Want to Know a Secret? Quotes

“Life is too short to read boring books.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“At times like these, I wish I could talk to my mother. It’s like a deep ache inside my chest.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“shoplifter.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“he’s barely keeping”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“15 Owen and Bobby are becoming best friends. And honestly, it’s a relief. There’s nothing wrong with Leo Bressler, Bobby’s former best friend. Except for the fact that his mother is Julie. Don’t get me wrong—I love Julie. But sometimes I get the distinct feeling she doesn’t care much for my son. Every time Bobby goes to Julie’s house, there’s some sort of a problem. The last time he went over, she went on and on about how he didn’t take his shoes off and now”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“Well, gee,” I say. “If I’m so goddamn unlikable, why did you marry me in the first place?” “Beats me.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“She’s lived a long time, and she just says whatever the hell she wants to say.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“simply saw him leave my yard and wanted to give me a warning. “Even if that were true…” Which it isn’t. “You still should have gotten permission from me directly. You are never supposed to leave the backyard without asking me if it’s okay. Do you understand?” Bobby lowers his eyes. “Yes,” he mumbles.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“Who gets a white carpet when they have young sons? Tell me, who?”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“Who”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“But I don’t understand. How could April go to jail? Because April is dead. And I’m the one who killed her.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“I tell everyone that I’m trying to keep fit, but the truth is, the adrenaline I get from running is the only thing close to what I used to feel when I was in the courtroom. If I ever stopped running, I would probably have to start taking speed. I love pushing myself as hard as I can.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“I always wanted friends, but I found it hard to get close to people. Everyone thought I seemed aloof, and it became a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“Sometimes you just need your mother.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“don’t know what’s so hard about saying sorry. It’s like apologizing is physically painful for them. I say sorry about a hundred times a day. Even if it’s not my fault.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“This is going to be my life now. Playgroups for adults. I miss putting people in jail. “Also,”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“I tried to read it—I really did. I got about two pages in, and I was just done. I simply couldn’t go on. I think it was the part where he was at the pet store, picking out varieties of birdseed. Life is too short to read boring books.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“Parents can be held civilly liable for any minor child’s willful misconduct.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“I always wanted friends, but I found it hard to get close to people.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“insistently.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“She’s a little intense, but that’s only because she used to be an attorney in her previous life.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“Oh, thank God. We’re done discussing the book. Julie’s lips are set in a straight line, but there isn’t much she can do about it. We don’t come here to discuss the book. We come here to drink wine and chat about our lives. The book in book club is arbitrary.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“She probably would have if she had been wearing her life alert necklace.” She clucks her tongue. “I can’t imagine why she took it off.” I frown. “Life alert necklace?”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“Yes. That’s true.” I sigh. “It’s just that… I know how badly Elliot wants another child. I feel like… I’m letting him down.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“I’m not Owen’s birth mother. His biological mother… died several years ago. He doesn’t even remember her. I adopted him after Sean and I got married.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“The buttery, brown sugary pineapple juice that seeps down into the cake from the slices on top make the cakes so moist, soft, and buttery.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“Janet Portland was her daughter’s alibi for murder,” Peggy says. “Then a year later, Janet decided to stop being her alibi anymore. And now she’s here. On enough medications to kill a horse. You can connect the dots from there.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“That’s right. I am.” “April is my daughter,” she says. “And she is pure evil.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“Want to know a secret? Your son isn’t where you think he is.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?

“April is my daughter,” she says. “And she is pure evil.”
― Freida McFadden, Want to Know a Secret?