night, he’s always verbally abusive. Much of his physical abuse is directed at Olly’s mom. Maddy notices that he seems subdued and even drunker after Olly’s mom and his children leave him. It’s unclear where he goes when he moves away.
Olly’s Dad Quotes in Everything, Everything
The Everything, Everything quotes below are all either spoken by Olly’s Dad or refer to Olly’s Dad. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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33. Chaos Theory; Olly’s Formula
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Olly watched the color fade in the glass and remembered the day his dad got fired and how he’d been too afraid to comfort him. What if he had—would things be different now? What if?
He remembered how his dad had said that one thing doesn’t always lead to another.
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69. This Time
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“You should leave them,” I say. “It’s not safe for you there.”
I say it because he doesn’t know it. He’s trapped by the same memory of love, of better times, that his mother is, and it isn’t enough.
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78. Neighborhood Watch #3; Five Syllables; His Last Letter is Haiku
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He’s not sure which conversation with his mom finally convinced her. It could’ve been because he told her he couldn’t be part of the family anymore if she stayed. Sometimes you have to leave the people who love you the most, he said. Or, he says, it could’ve been when he finally told her about me and about how sick I am and how I was willing to do anything just to live. He says that she thinks I’m brave.
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Olly’s Dad Quotes in Everything, Everything
The Everything, Everything quotes below are all either spoken by Olly’s Dad or refer to Olly’s Dad. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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33. Chaos Theory; Olly’s Formula
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Olly watched the color fade in the glass and remembered the day his dad got fired and how he’d been too afraid to comfort him. What if he had—would things be different now? What if?
He remembered how his dad had said that one thing doesn’t always lead to another.
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69. This Time
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“You should leave them,” I say. “It’s not safe for you there.”
I say it because he doesn’t know it. He’s trapped by the same memory of love, of better times, that his mother is, and it isn’t enough.
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78. Neighborhood Watch #3; Five Syllables; His Last Letter is Haiku
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He’s not sure which conversation with his mom finally convinced her. It could’ve been because he told her he couldn’t be part of the family anymore if she stayed. Sometimes you have to leave the people who love you the most, he said. Or, he says, it could’ve been when he finally told her about me and about how sick I am and how I was willing to do anything just to live. He says that she thinks I’m brave.
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