The Housemaid's Secret Quotes

“Although isn’t there another side to everyone?”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“You hiding drugs up there?” “No! Definitely not!” I just murdered somebody, that’s all. Sheesh.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“I always help. I can never, ever walk away, even when I should.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“Who you are is not something you did when you were a teenager.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“Sometimes he seemed to understand me better than I understood myself.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“beauty is less easily perceived when it’s in an unassuming setting.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“This,” he says, “is the bystander effect. It’s a social psychology phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when there are other people present”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“The last thing I see when I leave the bedroom is Wendy standing over Douglas’s dead body. And she’s smiling.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“It’s funny. When it’s right, you just know it’s right.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“I’ve gotten involved with my employer only one time before, and I will never, ever go down that road again. I’d rather yank my own tooth out with a pair of pliers.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“She wants me to stay out of it. Mind my own business. Unfortunately, I’ve never been very good at that.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“This perfectly demonstrates diffusion of responsibility in a group.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“I take a sip of the expensive wine Brock poured for me. The expensive bottles are by far better than the cheap ones, but I can never detect all the subtle notes of honeydew or lavender or whatever. He keeps asking me, and now I’m lying and telling him that I can tell, but I really can’t. I’m faking wine.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“I’d rather yank my own tooth out with a pair of pliers”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“Oh, Jesus Christ. It’s not Millie.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“Miss Calloway,” Detective Ramirez says, “Wendy Garrick is the one who told us about your affair with her husband.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“(For God’s sake, what multimillionaire walks around with imperfect teeth? Does he think this is England?)”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“Well.” I look down at the nightgown, then back at Douglas. “If you’ll excuse me, I need to look up how to get tomato sauce stains out of fabric.” He stares at me for another moment, then thankfully nods in approval. “Good. You do that.” But I don’t need to google anything. I already know how to get blood stains out of fabric.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“My heart sinks into my stomach. I have made an incredibly bad judgment call. I have underestimated an extremely dangerous person. And now I will pay the ultimate price.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“He’s making a terrible mistake and he doesn’t even know it. And part of me wishes he would take his damn hand off my knee.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“What is wrong with people? Seriously.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“Who you are is not something you did when you were a teenager.” His black eyes look intently into mine. “It is clear who you are. If he could not tell from spending time with you, then he is right—he does not deserve to be with you.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“You are the one who started dating this Broccoli.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“How?” “I know a guy.” Of course he does.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“Digoxin toxicity is extremely serious,” she continues. “First, you get nausea, dizziness, terrible abdominal cramps, and blurred vision. It’s quite agonizing. But the way it kills you is that your heart goes into a deadly arrhythmia.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“For women having issues with their husbands, she helps them out. Takes care of it for them.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“But every molecule in my body is crying out that I have to try to help this woman—now.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“He lifts a shoulder. “I know a guy.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“No, I never walk away.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“Now if you don’t mind, I’m going back to bed. It’s been a long day.” “Actually, I found out the ad never went live. So, like I said, how did you get my number?”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret