Freida McFadden > Quotes

“I can’t imagine why they would make such a product, although a better question is why did I buy it?”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“It’s unfortunate that in this day and age, a woman can’t walk down the street wearing even a modestly short skirt without getting whistled at or grabbed! I hope things are better for women at the time you’re reading this.”
― Freida McFadden, The Wife Upstairs

“if your shoes don’t make you at least three inches taller, it’s hardly even worth it. You might as well wear socks.”
― Freida McFadden, The Teacher

“The truth is, I haven’t met a guy yet whose company I enjoyed better than the peace of my own home. Why wreck something that’s already perfect?”
― Freida McFadden, Brain Damage

“Of course, there’s one other possibility. Perhaps this house is haunted by the ghost of Adrienne Hale. Maybe her soul is restless because her murderer is still out there. Maybe she’s mad that I put on her red robe. Oh God, pregnancy is making me paranoid.”
― Freida McFadden, Never Lie

“Except the reality is that smoking will inevitably mess you up, no matter what. Nobody escapes it. It ages you well beyond your years—it makes your teeth yellow and your skin wrinkled. It causes strokes and heart attacks, and it could land you with an oxygen tank you’ll have to lug around everywhere you go. And hey guys—it can cause impotence. Also, it causes lung cancer. That too.”
― Freida McFadden, The Devil You Know

“Maybe there are things I don’t know about my husband, but I know for sure that he is a good man. He has proven that to me time and time again. And even if he weren’t, I still don’t think he would cheat on me. He wouldn’t dare. I am scared of you, Millie Accardi. And he should be.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“if opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
― Freida McFadden, Never Lie

“Douglas manages to make it all the way to our sectional sofa without being murdered by my lover. I’m quite disappointed.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“I was dimly aware of the newscasters talking. A child disappeared from a playground downtown.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“All he wants is to watch superhero movies and veg out on the sofa with his laptop perched on his legs, eating Nutella out of the jar.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“He’s a great guy. The best, really.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“taste.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“Two days later, when I pulled my favorite T-shirt out of my dresser drawer, I discovered there was a piece of chewed-up gum stuck to the shirt that had been there for days. I couldn’t get it off.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“there’s another reason why I want to go on this trip. And anyway, the reservation is nonrefundable.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“He hesitates for a beat.”
― Freida McFadden, Never Lie

“I will know the truth. I always know. Never lie to me.”
― Freida McFadden, Never Lie

“You don’t know what it’s like to meet the man of your dreams, then meet his beautiful wife,”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“He flirts with me, even though a snowball would have a better chance in hell. But for”
― Freida McFadden, The Locked Door

“He is a good, faithful husband. Just because he looked like he was nearly going to pass out when he saw me in this dress, that doesn’t mean he’s not going to be able to control himself.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“I saw her throw a freaking toaster in his head and it made a dent in the kitchen wall.”
― Freida McFadden, The Wife Upstairs

“I just hug my sensible black coat tighter around my body”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“Sure,” I say. You could be on the run after killing your husband. Or maybe you didn’t kill him, and he’s coming after you. So yes, things could be worse.”
― Freida McFadden, Do Not Disturb

“will know the truth. I always know. Never lie to me.”
― Freida McFadden, Never Lie

“Outside?” It was January. One of the coldest days of the year. I had just walked half an hour to get home and I could barely feel my toes in my sneakers. I didn’t want to go back outside.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“I feel a jab of guilt for getting so frustrated with her when she tells me the wrong information”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Help me. This is not like her at all. Something is wrong. I know it. Maybe everyone else at the office blew it off, but they didn’t hear the way Dawn sounded on that phone call. She’s in trouble.”
― Freida McFadden, The Coworker

“didn’t know what those two beers would lead to. And I didn’t know that Claire wasn’t going to be home anytime soon. I swear, I didn’t come to Claire’s house with the intention of kissing her husband. But somehow in the time we were talking, I noticed he was looking at me That Way. Many men had looked at me That Way before, but in all the years I knew him, Noah Matchett had never looked at me like that. Not even once. I had thought he was immune to my charms. But apparently not. And before I knew it, his lips were on mine. I enjoyed it. For a split second. I hadn’t kissed a man in over a year—at some point, I had gotten sick of the dating scene and given up on it. It felt nice. I won’t lie and say he wasn’t a very good kisser.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“The other thing I notice about Warner is that he only has one piece of luggage. One small bag.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“I have no belief in the afterlife—my feeling is that when you’re dead, you’re dead. And after death, there is nothing. Nothing but an abyss after which there is no return.”
― Freida McFadden, The Teacher