The Tenant Quotes

“Is it such an awful thing to want retribution against people who have wronged you?”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“They say you’re supposed to dress for the job you want.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“So you see, when I stabbed Krista that night, I wasn’t saving Blake’s life. I was saving my own. I bet you five bucks Krista never saw that coming.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“I imagine what would happen if I went downstairs to the kitchen and boiled some water, then brought it up here and threw it in his face. That would change his life forever. The burns he would sustain would be permanent—his face would be scarred for the rest of his life. He might lose his vision. He’d never cheat on me again, that’s for sure.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“I have been unemployed for sixty-two days. Not that I’m counting.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“I do love him. So much. But I don’t trust him.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“I bet you five bucks Krista never saw that coming.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“Anyway, it’s all on my credit card, and that bill isn’t coming for two more weeks. That’s a problem for Future Blake.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“If she had sex with a guy, she’d probably have to devour him after the mating ritual was over.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“if you have done something to Whitney”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“Krista emerges from the kitchen carrying a plate of the snickerdoodles. She carries them to the sofa”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“He’s going to kill you,” the older woman blurts out. “Blake is going to kill you”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“I’m”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“He’s got that familiar air of being both exhausted and wired.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“Single upstairs bedroom available immediately in Upper West Side brownstone on a quiet tree-lined street. Bedroom is fully furnished and has two large windows and lots of closet space. Large shared kitchen, dining area, and living room. Subway adjacent. No pets, no parking provided.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“I love you too,” I say back. I do love him. So much. But I don’t trust him.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“I paid a waitress to alert his girlfriend that he’d been at the same place only a few days early with another girl, acting hot and heavy. She did it while Blake was in the bathroom, and the look on the girlfriend’s face was exactly what I’d been hoping for.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“The microwave dings. Whitney pulls out the Styrofoam container, which has a burger and fries inside. A reheated cheeseburger and fries don’t seem very appealing, but Whitney doesn’t seem to mind.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“assaulted by the floral perfume that Becky always wears too much of. I don’t know how Krista can stand it. It’s all I can do not to breathe through my mouth whenever I’m near her.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“She was one of those girls who were always surrounded by friends, but you could tell none of them were true friends. And if anyone did anything she didn’t like, she made it her business to wreck their lives.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“My mother taught me that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it’s one of the few pieces of advice from her that stuck with me. No”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“I don’t want to let a detective into my house right now—or ever, really.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“Krista and I have been together for two years,”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“What’s the worst that can happen? I drop dead?”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“It will be an entertaining experiment. I’ll do it for the science.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“Goodbye, Elijah,” I tell him. He doesn’t answer.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“But I’m not going to let that happen. I won’t let Blake get away with what he’s done to me. I’m going to make him pay. Just like Jordan. Just like the rest of them. Love, Whitney”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“And what is even worse is the contents of the message: I had a great time tonight. If you ever change your mind about doing it again, you know where to find me. Well, that’s that.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“In fact, I think there’s a chance Whitney killed Mr. Zimmerly. I think something terrible may have happened in our living room. I think Whitney might be trying to frame me for murder.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant

“Yes, I absolutely do. But I can tell from the way Krista is saying it that the right answer is no. “Listen,” I say. “I genuinely don’t know how the lipstick ended up on my collar. But I promise you, I was not messing around on you. I would never do that.” “Uh-huh.”
― Freida McFadden, The Tenant