One by One Quotes

“Two people can’t keep a secret,” she says. “Not unless one of them is dead. It’s just a fact. I always work alone.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“Sometimes hardship brings out the worst in people.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“When we could share an emotion without even having to exchange words.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“He could’ve proposed to me with an onion ring and I would have said yes.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“At that point, even though we had been dating only a few months, I was beginning to think he was the man I wanted to spend my life with.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“I wonder if Claire will find the magnet when she’s doing the laundry. After all, she’s the one who always washes the clothes—it’s something she complains about constantly. She’ll see it and she’ll wonder. Wonder if there’s more to Noah’s story than he’s letting on. I know Claire so well—it will eat at her. They think they fixed their marriage, but that magnet will destroy them. And they will finally get what they deserve.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“Here’s the deal. I met Warner on a dating site, and my bad, he turned out to be a psychopath. He killed all of us, but I managed to survive by playing dead.” She smiles benevolently. “So you get to be innocent victims. That’s your gift if you behave yourselves and don’t try anything funny.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“It seems like the obvious choice to stay with Jack, but Noah is my husband. Maybe I’ve grown to hate him, but I trust him.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“My mother was a religious woman. That’s how I know that on the sixth day, both man and serpent were created. You know—the snake that eventually convinced Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit and got them kicked out of the Garden of Eden forever? That’s why the number six represents both man and the evil that weakens him.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“As long as he doesn’t ask me to go with him. If the two of us go out on a boat into the middle of the lake, I have a bad feeling only one of us will come back alive.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“It’s all Emma’s stupid dream. I know it’s ridiculous, but it’s weighing on me.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“She’ll see it and she’ll wonder. Wonder if there’s more to Noah’s story than he’s letting on. I know Claire so well—it will eat at her. They think they fixed their marriage, but that magnet will destroy them. And they will finally get what they deserve.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“I feel like I’m falling short in the motherhood department.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“Warner frowns. “You’re not going to get a burger, are you, Lindsay? Those things have like a thousand calories.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“I squeeze my hands together. “Nightshade?”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“It was a bear!” Her blue eyes are flashing. “I saw it! It was coming towards us! It had huge claws and giant white fangs!”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“We have to. It’s our only hope. That’s what Lindsay would’ve wanted.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“Then again, there’s another reason why I want to go on this trip. And anyway, the reservation is nonrefundable”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“can tell you my secret right now: At the end of this week, only one of us will make it home alive.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“The salary is…” He shakes his head. “For such an important job, it’s a crime how badly they pay you guys.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“didn’t know what those two beers would lead to. And I didn’t know that Claire wasn’t going to be home anytime soon. I swear, I didn’t come to Claire’s house with the intention of kissing her husband. But somehow in the time we were talking, I noticed he was looking at me That Way. Many men had looked at me That Way before, but in all the years I knew him, Noah Matchett had never looked at me like that. Not even once. I had thought he was immune to my charms. But apparently not. And before I knew it, his lips were on mine. I enjoyed it. For a split second. I hadn’t kissed a man in over a year—at some point, I had gotten sick of the dating scene and given up on it. It felt nice. I won’t lie and say he wasn’t a very good kisser.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“The door to the cabin is still sitting open. Warner marches me inside with my hands still up in the air. The first thing I see when I walk into the living room is Noah. I expected him to have a gun in his hand, pointed at me. But instead, he’s sitting on the couch, his head down, his hands raised into the air like mine. Because somebody else is pointing a gun at his head. Oh my God.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“Torture. As horrible as it sounds, I can’t entirely blame him. I did something terrible to Noah. It made him crack, the way he did when his father died. God, I wish I still had Noah’s Swiss Army knife. If only I had held onto it…”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“My head is spinning. Why is Warner here? He disappeared. There was all that blood. We all thought he was dead for sure. But of course, we never saw his dead body. We just assumed. “You…” I manage. “You did all this.” A chilling smile plays on Warner’s lips. “Well, I can’t entirely take credit.” That’s when it all falls into place. Noah wanted revenge for my betrayal. But he couldn’t do it alone. He needed a partner in crime. Somebody to sneak off during the night and kill the man in the cabin while he was pretending to be sound asleep beside me. But how did Noah even know Warner?”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“I love you. The words are on the tip of my tongue. I haven’t said that to Noah in so long. We used to say it all the time. It used to be how we ended every phone call. We never say it anymore.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“You brought the rifle,” I breathe. “Yes.” His voice is clipped. “I did.” “You told Michelle you didn’t bring it.” He lifts his bloodshot eyes. “I lied.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“I got in trouble that day. But I didn’t die. Thanks to my mom, I know everything there is to know about poison berries.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“My mother beamed at us. “I made breakfast for both of you.” I sat down in front of the bowl of cereal. It was corn flakes, like I had for breakfast most days, but usually I made it myself. My mom never offered to make me breakfast before, but today she had done it without being asked. I looked down at the bowl—she had poured in too much milk and the cornflakes would be soggy. She had also sprinkled in a handful of berries.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“Oh, come on. What are the chances some random berries we come across are poison?” Maybe I’m a glass-half-empty type of person, but I feel like there’s a much smaller chance that some random berries in the woods aren’t poison.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One

“But I think if she knew, she’d say something. She wouldn’t just keep it to herself. That’s not her style.” “Maybe.” Lindsay cocks her head to the side. “But maybe she wouldn’t say anything. I mean, it’s not like either of us knows Michelle very well.” She has a point. Despite all our efforts, neither of us knows Michelle at all.”
― Freida McFadden, One by One