The Housemaid's Wedding Quotes

“All I ever wanted is to spend the rest of my life with you.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“Maybe I heard them wrong. Maybe instead of cutting my throat, the stranger on the other end of the line actually wants to cut the costs of my car insurance.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“perfect combination of nervous and excited. I am nervicited. God, I’m so nervous that I’m making up words now.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“Why scary? This is not scary.” He puts down his fork to look into my eyes, something that still makes my whole body tingle. “All I ever wanted is to spend the rest of my life with you. We are just making it in writing now.” He reaches for my hands, and when I give them to him, he laces his fingers into mine. “I can’t wait for you to be my wife.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“Nope, not a dream. This is most definitely real and clearly meant for me, as evidenced by the repeated use of my full name. I can’t pretend this is some sort of wrong number or spam call. But it’s not the first death threat I have received, and it won’t be the last.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“Love is truly the greatest gift we are given to share, and never take the other for granted,”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“I squeeze his hands back, and once again, I think to myself, I am lucky.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“It will be so much better”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“I will protect her. As long as I live and breathe, nobody will ever hurt her or our children.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“I’m sorry,” she says again, and I want to reach through the phone and throttle her. “I just can’t bear to watch you raise a girl that turns out the same way you did.” I am speechless.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“I squeeze his hands back, and once again, I think to myself, I am lucky. And we are going to have a great day today. The best of our lives.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“Me too.” He reaches for me, pulling me into his bare arms and drawing me close. “I can’t wait to marry you.” When he says those words, I feel—dare I say it?—lucky. I’ve never felt lucky in my whole life—it’s not a word I’d ever have used to describe myself. But at this moment, I feel like the luckiest woman in the world.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“In only four short hours, this man is going to be my husband. My husband. We’re going to be married, with rings and everything.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“Maybe instead of cutting my throat, the stranger on the other end of the line actually wants to cut the costs of my car insurance.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“And that’s when, through the snowflakes still falling outside the window of the cafe, I see the gaunt man staring at us, a murderous glint in his eyes.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“I do not have a traditional wedding dress. First of all, it’s not white. I hate that color,”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“I am nervicited.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“You’re a bad apple, Millie. We don’t want you poisoning our lives anymore.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“I’ll fill Enzo in on the details later, but not today.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“They love me so much that I haven’t seen them in fifteen years.” “Of course they love you,”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“I’m going to get married in an hour? I especially don’t understand how Enzo could get a full breakfast with an omelet and hash browns.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“Our lock is a damn good lock. It’s a Grade One lock, which means it has resisted tests involving hammering, prying, sawing, picking, and even kicking.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“It’s my fault I’m here. I made a terrible mistake. And now it’s too late.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“It’s just… a lot. It’s scary getting married, isn’t it?” “Why scary? This is not scary.” He puts down his fork to look into my eyes, something that still makes my whole body tingle. “All I ever wanted is to spend the rest of my life with you.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“I’m sorry,” she says again, and I want to reach through the phone and throttle her. “I just can’t bear to watch you raise a girl that turns out the same way you did.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“am a perfect combination of nervous and excited. I am nervicited. God, I’m so nervous that I’m making up words now.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“All I ever wanted is to spend the rest of my life with you. We are just making it in writing now.” He reaches for my hands, and when I give them to him, he laces his fingers into mine. “I can’t wait for you to be my wife.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“Have you checked your coat closet since your boyfriend left this morning?”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding

“First of all, it’s not white. I hate that color, and not only that, it seems wildly inappropriate given my… situation.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Wedding