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Stella’s Dad
Will’s mom is wealthy, and she uses her money to send Will to various experimental drug trials for B. cepacia around the world. Will has spent the last eight months traveling from hospital to hospital, and he has come to resent this lifestyle. He wants to experience life rather than spend all his time in hospitals, and he thinks that his mom is selfish and careless towards him. Will thinks that his mom doesn’t pay attention to what Will wants, or even who he is, but on his 18th birthday Will’s mom shocks him by giving him an original copy of one of his favorite cartoons—it’s a very personal gift that only someone who paid close attention to him would get. Will realizes that his mom simply wants Will to stay alive so she can spend more time with him, and this understanding helps motivate Will to take his treatment more seriously.
Will’s Mom Quotes in Five Feet Apart
The Five Feet Apart quotes below are all either spoken by Will’s Mom or refer to Will’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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Chapter 2: Will
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There are a lot of things that piss me off about CF, but that’s not one of them. Pretty much all guys with CF are infertile, which at least means I don’t have to worry about getting anyone pregnant and starting my own shit show of a family.
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Chapter 4: Will
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The only thing I remember from most of my hospital stays is white. White hospital sheets, white walls, white lab coats, all running together. But I do remember the mountains and mountains of snow that fell while I was there, the same white, only beautiful, less sterile.
Chapter 12: Will
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For me, it was easy to give up. It was easy to fight my treatments and focus on the time I do have. Stop working so damn hard for just a few seconds more. But Stella and Poe are making me want every second more that I can get.
Chapter 20: Will
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Without me, my mom is all alone. All this time I thought she only saw my disease. A problem you fix. But, instead, she was looking right at me, trying to get me to fight alongside her, when all I did was fight her tooth and nail.
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Will’s Mom Quotes in Five Feet Apart
The Five Feet Apart quotes below are all either spoken by Will’s Mom or refer to Will’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:
).
Chapter 2: Will
Quotes
There are a lot of things that piss me off about CF, but that’s not one of them. Pretty much all guys with CF are infertile, which at least means I don’t have to worry about getting anyone pregnant and starting my own shit show of a family.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 4: Will
Quotes
The only thing I remember from most of my hospital stays is white. White hospital sheets, white walls, white lab coats, all running together. But I do remember the mountains and mountains of snow that fell while I was there, the same white, only beautiful, less sterile.
Chapter 12: Will
Quotes
For me, it was easy to give up. It was easy to fight my treatments and focus on the time I do have. Stop working so damn hard for just a few seconds more. But Stella and Poe are making me want every second more that I can get.
Chapter 20: Will
Quotes
Without me, my mom is all alone. All this time I thought she only saw my disease. A problem you fix. But, instead, she was looking right at me, trying to get me to fight alongside her, when all I did was fight her tooth and nail.
