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Mia is the sister of Grace’s girlfriend Jessa and the journalism student of professor Brian Santos. Mia and Jay meet because Grace and Jessa needed someone to keep Jay occupied during their date, but Jay and Mia end up becoming friends and allies because Mia helps Jay discover the truth about Jun’s final days. Together with Brian Santos, they visit Jun’s ex-girlfriend Reyna and Mia encourages Jay to confront Tito Maning about his involvement in Jun’s murder. Mia is outgoing, funny, intelligent, and deeply values honesty and truth. Her work as a journalism student puts her in danger because she wants to report on government corruption and the horrors of the drug war. She and Jay develop crushes on one another, but Mia has a boyfriend, so their relationship doesn’t progress. At the end of the novel, Mia suggests that she and Jay work on an article about Jun together, which he agrees to in the hopes that doing so will keep Jun’s memory alive.
Mia Quotes in Patron Saints of Nothing
The Patron Saints of Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Mia or refer to Mia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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She shakes her head. “I think it's good that you finally talked to him about your cousin. I think you were brave.”
I drop my eyes to the edge of the table. That's not the word I'd use to describe how I felt during that conversation. It's not the word I'd use to describe how I feel when I think about the calls and texts from Dad, still unanswered. “Don't you think it's sometimes better not to say anything, not to dredge up those feelings for no reason?”
“No,” she answers immediately. “If you have something to say, you should say it. If you are to figure things out, you can't hide from them. Silence will not save you.”
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Mia Quotes in Patron Saints of Nothing
The Patron Saints of Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Mia or refer to Mia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Let’s Do It
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She shakes her head. “I think it's good that you finally talked to him about your cousin. I think you were brave.”
I drop my eyes to the edge of the table. That's not the word I'd use to describe how I felt during that conversation. It's not the word I'd use to describe how I feel when I think about the calls and texts from Dad, still unanswered. “Don't you think it's sometimes better not to say anything, not to dredge up those feelings for no reason?”
“No,” she answers immediately. “If you have something to say, you should say it. If you are to figure things out, you can't hide from them. Silence will not save you.”
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