Mistakes We Never Made Quotes

“Like all I ever had to do was ask, and I could have everything I ever wanted.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“I don’t want to hold on so tightly to the things that hurt me anymore. I”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“My need to fix everything isn’t just about being responsible or looking out for my friends. It’s about trying to protect my own heart. To hold the shattered pieces of myself together by whatever means necessary. Because when there’s one massive thing in your life that you have zero control over—like when a parent abandons you—then you look for stability where you can get”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“It’s not a two-way street,” Finn says. “Parents have to love their kids. Kids get to choose if they love their parents.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“was struck by an unpleasantly familiar feeling. That gut-punching grief of watching a car drive away with someone I love inside of it, knowing they weren’t coming back.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“It was indecent that men were allowed to walk around with their forearms just out in the open.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“I just want someone to take care of me the way I take care of everyone else.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“Our story is a sequence of mistakes almost made—times when I thought Finn and I might be something more than just friends—but thankfully I’ve managed to avoid making the one mistake I know would be fatal: falling for him.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“THE GREAT THING ABOUT TEQUILA IS THAT IT’S NOT JUST A DRINK. IT’S AN activity. Lick. Shoot. Suck. Salt. Tequila. Lime.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“Something that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time.” He’s smiling at me, but there’s a thread of nerves running through his voice as he asks, “Emma Mae Townsend, I am not a perfect man, but when I’m with you, I feel like I could be. I know we’ve made mistakes along the way, but I am just glad that all the mistakes I’ve made in my life have led me back to you. Would you do me the honor of marrying me?”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“If you have no commitments, you have no one to disappoint.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made: A Novel

“I don’t think it’s that you weren’t there for her. I think sometimes we just need different people at different times in our life.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made: A Novel

“But the nice thing about wishes is they’re also secrets.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made: A Novel

“My friends seem to think I just came out of the womb loving planners and sticky notes, but the truth is, if I didn’t cling to those organization tools as tightly as I do, my life would have spun out of control a long time ago.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made: A Novel

“But my series of “almosts” with Finn Hughes still nags at my consciousness like a hangnail—it’s not going to kill me, but I can’t quite forget about it either.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made: A Novel

“When you’re girls, best friends and roommates, there are no secrets.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made: A Novel

“Some mistakes do define you. Some mistakes leave you irrevocably changed.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made: A Novel

“But it’s nice. You only go Hulk like that for the people you love.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made: A Novel

“He’s like… he’s like the ocean. The feelings are just as powerful, but they’re steadier—like the tide, rolling in and out. Sometimes it feels like he’s the only one who can weather all my storms.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made

“Well, I’ll never forget the debate where you were so offended by the opposing team’s tactics that you physically moved the podium so you wouldn’t have to look them in the face.”
― Hannah Brown, Mistakes We Never Made