Mia Warren Quotes

“A part of her wanted to study Mia ...to understand why...she did what she did.”

“...the thing about portraits is, you need to show people the way they want to be seen. And I prefer to show people as I see them.”

“Mia could not help but notice her daughter’s infatuation with the Richardsons.”

“She had learned that passion, like fire, was a dangerous thing.”

“People are like that, too, you know. They start over.”

“It bothers you, doesn’t it?” Mia said suddenly. “I think you can’t imagine. Why anyone would choose a different life from the one you’ve got. Why anyone might want something other than a big house with a big lawn, a fancy car, a job in an office. Why anyone would choose anything different than what you’d choose.”

“Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground, and start over. After the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow.”

“It’s you. The indentured servant. I mean, the tenant-slash-cleaning lady.”

“In all her years of itinerant living, Mia had developed one rule: Don’t get attached to any place, to any apartment, to anything. To anyone.”

“What made someone a mother? Was it biology alone, or was it love?”

“Most of the time, everyone deserves more than one chance. We all do things we regret now and then. You just have to carry them with you.”