Mellie: You were a good mistress. Probably a great one.
Olivia: Well, I am an over achiever.

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Mellie: You can divorce them but you can't get rid of them.
Cyrus: Fitz? Or Olivia?
Mellie: Both.

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Olivia: This isn't happening again.
Jake: Yes it is.

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Mellie: Is that some sort of reverse psychology crap you learned from your therapist?
Olivia: I don't have a therapist.
Mellie: Well, maybe you should get one.

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I was devastated when I found out Fitz was having an affair with you. I fell into a deep depression and the only thing that got me through was thinking that you were just a phase. Fitz and I, we could survive a phase. So I stayed.

Mellie [to Olivia]

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Mellie: You really can compartmentalize like nobody's business.
Olivia: You asked for Olivia Pope. You got Olivia Pope.

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