The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives Quotes

“It cannot continue like this—men taking whatever they want and no one holding them accountable for the harm they cause.”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

“friendship actually meant that people were forced to listen to your thoughts and opinions and weren’t allowed to judge you for them.”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

“Women brought death upon themselves simply by being women, it seemed. Avoiding death was just an expected part of life for them—the constant mental calculations, the weighing up of choices, of risk.”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

“Ionce heard someone say that women’s greatest fears in life are sexual assault and death. Men? The thing that keeps them up at night is the idea of being rejected and humiliated by a romantic prospect. How pathetic is that?”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

“that,”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

“Ionce heard someone say that women’s greatest fears in life are sexual assault and death. Men? The thing that keeps them up at night is the idea of being rejected and humiliated by a romantic prospect.”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

“It was agonizing for Beverley to be a murderer’s wife”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

“Elsie’s ex-husband is in there: Albert Moss”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

“Well”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

“You want a murderer’s wife”
― Elizabeth Arnott, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives