Mary quotes from 7th Heaven

Robbie

I didn't have what you had growing up. I didn't have someone who set boundaries or showed me what is clearly right and what is clearly wrong. They thought I'd learn that from TV or something, but I didn't. My parents did the best they could for who they are, but who they are is two people who were no more capable of creating a functional family than their parents were. My mom always wanted to be my best friend. I didn't need a best friend. I needed a mother! And my father, he was never around, but when he was, he was a real jerk.

Mary

You and I are not your parents.

Robbie

We're not your parents, either. While you may have a shot at having the kind of relationship your parents have, I'm not so sure I do. It takes more than wanting. It takes doing and I've got a lot to do.

Mary

I think I have to tell you that I have a boyfriend.

Wilson

Here in Buffalo?

Mary

No, back home.

Wilson

In Glenoak?

Mary

Yeah... In Glenoak... At my home. Robbie lives with my family.

Wilson

Is he planning to move out here?

Mary

No.

Wilson

Are you planning to back there?

Mary

No.

Wilson

Long distance relationships don't usually work out.

Mary

I know.

Robbie

I think you should come home, Mary.

Mary

I'm sorry, Robbie, but I'm not ready to come home.

Mary

Hey, Mom and Ruthie. I'm home.

Ruthie

Thank God. Give the phone lines a rest.

Annie

Oh, I didn't know you and Robbie were back. Welcome home.

Mary

Yeah, some welcome home, No one's here. Where is everyone?

Annie

Well, me and Ruthie have been working on the new room for you over garage. Everyone else is out they'll be home for dinner including Lucy's new boyfriend.

Mary

So you're building a room over the garage for me? So you and Dad can make sure that me and Robbie are as far apart as possible. Robbie told me not to, but I really need to talk to you and Dad. Where is he?

Ruthie

Probably with his new girlfriend.

Annie

You father's at the Church.

Ruthie

Yeah with his girlfriend.

Mary

Dad has a girlfriend?

Ruthie

Serena.

Annie

No, he doesn't. What's wrong?

Mary

It's about the rule that... never mind.

Mary

What are you doing here?

Wilson

I'm trying to stop you from making a huge mistake.

Mary

What we had in New York stays in New York and I'm leaving New York. End of story. I want to go home.

Wilson

Yes, but do you want to go home to Robbie?

Mary

Yeah. I love him.

Wilson

No, you love me. I know you do. Come on, how many people get a second chance? This is our second chance. Don't blow it.

Mary

I'm sorry, Wilson, I'm going home and that's what you should do. To just go home and forget about me. It's over.

Mary

You think you have to have a relationship with me so my family will let you stay here.

Robbie

It's not like being with you is a chore.

Mary

But it's not what you want. You don't want to date me. You wanna date my family.

Robbie

No, I want to marry your family.

Mary

Well, just so you know, win, lose or draw with us, you're still part of this family. My parents will never turn their back on you. You don't have to date me to stay here. You don't have to not date me to stay here.

Robbie

So it's over, isn't it?

Mary

Three strikes, we're out.

Robbie

I still love you.

Mary

I'll always love you.

Mary

We want you to find us boyfriends.

Lucy

Husbands, even.

Eric

I beg your pardon?

Lucy

We want you and Mom to find us someone to love. We want to get married...eventually.

Eric

Marriage is a bond made by two people who share a very deep and personal connection. For the two of you to ask me to choose someone with whom I think you could share that connection is...well, that's...nuts. I'm not a dating service. I'm your father and a minister.

Mary

Scared?

Eric

No, I'm not scared. I just... I think it's not up to me to stir you to the right person. It's up to God. When the time's right, the right guy will come along, for the both of you. You just have to be patient.

Lucy

(to Mary) Yep, he's scared.

Hi. You know, if you spent as much time at school as you do with that boyfriend of yours, you would now have one year of college under your belt, instead of just a couple of courses.

Mary

I know. But I'm not sure if college is my goal.

What is your goal? Marriage?

Mary

Maybe. We're thinking about it.

I think Wilson is a fine young man and a good father to his son and you would be a good wife and mother if that's what you decide you want.

Mary

But?

But, let's say you marry and God forbid something happens to Wilson. Would you be able to support little Billy? Now this is not the first time you thought about this, right? You know, I think a college education offers more opportunities for employment, but you're not interested in college. Maybe you should try public service. Public service is a wonderful way to serve your country and support your family. And my dear, it seems very clear that you are about to have your own family. So let's not waste anytime on trying to figure out who we are and what we want to do. You are the future Mrs. Wilson West, mother to Billy West. Get a job at the end of the week.

Can I call you Mommy?

Mary

I....

Just for today. We don't have to tell Daddy.

Mary

I think you better just call me Mary.

Ok. But when can we call you Mommy? Because I never had a mommy and I want a mommy.

Lucy

Joy? What kind of name is that.

Mary

A name for the look on Robbie's face.

Lucy

I am not jealous of my own sister. I'm just angry that you've shown up and expected to be treated like royalty or something!

Mary

I am still crazy, irresponsible, bad Mary and after all this time I don't think I learned squat. What's it gonna take to get my life in order, huh, Luce?

Lucy

I don't know. But whatever it takes for us all to get our lives in order, I'm pretty sure we can get it right here at home.

Mary

[to her parents] I am really sorry that I let everyone down. And I am sorry that as part of this wonderful family, I didn't realize that doing all the things that led to my getting asked to leave would affect everyone, and not just me. I apologize. From the bottom of my heart, I apologize. And I want to thank you for letting me go live with the Colonel and Ruth, and I'm...not the greatest student of life, but I must have learned something, and I want to be here now. And I hope you'll give me a chance to do better, because I can do better.

Eric

And I want to apologize to you, too. I think I could have cut you some slack when you showed up here, but instead, I...

Mary

Don't cut me some slack. Stay tough. I need that. [leaves]

Eric

Okay. [to Annie] Wait. What did she mean by that?

Mary

[from the top of the stair] I mean I still need you.

Lucy

I just started thinking about Yasmine and how people can be so cruel, and how horrible I was to you which didn't make me much better than those boys... and how everyone in the world has the same capacity to be so mean and intolerant. It just makes me feel so sad.

Mary

You know how it makes me feel? Angry.

Ruthie

[reading Eleanor Roosevelt] It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Mary

Sometimes it's not easy to do the right thing. It's not easy when you've done stupid things and you have to make up for them.

Ruthie

It's not easy when you do smart things either.

Mary

I heard what you did tonight, and I'm really proud of you, Ruthie.

Ruthie

Yeah. Mom and Dad told me about a billion times already. Big deal.

Lucy

What you did was really amazing, so don't think that it's not. You stood up for someone who was being discriminated against because of her religion, and that's a big deal. A very big deal. The biggest!

Ruthie

Yeah, and look where it got me. Now I have to change schools.

Mary

Look, Ruthie, I know how much you like private school, and nobody would think badly of you if you don't go through with it, if you don't want to.

Ruthie

I don't want to, but I think it's something I have to do. Eleanor Roosevelt said, "It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself". I think I have to bite the bullet.