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One of the older Sinclair grandchildren, Mirren is Cady’s closest female cousin and her good friend. Cady describes Mirren as irritable and bossy. Mirren, in turn, is deeply jealous of Gat and Cady’s relationship, going so far as to invent a fake relationship to impress Cady. She is often the naysayer among the Liars, worrying about the consequences of their more outrageous adventures. Surprisingly, however, it is Mirren who first broaches the idea of setting fire to Clairmont, the main house on the island, noting that the house was “the symbol of everything that was wrong” with the Sinclair family. Mirren dies in the fire, along with Gat and Johnny.
Mirren Quotes in We Were Liars
The We Were Liars quotes below are all either spoken by Mirren or refer to Mirren. 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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Part 1: Welcome
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“Maybe land shouldn’t belong to people at all. Or maybe there should be limits on what they can own.” He leaned forward. “When I went to India this winter, on that volunteer trip, we were building toilets. Building them because people there, in this one village, didn’t have them.”
“We all know you went to India […] You told us like forty-seven times.”
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Part 3: Summer Seventeen
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“I have a boyfriend named Drake Loggerhead,” says Mirren. “He’s going to Pomona like I am. We have had sexual intercourse quite a number of times, but always with protection. He brings me yellow roses every week and has nice muscles.”
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I wish I had her life. A boyfriend, plans, college in California. Mirren is going off into her sunshine future, whereas I am going back to Dickenson Academy to another year of snow and suffocation.
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Part 5: The Truth
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“I want to be an accepting person, but I am so full of leftover rage. I imagined I’d be saintly and wise, but instead I’ve been jealous of you, mad at the rest of my family.”
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Mirren Quotes in We Were Liars
The We Were Liars quotes below are all either spoken by Mirren or refer to Mirren. 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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Part 1: Welcome
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“Maybe land shouldn’t belong to people at all. Or maybe there should be limits on what they can own.” He leaned forward. “When I went to India this winter, on that volunteer trip, we were building toilets. Building them because people there, in this one village, didn’t have them.”
“We all know you went to India […] You told us like forty-seven times.”
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Part 3: Summer Seventeen
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“I have a boyfriend named Drake Loggerhead,” says Mirren. “He’s going to Pomona like I am. We have had sexual intercourse quite a number of times, but always with protection. He brings me yellow roses every week and has nice muscles.”
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I wish I had her life. A boyfriend, plans, college in California. Mirren is going off into her sunshine future, whereas I am going back to Dickenson Academy to another year of snow and suffocation.
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Part 5: The Truth
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“I want to be an accepting person, but I am so full of leftover rage. I imagined I’d be saintly and wise, but instead I’ve been jealous of you, mad at the rest of my family.”
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