“He has no idea this is just the beginning.”
―
Freida McFadden,
The Housemaid
“Dad always says that if you’re going to do something wrong, at least be smart enough not to let anybody see you do it.” ― Freida McFadden, The Locked Door
“How can you get rid of a book? That’s like throwing away knowledge.” ― Freida McFadden, The Devil Wears Scrubs
“Sometimes people do exactly what you think they’re going to do, and they still manage to disappoint you.” ― Freida McFadden, The Inmate
“How are you? The three most useless words in the universe of communication. Nobody who asks that question wants to know the answer. And nobody who answers ever tells the truth. “I’m fine, Paige.” ― Freida McFadden, Never Lie
“I believe that any human being is capable of terrible things if you push them hard enough.” ― Freida McFadden, Never Lie
“Then again, plenty of men are idiots.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“There’s something about this room that’s making a little ball of dread form in the pit of my stomach.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“I initially wanted to hire a maid in hopes that she would become my replacement—that if Andrew fell in love with another woman, he would finally let me go. But that’s not why I hired Millie. That’s not why I gave her a copy of the key to the room. And that’s not why I left a bottle of pepper spray in the blue bucket in the closet. I hired her to kill him. She just doesn’t know it.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“I look like I’m in college, and I feel like I’m fifty. Story of my life.” ― Freida McFadden, The Inmate
“Those are the four most beautiful words in the English language. You can go now.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“As Nina and I exchange details about tomorrow, I wonder if she would feel the same way about me if she knew I spent the last ten years of my life in prison.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“He’s almost perfect. And I hate his guts.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“My husband is a monster,” I say aloud. “He tortures me. He holds me hostage in the attic.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“And then he kisses me. And God help me, I kiss him back.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“My mother would say that boys don’t do anything nice for you if they’re not expecting something in return.” ― Freida McFadden, The Inmate
“Liars fidget. The tone of their voice or speech patterns changes. Liars offer too much information, babbling on with excessive detail to convince themselves or others of what they are saying.” ― Freida McFadden, Never Lie
“Mrs. Winchester is only a few inches taller than I am in my flats, but it feels like she’s much taller.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“My mother always says the only way two people can keep a secret,” she says, “is if one of them is dead.” ― Freida McFadden, Never Lie
“Dad always says that if you’re going to do something wrong, at least be smart enough not to let anybody see you do it.” ― Freida McFadden, The Locked Door
“How can you get rid of a book? That’s like throwing away knowledge.” ― Freida McFadden, The Devil Wears Scrubs
“Sometimes people do exactly what you think they’re going to do, and they still manage to disappoint you.” ― Freida McFadden, The Inmate
“How are you? The three most useless words in the universe of communication. Nobody who asks that question wants to know the answer. And nobody who answers ever tells the truth. “I’m fine, Paige.” ― Freida McFadden, Never Lie
“I believe that any human being is capable of terrible things if you push them hard enough.” ― Freida McFadden, Never Lie
“Then again, plenty of men are idiots.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“There’s something about this room that’s making a little ball of dread form in the pit of my stomach.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“I initially wanted to hire a maid in hopes that she would become my replacement—that if Andrew fell in love with another woman, he would finally let me go. But that’s not why I hired Millie. That’s not why I gave her a copy of the key to the room. And that’s not why I left a bottle of pepper spray in the blue bucket in the closet. I hired her to kill him. She just doesn’t know it.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“I look like I’m in college, and I feel like I’m fifty. Story of my life.” ― Freida McFadden, The Inmate
“Those are the four most beautiful words in the English language. You can go now.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“As Nina and I exchange details about tomorrow, I wonder if she would feel the same way about me if she knew I spent the last ten years of my life in prison.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“He’s almost perfect. And I hate his guts.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“My husband is a monster,” I say aloud. “He tortures me. He holds me hostage in the attic.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“And then he kisses me. And God help me, I kiss him back.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“My mother would say that boys don’t do anything nice for you if they’re not expecting something in return.” ― Freida McFadden, The Inmate
“Liars fidget. The tone of their voice or speech patterns changes. Liars offer too much information, babbling on with excessive detail to convince themselves or others of what they are saying.” ― Freida McFadden, Never Lie
“Mrs. Winchester is only a few inches taller than I am in my flats, but it feels like she’s much taller.” ― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid
“My mother always says the only way two people can keep a secret,” she says, “is if one of them is dead.” ― Freida McFadden, Never Lie
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