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 look like I’m in college, and I feel like I’m fifty. Story of my life.”
― 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 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

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

“I didn’t have a clue what made him a target. Until I found out the name all the other kids were calling him: Bastard.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“He loves telling me he loves me. And I can’t say I don’t love being loved.”
― 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

“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 don’t know what these men did to end up in the maximum-security prison, but they are all so incredibly polite and grateful for the care I provide. I don’t know what terrible crime this sixty-three-year-old man committed, and I don’t want to know. Right now, I like the guy.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I can’t reveal to her that the man who was my very first boyfriend is an inmate at Raker Maximum Security Penitentiary, currently serving life without the possibility of parole. And I’m the one who put him here.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“acquiesce.”
― 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

“deflowered”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“The truth is, I still don’t believe it. There was something else that happened that night—something important I’m missing. Something tugging at the periphery of my memory. I feel like if I could think hard enough, I would figure it out. But the harder I try to remember, the more it eludes me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“think about it, the less certain I feel. There was something that happened that night I am missing. One little detail that has escaped me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“When I testified against Shane, I felt so certain he was the one tightening that necklace chain around my neck, trying to kill me. But the more I”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I grab him by his shirt and pull his lips onto mine. He kisses me back just as eagerly. And all the while, I ignore the tiniest hint of sandalwood clinging to the collar of his shirt.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“And for the first time in ten years, part of me wonders if he might have been telling the truth. But he can’t be telling the truth. Because if he is, the man who tried to strangle me all those years ago is still out there.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Shane is staring at Tim as a bolt of thunder shakes the room. Tim raises his eyes, and a look passes between them that I can’t quite identify. We all sit there, our hands frozen on our paper cups. 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

“well. I knew the feel of his body. The smell of him. I knew it was him. It had to be. Because if it wasn’t him, I have made a terrible mistake.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate