The Housemaid Quotes

“What do you like to read?”
“Books.”
“What kind of books?”
“The kind with words.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“He has no idea this is just the beginning.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Then again, plenty of men are idiots.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“I initially wanted to hire a maid in hopes that she would become my replacement—that if Andrew fell in love with another woman, he would finally let me go. But that’s not why I hired Millie. That’s not why I gave her a copy of the key to the room. And that’s not why I left a bottle of pepper spray in the blue bucket in the closet. I hired her to kill him. She just doesn’t know it.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“If you don't take care of your teeth," she continues, "then you lose the privilege to have teeth”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“He’s almost perfect. And I hate his guts.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Those are the four most beautiful words in the English language. You can go now.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“There’s something about this room that’s making a little ball of dread form in the pit of my stomach.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“I could just barely make out the word he said. Pericolo. Whatever that means.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“There’s something in his expression that sends a chill down my spine. And then he shakes his head, almost imperceptibly. Almost like he’s trying to warn me. But he doesn’t say a word.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“My husband is a monster,” I say aloud. “He tortures me. He holds me hostage in the attic.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“And then he kisses me. And God help me, I kiss him back.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Maybe next time, you should leave the girl you lock in the room with more water, so some will be left for you.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“As Nina and I exchange details about tomorrow, I wonder if she would feel the same way about me if she knew I spent the last ten years of my life in prison.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“I could scream and yell all I wanted, and nobody would hear.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“—he holds up the chicken nugget—“you have to first examine the nugget for any deformities. Missing head, missing leg, or missing tail. If the dinosaur nugget has any of these critical defects, it will be rejected.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“The door isn’t stuck. It’s locked.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“As I shut the door, I notice marks in the wood. Long thin lines running down the length of the door at about the level of my shoulder. I run my fingers over the indentations. They almost seem like… Scratches. Like somebody was scraping at the door.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“That will be the end. I’ll die in this room.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“I have just made a dangerous enemy.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“No puedo fiarme de nadie, salvo de mí misma.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“So”—Lisa slides the knife back into the wooden block and straightens up, her blue eyes wide and anxious—“can you help me, Millie?” “Yes,” I say. “I believe I can.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Mrs. Winchester is only a few inches taller than I am in my flats, but it feels like she’s much taller.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“I’ll let you out,” I say. “Just not yet.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“You’re not in love with me anymore?” she bursts out. “How can”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Step Eight: Find a Replacement”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Do you want me to… go?” “No,” he says. “I want you to stay.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“What kind of books?” “The kind with words.” Oh, so that’s how it’s going to be, Cecelia.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Do you know those movies about the scary cult of, like, creepy kids who can read minds and worship the devil and live in the cornfields or something? Well, if they were casting for one of those movies, this girl would get the part. They wouldn’t even have to audition her. They would take one look at her and be like, Yes, you are creepy girl number three.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Just not yet.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid