The Inmate Quotes

“Sometimes people do exactly what you think they’re going to do, and they still manage to disappoint you.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“If someone truly wants to reach you, there’s always a way.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I had to do what I did. After all, I would do anything for my mom.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I look like I’m in college, and I feel like I’m fifty. Story of my life.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I love you, Brooke. That was what he said to me just a few hours before he tried to kill me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“My mother would say that boys don’t do anything nice for you if they’re not expecting something in return.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I don’t quite understand how you can love somebody so much, yet so frequently want to throttle them.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Ugly men are good in bed, you know.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Sometimes people do exactly what you think they’re going to do, and they still manage to disappoint you”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“After all, ten years ago, he saved my life.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Tim said he was dangerous and that he was going to hurt my mom. And I could hear when he was talking on his phone that he wasn’t being nice to her. Tim was right. I had to do what I did. After all, I would do anything for my mom.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Sometimes people do exactly what you think they're going to do, and they still manage to disappoint you.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“woman is waiting for me. She is roughly in her sixties, with close-cropped gray hair and a sturdy build—there’s something vaguely familiar about her, but I can’t put my finger on what it is.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I love you too,” I breathe. He leans in toward me. “And I’m going to show you how much.” And he does.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“As the prison doors slam shut behind me, I question every decision I’ve ever made in my life.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“After all, he had been deprived of this for ten years. You can’t say no to giving a glass of water to a guy who has been lost in the desert for ten years.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Does Tim have a mannequin wrapped in a tarp in his basement? Don’t kid yourself, Brooke. You know exactly what you’re looking at. Her scarf is lying on the coffee table upstairs.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Hey, it’s Tim Reese. I got your number from the parent directory. Hope that’s not too creepy.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“love your aftershave,” I murmur. “It’s sandalwood scented.” I frown. “What’s sandalwood?” “I don’t know. The wood you make sandals from?” “So basically, you smell like feet?” He laughs. “Hey, you’re the weirdo who likes it…”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I’m going to advocate for my patients. They are human beings, and they deserve to be treated that way,”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Oh my God. Tim and Shane did it together.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“A voice floats up from the basement. “We got a dead body down here! Looks like Underwood!” Quick as a flash, the older officer whips”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I stare at the foot sticking out of the tarp, unable to comprehend what I’m seeing. I look closer and can make out another shoe peeking out of the tarp as well. Does Tim have a mannequin wrapped in a tarp in his basement?”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Oh God. She’s right. Tim is in love with me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“And of course, there’s Tim, who I’ve only been dating for a month, but I’m starting to think I’m really falling for him.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“There’s an extra skip in his step as he sprints back toward the elementary school. Tim Reese. Wow. I really never believed I’d see him again.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Tim Reese is hot.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“you.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Tracy Gifford is the girl who was found dead over the summer. Obviously, none of us have been on a date with her. But then Tim raises his cup. And he takes a drink.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“So when Shane took me out into the woods to make that snowman, I noticed that all the trees had a lot of icicles. They looked really heavy and pointy. Shane was a lot bigger than me, so I figured if I wanted to protect my mom, this was my only chance. I waited until Shane was standing under one of the branches. I reached up and shook the branches, and all the ice fell on him.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate