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

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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“So I was super surprised when Mom brought home that houseguest named Shane Nelson. He seemed nice enough, but I kept thinking about what Tim told me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“there’s a man named Shane Nelson who might contact you someday and want to hurt your mom. This man, Shane Nelson—he’s a really bad man. Really bad. So if you ever see him or hear from him, you need to know that he’s dangerous.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“For example, a long time ago, at the beginning of the school year when I first moved here, Tim and I were sitting together on the couch and Mom had gone out somewhere. And he said to me, “There’s something really important I need to tell you, Josh.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“As it turned out, Pamela Nelson survived the gunshot wound, and it was a good thing she did. She ended up confessing to everything, which is more than Shane was ever willing to do. After she found out her son was dead, she didn’t really care anymore. She told the police everything—the whole shocking story.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“can’t bear to tell him the truth. I hated this man, but Josh doesn’t know that. He doesn’t know that the icicles from the tree may have saved his life. He doesn’t know that the man lying in front of us in the snow is his father—the one he has been desperate to meet all these years.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Mom!” Josh is tugging on my arm. “You have to come help him!”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate