The Housekeepers Quotes

“How clever I am, she thought. How remarkable. I love being me.”
― Alex Hay, The Housekeepers

“If you need to make someone feel small, so that you can feel tall...” Mrs. Bone recited the rest. “Then, my goodness, my dear, you’re no person at all.”
― Alex Hay, The Housekeepers

“There were a dozen clocks piled up on the mantelpiece, ticking furiously, all out of time.”
― Alex Hay, The Housekeepers

“How did she get people to capitulate, to bow? She didn't exactly like it. It made her feel chilly and contemptuous of the world. But of course it was necessary. Somebody had to put things right in life.”
― Alex Hay, The Housekeepers