The Intruder Quotes

“Everyone’s brain works differently. Just because the teachers don’t explain stuff to you in a way you understand it, that doesn’t mean you’re not smart.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“And as I close the door behind us, I can’t push away the feeling that I have made a grave mistake by inviting her in.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“I’m Ella,” I finally manage. Then I think better of it and give my full name: “Elizabeth Casey.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“My father might be gone, but I can still learn from his life lessons.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“The only thing that seemed to make her feel better was going shopping.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“repeat”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“This is New England—a rainstorm is barely a blip out here.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“So why can’t I shake the feeling that something terrible is going to happen tonight?”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“I pile spaghetti and sauce onto a large plate for my guest,”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“If the window is open”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“She is far smarter and crueler than she looks. I think of the cigarette burns on her skinny arms as well as the bruises. I took the girl for a victim when I first saw her. But now I’m starting to wonder. I’ve got to get out of here.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“Finally”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“When I do bad things”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“Somebody is out there. There’s an intruder hiding in my toolshed”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“I don’t have as much experience with adult men being disappointed with me, because I don’t have a father. I mean, I have a father—obviously—but I’ve never met him, so he’s never had a chance to be disappointed in me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“I look up at the roof of my house. It will probably hold. And the tree probably won’t fall down. I probably won’t die tonight. And if I do, the good news is that nobody will miss me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“I love sleeping alone—”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“Actually,” she says”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“life betrays you”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“You need to learn to relax a little. That was my goal when I moved out to this cabin in The Middle of Nowhere”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“I miss my students. I would have done anything for those kids. Except that’s what got me into trouble.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“When someone deserves bad things”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“I don’t know my father. He abandoned my mother before I was even born. He’s a terrible person. I believe that bad people always get what’s coming to them.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“Yet why should I? This is my house. My property. Why should I be forced out because of somebody trespassing? That said”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“I came out here after I lost my teaching job. I had this idea about living off the grid for a little while”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“sixty”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“Because I’m not driving to the police station. I have very different plans to ensure that Nell doesn’t have to suffer one more day at the hands of that miserable woman. It’s time for the misery to end.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“But I had previously imagined that when it happened, I would be able to curl up in my bed with one of my paperbacks, reading by the light of my Itty Bitty book light until I drifted off.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“And then he adds, “If you survive it.” I can’t tell if that’s a threat or just an observation of the fact that I’ll be spending the night in a small cabin with high winds and a dodgy roof.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder

“I would have done anything for those kids. Except that’s what got me into trouble.”
― Freida McFadden, The Intruder