You Can Trust Me Quotes

“Javier, I said, “Can I just check on something? Did someone text my friend Summer?” He nodded, almost a bow. “It’s been taken care of.” “Did she reply?” “She did, this morning at ten o’clock. She said, ‘Sounds good.’ ” Relief.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“For everyone who was born restless. May you find joy (since you will never find peace).”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“I could not help it: the restlessness was in my nature. —CHARLOTTE BRONTË, JANE EYRE”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Self-care is over. I choose chaos.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“And to my family, thank you for tolerating this Wednesday Addams wannabe through another publishing cycle fraught with angst, distraction, erratic excitement, and rants about esoteric topics. I love you more than I can say.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“We could have photographic evidence of his crimes, and he’d still go down in history as a great humanitarian”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Amanda, swept up into Michael’s world. He would have been in his thirties, no gray in his hair, with even more swagger and charisma. She was an introverted Fresno girl away from home for the first time. She would have felt so special to have been chosen by this man.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“You think he trusts you? Think about what you’re saying. You’re one of the wives, Julie. From their perspective, all you want is to find a rich man and screw him out of all his money.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“You conned your way in. You were trying to steal trade secrets. They found my bracelet in your suitcase, Summer!”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“I have been on the road my entire life and you don’t even know what I’m capable of. Do not fucking test me, Julie, because I could kill you right now and not feel an ounce of guilt.” She goes limp, and we look into each other’s eyes. I ease up on her neck, and her chest rises and falls.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Is that why you put me in this nightgown? To make me look more innocent for the painting?” “I thought it was an interesting contrast, yes.” What a dick. He hadn’t complained about my lack of innocence when he was fucking me on his stupid boat.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“In my entire life, I had never wondered if I was losing my mind. Reality was an objective thing, a place we all inhabited. But now, sitting here with him acting like I was the one who’d lost it, I wondered if the fabric of reality was starting to tear, little rips that could leave me standing in a strange wilderness, vulnerable to attack.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“never left the island. There is no second property, no other location in the snow. There’s only this one place, his hunting ground, and it all makes perfect sense now. One of the ways he keeps women docile is by making it look like they’ll die in the snow if they escape. How long did it take him to construct his torture room? How many years has he been using it?”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“I paint them exactly how I want them. I like the way their faces look. Don’t ever tell me how I should paint them.” I’m spinning, and now I understand. Leo’s painting—the serious look on her face.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Where does Julie fit into this?” Michael shrugs. “She was just being helpful.” His focus is back on his painting. “You came into my house and thought you could get the best of me. Arrogant.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“He’s so solicitous, so handsome, just a robot shell of a person designed to keep female prisoners in line.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“A crushing wave of sadness rolls over me, flattening me. I failed her. I promised myself I’d take care of her, protect her, be for her what no one had been for me, and I failed.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Girl, they’re totally hidden. Built right into the walls or something. It’s the patriarchy. Hey, but seriously, you seem shaken up. Did you almost fall off a cliff?”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Not all open doors lead to freedom and adventure. Some lead to death. I should have known that all along.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“This is what money will do—every model in Los Angeles will come to your island to fuck you. And hey, one of the girls might get lost in the wilderness; maybe someday you’ll find her bones. Or maybe not. Doesn’t matter, does it? There are plenty more where she came from.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Women always like him better. He has more money, he’s taller, he’s better-looking.” He sounds fourteen.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“This is ridiculous. What am I, just some whore you brought with you, and you can’t leave me alone with all your fancy shit?”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“He shines with pride like he’s caught a massive fish, presenting me to different men,”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“I’m tired of men. I wish they weren’t simultaneously so easy and the most difficult, dangerous thing in the world. His brown eyes are wide with feigned innocence, but I can see lies scrawled across his tanned face. “Thank you so much. I’m sorry for taking your time.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Or I can discuss laser face peels with some lady who thinks Pelotons are for the nouveaux riches.” I can’t help but”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Rich people like to congratulate themselves for keeping poor people alive.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“I’m a human teenager. What you’re doing is wrong. You’re a horrible mother. You’ve been a horrible mother from day one.” Tears were streaming down my cheeks, and I wanted to throw the money at her, but I knew I’d need it because the reality of my situation was starting to sink”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“Do not give me that marbles bullshit. You’re leaving? With Mage? You’re choosing that dirty old man over your own child?”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“That year, my mom descended into an alcoholic stupor. My dad became a gaunt phantasm haunting the rooms of our dusty house.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me

“He was boasting about his position with Tenet Holdings, which speaks to an ocean of underlying insecurity. He was no doubt a nerdy kid. Lots of teasing, lots of belittling, lots of alpha males making him feel small. As a grown man, he’ll always feel like he has something to prove. My approach needs to be about making him feel big, strong, special, alpha.”
― Wendy Heard, You Can Trust Me