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“All the things I want you to do? Figure out what you want in life. Find your own path. Make mistakes but actually learn from them. Leave behind what doesn’t bring you joy, what you’ve outgrown. I wasn’t doing any of it when I was married to your dad.” She was still circling the couch. “I thought I was staying in the marriage for you—so you didn’t have to go through your parents divorcing. But, in the end, I left it for you. Because how could I raise you to do all those things when I wasn’t doing them myself?”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“I want to make you happy. Or do the things that make you happy with you. And, I don’t know, maybe it won’t be so scary if I’m with you. ’Cause life is kinda huge and terrifying and unknown, right? But I never think about that when I’m with you.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“Fuck should. It doesn't matter what I've been trained to think I'm 'supposed' to do. What do I want? What makes me feel good? What will make my relationships stronger? Those are the questions that matter. Not what should I do.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“Cassie was a bad decision Erin wanted to make again and again.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made