Death Row Quotes

“I didn’t do it.” My voice slurs on the words. “I didn’t kill my husband. I’m innocent.” Albert is quiet for a moment, his fingers frozen on the syringe that will paralyze my muscles. He exchanges looks with Rhea and then lets out a deep sigh. “Yes,” he says, “we know.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“as long as fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes of torture.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“First midazolam, a sedative. Then vecuronium bromide, which will paralyze my muscles. And last, potassium chloride, which will stop my heart from beating.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“row, and it’s hard to imagine anything much worse. The worst part about death row is the seclusion.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“but I have experienced death row, and it’s hard to imagine anything much worse.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“First, I am currently on death row for murdering my husband. Second, my attorney has filed one last appeal, but if that is rejected, I will be executed by lethal injection in two weeks. And last, I am innocent. I didn’t kill my husband.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“slurs”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“After this is done,” he says, “we are going to take a vacation. Maybe the Bahamas or Hawaii. Someplace warm with beaches and no phones at all.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“Where did my husband go?”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“my husband is with another woman, all alone in our backyard.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“There’s only one thing you need to do first.” “What’s that?” “Wake up.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“it’s nice to feel like a human being for a couple of hours before I die.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“When I first heard that I’d be avoiding gen pop”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“adjacent”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“Noel has lost his sense of smell”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“I’m going to die. In less than two weeks”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“I came into my kitchen and smelled gas the way I do now”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“I look back one last time at the man in the dark suit. He’s talking to the redheaded inmate”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“How could anyone think that I killed Noel? I had no motive—he was the love of my life. And most of all”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“I will be executed by lethal injection in two weeks. And last”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“eau de slut.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“Noel deserves this. I loved him with my entire heart and soul, and what did he do? He betrayed me in the worst possible way.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“didn’t do it.” My voice slurs on the words. “I didn’t kill my husband. I’m innocent.” Albert is quiet for a moment, his fingers frozen on the syringe that will paralyze my muscles. He exchanges looks with Rhea and then lets out a deep sigh. “Yes,” he says, “we know.” What?”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“I’m going to die. In less than two weeks, I will be executed by the state.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“he comes back stinking of eau de slut.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“On my life.” He takes another step closer to me. “And you know it’s true, because if I ever did cheat on you, you’d probably kill me.” I laugh at his joke, except . . . well, is it a joke? Noel says he loves me, but I love him just as much. I love him so much that the thought of him ever being unfaithful to me is unbearable. If he ever did something like that . . . “Let’s go back inside.” Noel throws his arm around my shoulders. “You look like you’re freezing.” Even though I don’t feel the cold, I crave the warmth of his body. I close my eyes, waiting for him to press his lips against mine. But he doesn’t. “Open your eyes, Talia,” he whispers in my ear, his breath tickling my neck. “What?” “Open your eyes.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“And last, I am innocent. I didn’t kill my husband.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“When you look into the eyes of the love of your life, you know it.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“If I came into my kitchen and smelled gas the way I do now, I would know not to use the oven and possibly to call the fire department. Noel wouldn’t know, though.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row

“I will always be faithful to you.” “You swear?” “On my life.” He takes another step closer to me. “And you know it’s true, because if I ever did cheat on you, you’d probably kill me.”
― Freida McFadden, Death Row