Dear Debbie Quotes

“Debbie always says you can’t reason someone out of a mindset they didn’t reason themselves into.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“After nearly half a century of life, I’ve realized that the only person who is truly looking out for my best interests is myself.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Sometimes, enough is enough...”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“I remind myself that I earned every single imperfection in my body”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“In life and motherhood, especially motherhood of teenagers, you have to pick your battles.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“people who own a gun are more likely to shoot a family member than an intruder.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“I swear on our children’s lives”—I place a hand on my chest—“I did not shoot Ken Bryant with your gun.”
And it’s true.
I used Jesse’s gun.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“If I didn’t force myself to go to the gym several times a week, I would murder everyone on my block.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“The hold music is a Taylor Swift song. I generally like Taylor Swift music”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“How could she call me when she knows I’m still home, likely in the middle of breakfast. If Debbie had seen…”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“The back of the line is behind me. Now are you going to go there on your own, or do I have to make you?”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“lap”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“especially”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“And if not, well, I intend to protect my daughter. Both of them. Whether they like it or not.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“It hit me while I was driving back from the shipyard last night. It’s called Punish Your Husband.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Do they think there’s poison fumes trapped inside and if they open it to put a dish inside”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“The hold music is a Taylor Swift song. I generally like Taylor Swift music, but I am not in the mood right now. Also, the longer I sit here, twiddling my thumbs, the more I’m starting to get the implicit message that I’m the problem, it’s me.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“climb up on the elliptical for a workout. It might not be a bottle of pinot grigio”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Rich bitches, rich bitches, rich bitches.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Then on the evening in question, while he was in the gym shower, she spiked his water bottle with the opium I gave her. What can I say? I was inspired by what Jesse did to me all those years ago.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Well, I’m sick of being a dirty little secret.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“But most of all, I don’t like the way he looks at Lexi. There’s something in his expression that makes me uneasy. It’s something I’ve seen before—a memory that I can’t ever block out.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“thin”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Studies have shown that smells trigger greater brain activity than visual stimuli due to the direct connection of the olfactory bulb to the amygdala (which is responsible for emotions) and the hippocampus (which is responsible for memories).”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Hin ham Househo.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Rochelle’s”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“ask him as the girls climb the stairs to go to their respective rooms. Cooper lifts his eyes, blinking as if surprised to see me still sitting at the table with him.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“As if fries would make up for lying to her face.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“have”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“As he carries me to the bedroom, I can’t help but think to myself that one of these days, at the end of the hour, he’s going to decide that this time, he’s not going back to her.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie