The Housekeeper Quotes

“Deprive a child of parental approval, and they’ll spend their lives trying to get it. And the sad, undeniable fact is that I spent most of my formative years just trying to get my parents’ attention, let alone their approval. The more they withheld it, the greater my attempts to attain it.”
― Joy Fielding, The Housekeeper

“April was considered cruel because, unlike winter, which had “kept us warm” by “covering the earth in forgetful snow,” April’s thaw not only laid bare the dormant rot below, it unearthed a fresh hope—of renewal, of change, of brighter days ahead—that was ultimately doomed to disappoint.”
― Joy Fielding, The Housekeeper