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

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

“I remind myself that I earned every single imperfection in my body”
― 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

“people who own a gun are more likely to shoot a family member than an intruder.”
― 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

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

“The hold music is a Taylor Swift song. I generally like Taylor Swift music”
― 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

“It’s one of the things I love about him. He’s the opposite of what I used to be.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“but her husband, Ken, was making the divorce miserable for her. He was using every trick in the book to deprive her of any financial resources, and he was trying to turn their children against her.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“preparing”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“me,”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“The first thing I would have told her would be to stay home that night during the second semester of her sophomore year.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“The first thing I notice about the bottle of wine is that the cork has been dislodged.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“I had never wanted to be in a position where I had to rely on a man to support me. That’s why I worked so hard in school and went to a top college.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“injury.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“I didn’t hear anything,” I say. “Maybe it was a car backfiring?”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“But I love to read”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“I’ve become hooked on the rush of adrenaline I feel as I push my body to the limit on the treadmill.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“If your husband is not agreeable to this compromise”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie