The Surrogate Mother Quotes

“That’s the best part about having a landline. You can slam it down. You don’t get the joy of slamming a phone down when you’re on a cell phone. What can you do—press “end call” really angrily?”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“tried reading. I downloaded three separate books onto my Kindle, but none of them held my attention. I peed twice. I watched a few videos on YouTube, but I heard screen time is bad for sleep so I shut it off.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“My mother is very into lawsuits. Last year, she got a pants suit she didn’t like from Saks Fifth Avenue and she called her lawyer to see if she could sue. (The answer was no. But she was able to return it. It’s unclear why she didn’t do that in the first place.)”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“tried reading. I downloaded three separate books onto my Kindle,”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“Monica smiles at Gertie—this time a genuine smile. “Thanks, Mom,” she says.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“I’ll try to try.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate Mother

“I’ve never known Sam to whistle before”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“thanks to Monica’s generosity”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“Why would the universe take my baby away from me?”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“My husband deserves a medal. I want to jump up and hug him, except for the fact that I’m completely immobilized.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“I don’t know what I’d do if I ever lost him.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“It’s your baby, Abby. You should be there.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“I’m the one who’s married to Sam. And thanks to Monica’s generosity, we’re going to be parents soon. I don’t know why I’m getting so paranoid.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“know it’s a small thing, but it makes me uncomfortable. When I look at Sam and Monica sitting up in front, they seem very much like they could be a couple. On top of that, she’s pregnant with his child. On so many levels, Monica and Sam make more sense than Sam and I do. Yes, she’s over ten years younger than he is, but so what? Men marry much younger women all the time. I’m beginning to feel like a third wheel back here. I hope Sam drives fast.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“But here’s the weird part: when Sam unlocks the doors to the car with his key fob, Monica immediately jumps into the shotgun seat.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“If anyone should want to save the pregnancy test, it should be me. And I don’t want it. I mean, it’s got urine on it. But I don’t want to make a big thing of it. So I don’t say a word as Monica carefully tucks the pregnancy test back in her purse.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“It’s not like I ever doubted that I was the one responsible for our infertility, but I’ve never seen the evidence smacking me in the face like this. First try. Pregnant. After a second of silent”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“Too old to have children of my own? I’m thirty-six! I’ve got quite a bit of time left before menopause. If not for my bum ovaries, I’d have no trouble at all having children at my age.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“thank her again, but as I put down my phone, there’s something tugging at the back of my mind. Something not entirely right. But that makes no sense. Mrs. Johnson was perfectly nice, especially given what we’re proposing to her daughter. Nothing she said raised any kind of red flag. So what is that nagging feeling that I’m missing something?”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“It’s a lot to ask of someone… I mean, we’d be using their egg and their uterus, so we’d be asking them to get pregnant with their own child just to give it up.” I clear my throat. “We’re really excited about adopting now. We’ve moved past that.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“And then every time a woman on the board would announce her pregnancy, we’d all congratulate her, but I’d get a sick feeling it would never be me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“After six months, we weren’t laughing anymore.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“I’d think Sam was just as handsome even if he went bald.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“There’s only one thing different about this baby shower from all other baby showers thrown for the other women in my company: I’m not pregnant.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“cokernal?”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“Mrs. Johnson lives in Indiana. Her phone number was an Indiana area code, and she told me she was “born and raised” in Indianapolis. I grew up a Red Sox fan—I went to all their games when I was a kid. I could never put on a Yankees cap. They’d never let me come home!”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“If Sam did all that, he’s not just a jerk. He’s not just a cheating husband. He would be an outright psychopath.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“Oh my gosh! The new Quentin Tarantino movie is out!” Sam’s eyebrows shoot up. Quentin Tarantino is one of his favorite directors and we’ve already made plans to see the movie this weekend. “You like Quentin Tarantino?” “Uh huh.” She nods eagerly. “My favorite is Pulp Fiction.” Pulp Fiction is Sam’s absolute favorite Tarantino movie. Without exaggerating, I would say he’s probably seen it ten-thousand times, and those are just the times we’ve watched it together.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate

“Good,” I say. And then I slam down the receiver.

That’s the best part about having a landline. You can slam it down.

You don’t get the joy of slamming a phone down when you’re on a cell phone. What can you do— press End Call really angrily?”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate Mother

“Still, I was surprised when my first pregnancy test was negative. As a healthy twenty-nine-year-old woman, I had always assumed that the second I missed even a single pill, I’d be instantly knocked up.”
― Freida McFadden, The Surrogate