Mia Quotes

• As a child, I never heard one woman say to me, "I love my body". Not my mother, my elder sister, my best friend. No one woman has ever said, "I am so proud of my body." So I make sure to say it to Mia , because a positive physical outlook has to start at an early age.

  Kate Winslet

  Inspiring, Mother, Children

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• Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.

  Kate Voegele

  Tree, Singing, Acting

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• Mia and I had been together for more than two years, and yes, it was a high school romance, but it was still the kind of romance where I thought we were trying to find a way to make it forever, the kind that, had we met five years later and had she not been some cello prodigy and had I not been in a band on the rise - or had our lives not been ripped apart by all this -I was pretty sure it would've been.

  Gayle Forman

  School, Years, Two

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• So let's hear another one of your irrational fears. Mia grasped me by the arms and pulled herself in to my chest, like she was burrowing her body into mine. "I'm scared of losing you," she said in the faintest of voices." I pushed her away so I could see her face and kissed the top of her forehead. "I said 'irrational' fears. Because that's not gonna happen.

  Gayle Forman

  Voice, Irrational Fear, Body

  Gayle Forman (2011). “Where She Went”, p.87, Penguin

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• Your friends are at the house.' I sit up, straight. 'Who'? 'I don't know. Weird people. The Sullivan girl, whose father got the Gosford police to pick you up.' 'Siobhan?' 'And another one who's making cups of tea for everyone, and keeping the boy who's telling Luca fart jokes away from the girl who says he's "the last bastion of patriarchal poor taste".' 'Justine, Thomas and Tara.' And the drug fiend, Jimmy, is keeping Mia calm and the Trombal boy's rung about ten times. I don't like his manner on the phone.' 'You won't like any guy's manner on the phone.

  Melina Marchetta

  Girl, Father, Boys

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.186, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I look around for the counter that sells my scent, but I'm so petrified that if I spray it in the air, nothing will come out. And then Mia's scent seems to fade away and everything else fades away with it and I know that all I have to do to recapture it is press the spray button again.

  Melina Marchetta

  Air, Buttons, Looks

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.59, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• There’s a reason Mia is currently an only child. Family drama takes on a whole new meaning when they’re feuding gods who can’t stand the sight of each other and always try to kill one another whenever they’re in the same room.” – Kat

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Children, Drama, Sight

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Retribution”, p.402, Macmillan

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• No, they would not be happy to take my place at your side, cara mia, because I would promptly end their lives in a most unhappy way.’ ‘You are such a caveman, Julian. You look tall and elegant and princely, yet you have not matured beyond the cave.’ …’I have no intention of riding above caveman mentality,’ he growled in her ear, his breath teasing tendrils of hair and sending little flames dancing through her bloodstream. ‘There are so many benefits for the caveman.

  Christine Feehan

  Hair, Flames, Your Side

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• Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.

  Nora Roberts

  Cards You're Dealt, Play, Tough

  Nora Roberts (2001). “Heaven and Earth”, p.341, Penguin

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• Oh, Mia. You haven’t even begun to find out who you really are, and, believe me, other boys are going to fall in love with you. If a guy can’t see how special you are, he isn’t good enough for you.

  Kristin Hannah

  Falling In Love, Believe, Love You

  Kristin Hannah (2011). “Night Road”, p.97, Pan Macmillan

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• I force my eyes upward and look at Mia for the first time. She's still beautiful. Not in an obvious Vanessa LeGrande or Bryn Shraeder kind of way. In a quiet way that's always been devastating to me. Her hair, long and dark, is down now, swimming damply against her bare shoulders, which are still milky white and covered with the constellation of freckles that I used to kiss. The scar on her left shoulder, the one that used to be an angry red weld is silvery pink now. Almost like the latest rage in tattoo accessories. Almost pretty.

  Gayle Forman

  Tattoo, Beautiful, Eye

  Gayle Forman (2009). “If I Stay”, p.135, Penguin

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• You're a Daniels and a Walker. That means you're 99% fine stubbornness, tenacity and resilience combined", Tara said. "And the other 1%?" Mia asked as they sat at the tiny galley table. Ford wrapped an arm around her neck and pulled her in close. "Perfection.

  Jill Shalvis

  Mean, Perfection, Resilience

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• I don't hate you. I don't think I ever really did. It was just anger. And once I faced it head-on, once understood it, it dissipated. -Mia

  Gayle Forman

  Hate, Thinking, Understood

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• Mia,” Kim said, an edge of warning in her voice signaling the end of her patience. “You’re starting to act like one of those girls. Do you need to get me a gun?

  Gayle Forman

  Best Friend, Girl, Gun

  Gayle Forman (2009). “If I Stay”, p.58, Penguin

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• In that twisted incestuous way of fate, Mia's a part of our history, and we're among the shards of her legacy.

  Gayle Forman

  Fate, Legacy, Way

  Gayle Forman (2011). “Where She Went”, p.47, Penguin

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• We can take her. Besides, he deserves someone who doesn't shop at Gap Kids. -Rose to Lissa on Mia and Aaron

  Richelle Mead

  Kids, Rose, Gaps

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• I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw both 'The Dark Knight' and 'Mamma Mia!' on their shared opening weekend.

  Diablo Cody

  Dark, Weekend, Thinking

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• I never was a hippie! I went to India because so many friends like Mia Farrow and The Beatles were going there to discover truth. And so I went and trekked through India by myself, but instead of discovering truth, I wanted to join the Peace Corps.

  Jane Fonda

  Hippie, India, Peace Corps

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend?

  Julie Walters

  Character, Phones, Play

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• Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it. But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.

  Kate Winslet

  Lonely, Kids, Moments

  "Kate Winslet 'Happy to Be Single'". Vogue Interview, www.digitalspy.com. March 07, 2011.

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• You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish boy of color in a contemporary U.S. ghetto. Mamma mia! Like having bat wings or a pair of tentacles growing out of your chest.

  Junot Diaz

  Smart, Ghetto, Boys

  "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". Book by Junot Diaz, ew.com. September 6, 2007.

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• Dear Mia, What can I say? I don't know all that much about romance novels, but I think you must be the Stephen King of the genre. Your book is hot. Thanks for letting me read it. Anyone who doesn't want to publish it is a fool. Anyway, since I know it's your birthday, and I also know you never remember to back anything up, here's a little something I made for you. It would be a shame if Ransom My Heart got lost before it ever saw the light of day because your hard drive crashed. See you tonight. Love, Michael

  Meg Cabot

  Kings, Book, Heart

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• Please Mia," he implores. "Don't make me write a song.

  Gayle Forman

  Song, Writing, If I Stay

  Gayle Forman (2009). “If I Stay”, p.94, Penguin

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• Mia: I can't do this, I'm a girl. Gym Teacher Harbula: What am I? A duck?

  Anne Hathaway

  Girl, Teacher, Ducks

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• Rose only hangs out with guys and psychopaths," said Mia. "Well," he said cheerfully, "since I'm both a psychopath and a guy, that would explain why we're such good friends.

  Richelle Mead

  Good Friend, Rose, Guy

  Richelle Mead (2008). “Frostbite: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.75, Penguin

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