Dear Debbie Quotes

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

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

“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

“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

“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

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

“Hello”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“karma.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“I’ve heard there’s a bug going around,” Debbie says sympathetically”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Although I sometimes refer to myself as a stay-at-home mother”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

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

“Could my sweet”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Yes”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Loser. I’ve been feeling like a loser a lot lately. I can’t control my kids”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Nobody will be talking to Ken on Monday or ever again.”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“I might be his first affair”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“First thing in the morning”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“Let me tell you”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie

“the longer I sit here”
― Freida McFadden, Dear Debbie