Mistakes Were Made Quotes

“Space might as well be endless. It made her feel inconsequential, in a good way. Like all the ways she fucked up down here didn't matter. The stars wouldn't mind.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

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

“It was easier to let people go than to admit you wanted them in your life. At least that way you wouldn’t have to chance rejection.”
― 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

“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

“When you raise a kid, it’s so easy to fuck up,” Erin said. “You don’t mean to, but you do. I can’t always control whether or not I do right by her. But in this I can. She feels bad, and I can make it a little better. She deserves so much more, but this I can do.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“There was no better feeling than making a pretty girl blush.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“She'd opened up. Look where that had gotten her.”
― 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

“It’d be easier to be dead than to figure out what to eat for dinner every day, too, doesn’t mean it’s unfortunate to put a frozen pizza in the oven for the third night in a row.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“Did Caleb hurt himself?" Erin asked, back at the stove stirring the milk. Her cheeks were flushed. There was no better feeling than making a pretty girl flush.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“What was an appropriate gift for your friend's mom who you'd slept with before knowing the whole "friend's mom" thing, but now that you did know, you still wanted to bang?”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“And the way she looked at Erin? Her gaze felt like something physical. The pressure of it, dragging up and down Erin’s body. Erin wanted to lean into it. So yes, what she wanted was the problem.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“Who even prints photos anymore? Were you born in the nineties”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“Her whole life, she’d followed the rules. Maybe she would’ve been more of a rebel if she’d realized breaking them would feel this good.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“Fuck suppose”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“Space might as well be endless. It made her feel inconsequential, in a good way. Like all the ways she fucked up down here didn’t matter. The stars wouldn’t mind.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made