The Housemaid is Watching Quotes

“By the end of this night, if I have not stabbed Suzette with one of these forks, it will only be because I’m not sure which one to use to do it.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“The third in a series usually isn’t that great, so it’s not his fault.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Being ordinary has always been an impossible dream for me, so I’m happy to have achieved it.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid is Watching

“I mean, I don’t think I’m a psychopath, but I didn’t go to prison for picking daisies.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“My mom is a really good mom. She’s, like, the kind of mom where if you forgot you were supposed to bring in a tray of Rice Krispies squares for school tomorrow and it’s already almost bedtime, she will go out and get the Rice Krispies and marshmallows, and she’ll make it for you and make sure they’re packed and ready for school the next day.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“The first time I heard about Wilhelmina Calloway, the girl who would become Millie Accardi, was when she was being charged with the murder of the son of my employers. I had no doubt that he deserved the justice Millie doled out, but the jury didn’t see it that way. She went to prison for his murder.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Everything is going to be okay,” I tell them. But even as the words leave my mouth, I know that they are not true. And that things are about to get much worse.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Ramirez returns a smile that is an endearing combination of excited and nervous. “Believe it or not, Cecelia set me up with her mother. This is only our second date, but we’ve been talking a lot on the phone, and… I know it’s early, but I like that woman a lot. She’s really something.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“You are my wife. The mother of my children. I love you so much.” “Okay…” “Also,” he adds, “I know better than to double-cross you. I would like to keep breathing.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“But a lot of books make me cry.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Nothing’s wrong. I’m fine. I just want to read.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“It is true. If you read too many books, your eyeballs will fall out.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Except I can’t help but think that right now I have much worse problems than my blood pressure.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Three times a week, we have a class called Library. It’s one of my favorite classes, because you go to the school library, pick out a book, and you get to spend the whole period reading. I don’t even understand why that’s a class, because to me it just seems like fun. But a lot of kids in my class groan about it.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Millie!” Suzette says. “What an… interesting cover-up you have on. I love how you don’t feel like you need to spend a ton of money on a beach outfit. That is so you.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“that a person can do bad things and still be a good person. As long as they were doing the bad thing for the right reason.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“we can barely even afford this house,”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“We can’t afford a cleaning woman! I can do it myself.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“The second he says her name, I know exactly who this girl is:”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“one thing I know about Enzo Accardi is that he is a good guy. I don’t think he would kill anyone. But if he did, it would be for a damn good reason.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Nico slides onto the plate just as the first baseman catches the ball.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“The sound wasn’t enough to wake him. Although to be fair”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“I cry too much. Everybody says that about me. I can’t help it though! When I’m sad”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Although”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“There’s blood everywhere.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“When we came into the room”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“six or seven years,”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Maybe there are things I don’t know about my husband”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“Geez”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid Is Watching

“З власного досвіду знаю, що дітям ніколи не хочеться побути без дорослих. Ніколи. Лише віднедавна похід до туалету перестав бути сімейною подією.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid is Watching