Lily: Okay, Marshall, seriously, what's going on?
Marshall: He'll never get to see how I turn out.
Lily: What do you mean?
Marshall: My dad. You know, I used to, um, I used to always tell him that I was gonna be an environmental lawyer. And he was always so proud of me for that. But he never got to see the version of me that was anything but a corporate stooge. And now it's too late. And we're starting a family, you know.
Lily: Are you avoiding sleeping with me 'cause you don't want to start a family?
Marshall: Lily, if we have a baby right now, that is just it for me. The cement will dry, and I will be stuck at GNB forever.
Lily: Marshall, if you want to quit your job and go work for the NRDC right now, then you need to do that right now. And then, once you've cleaned up all the oceans and saved the planet - you know, like, a year from now -
then we'll start a family.