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Stella’s Mom
At the beginning of the novel, Stella’s dad has just moved into a new apartment after his divorce from Stella’s mom. When Stella video calls him, he looks depressed and exhausted. Stella feels responsible for both of her parents’ wellbeing, and she worries a lot about them since they lost Abby, their first daughter, as well as their marriage with each other within a short amount of time. Over the course of the novel they end up recovering from the shock and grief of losing Abby, getting back together, and reassuming their roles as responsible and comforting parents to Stella.
Stella’s Dad Quotes in Five Feet Apart
The Five Feet Apart quotes below are all either spoken by Stella’s Dad or refer to Stella’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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Chapter 1: Stella Quotes
It’s not like I don’t want to go. It’s just, quite literally, a matter of life or death. I can’t go off to Cabo, or anywhere for that matter, and risk not coming back. I can’t do that to my parents. Not now.
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Lying back, I pick up the worn panda resting on my pillows and wrap my arms tightly around him. Patches, my sister, Abby, named him. And what a fitting name that became. The years of coming in and out of the hospital with me have certainly taken their toll on him.
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Chapter 14: Will Quotes
Stella’s been taking care of all of us. Her mom, her dad, me. I keep counting down to eighteen, to being an adult, holding the reins. Maybe it’s time I actually acted like it.
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Stella’s Dad Character Timeline in Five Feet Apart
The timeline below shows where the character Stella’s Dad appears in Five Feet Apart. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3: Stella
...that she doesn’t contract the dangerous bacterial infection he has. Stella gets a text from her dad , who just moved into a new apartment. Stella is worried about him.
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The next morning, Stella videocalls her dad . She thinks he seems sad and tired. After hanging up, she and Poe videocall...
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Chapter 4: Will
...video from how she seems now. The video shows Stella singing at a charity performance her dad and sister put on. Will is shocked to see that the video has 100,000 views....
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