Homicide and Halo-Halo Quotes

“Was it so wrong to want to make my own choices, even if they were the wrong ones? I already had Lola Flor and the rest of my family telling me what to do, I didn’t need my romantic partner doing the same.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“You're more than your work... More than whatever contributions you think you're supposed to be making. More than whoever people think you're supposed to be.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“And that... that just broke me. Because while I didn't agree with her idea of what a mother's love was, I couldn't deny that for both her and my mom, that was absolutely how they showed their love. That's what their love amounted to. My mother had loved in the way that she knew how. It had never felt like enough. But maybe I needed to either let people love me in the limited way they could or learn to ask for what I needed out of a relationship. And if they couldn't provide it... maybe I needed to learn to move on.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“Civil engineers go where their work is needed. Chicago is my goal because it's the biggest challenge, and could really use this kind of change. But Shady Palms isn't perfect. I mean, it was here that I noticed which areas get the benefits of the town's services. Working in Chicago is my dream, but Shady Palms is my home. I want to make Shady Palms the safest and most equal place possible."
"By overseeing construction projects?" Beth didn't bother to keep the mocking tone out of her voice, which made the other girls in the group snicker, but it didn't seem to affect Joy.
Her earnestness shone through as she said, "You work for the Thompsons and are a member of their family. You know that construction projects are political---both in who gets them and which areas benefit from them.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“Youths,” Beth said, shaking her head. “Do they have to be so frightfully earnest all the time?”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“My time in prison taught me a lot of things, including this: Everyone is capable of murder.” The mood was way too serious, so I tried to lighten it with a joke. “Even me?” She looked me in the eye. “Considering all the love and loyalty you seem to have for your family and friends? Absolutely.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“Tita Rosie is the kindest, most loving person I’ve ever met and even she believes in not airing your dirty laundry for other people to see. She’s very much an ‘It’s in God’s hands’ type person. Bahala na, you know? And my grandmother?” I laughed. “She’ll just tell me I’m lazy like my mother. To keep my mouth shut and get to work.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“Asians do not go to therapy. We don’t even acknowledge that mental health issues exist. It’s considered a sign of weakness, that we couldn’t work things out for ourselves. And a sign of shame, that we even needed help in the first place.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“We need to look at the four L’s of motives: Love, Lust, Loathing, and Loot,” Ninang Mae said.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“If avoidance was my Olympic event, pettiness was Lola Flor’s.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“And Lila as Hamilton totally works, because she’s also a workaholic who’s full of herself, strings people along, and thinks she can only make it on her own.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“And Lila as Hamilton totally works, because she’s also a workaholic who’s full of herself, strings people along, and thinks she can only make it on her own.” She”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“She is totally your Aaron Burr! Super jealous of you and blaming anything that goes wrong in her life on you.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“I wondered at how she’d packed such delicious childhood memories into such a short ingredient list. The only items on the sheet were chicken legs, soy sauce, and brown sugar. The ingredient list to the tangible example of my mother’s love.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“The mayor went over to give her a hug. The woman moved as if to dodge it, but recovered her poise and gave him a church hug. Plenty of space for the Holy Spirit between the two of them.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“You wouldn’t understand. Asians do not go to therapy. We don’t even acknowledge that mental health issues exist. It’s considered a sign of weakness, that we couldn’t work things out for ourselves. And a sign of shame, that we even needed help in the first place. Tita Rosie is the kindest, most loving person I’ve ever met and even she believes in not airing your dirty laundry for other people to see. She’s very much an ‘It’s in God’s hands’ type person. Bahala na, you know? And my grandmother?” I laughed. “She’ll just tell me I’m lazy like my mother. To keep my mouth shut and get to work.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“But maybe I needed to either let people love me in the limited way they could or learn to ask for what I needed out of a relationship. And if they couldn’t provide it . . . maybe I needed to learn to move on.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“loved”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“You’re more than your work, Lila. More than whatever contributions you think you’re supposed to be making.” She paused. “More than whoever people think you’re supposed to be.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“Never ever blame yourself for how someone mistreats you. Especially when it’s an adult in a position of power.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“I wondered at what age you stopped caring what other people thought about you and just spoke your mind.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“don’t waste time worrying about what others think or say about you. You’re clearly intelligent and driven. Haters are insignificant and whether you win here or make your own way, your success will show them how little they matter.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“Most of the time, my godmothers' most bluntness was a huge pain, but I appreciated it at times like this. The Calendar Crew absolutely did not care what you thought about them, and they would stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the latest but of tsismis.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“My life had become such a cliché that I actually let out a breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“I agree and went about my usual nighttime routine. But after she headed to her room, I downed the rest of the sangria pitcher and waited for red wine- fueled oblivion to take me.
Thinking was the last thing I wanted to do.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“Most of the time, my godmothers' most bluntness was a huge pain, but I appreciated it at tune times like this. The Calendar Crew absolutely did not care what you thought about them, and they would stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the latest but of tsismis.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“But Valerie and Beth were both powerhouses in their own way. The fact that they were setting their egos aside long enough to care for this girl together spoke volumes.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“Let her go so she can inform the police? Go running to their detective buddy who’s always hanging around? I don’t think so. If I go to jail, what do you think happens to you, Katie? We don’t have family. We only have each other. Now let’s go.” “I’m sorry,” Katie whispered as she pulled Joy along with her.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“After you slashed Bernadette’s tires, I remembered Mr. Weinman’s plan to mess with the stage, so I loosened the railing’s screws so I’d get hurt. I needed you to snap out of it and get out of Shady Palms so we’d be safe. Why couldn’t you do that?”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo

“No, he threatened to take her away. He’d been trying for an heir for years, but Beth kept miscarrying. So he saw Katie as a way to continue his legacy. He was going to pay me to just hand over my daughter. When I said no . . .”
― Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo