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Olly and Kara’s mom is a stay-at-home parent. She spends her days gardening and tries to convince her children to do their chores so that they don’t make Olly’s dad angry, but she nevertheless is the primary target of his abuse. According to Olly, his mom believes that his dad is going to change and stop being violent. Late in the fall, she finally agrees to secretly move to New York City with Olly and Kara, leaving her husband behind.
Olly’s Mom Quotes in Everything, Everything
The Everything, Everything quotes below are all either spoken by Olly’s Mom or refer to Olly’s Mom. 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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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 Mom Quotes in Everything, Everything
The Everything, Everything quotes below are all either spoken by Olly’s Mom or refer to Olly’s Mom. 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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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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