The Gift Quotes

“Hair is power. In the Bible, the source of Samson’s strength was his hair, and when the beautiful Delilah tricked him and cut it off, she stripped him of his power.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“I sacrificed something important to me to get you a great present!”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“This will be the best Christmas we will ever have.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“You don’t know what it’s like to meet the man of your dreams, then meet his beautiful wife, she sobbed to me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“I should have majored in Not Being Poor.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“The point is,” I say, “I sacrificed something important to me to get you a great present!”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Hey, Stella!” he calls out. “Where are all the knives?” “In the drawer under the microwave!” I call back. “Are you sure? All I see in there is like ten thousand spoons.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“I am doing this. And I don’t want to stop her. I want to give Justin this gift. I want to make this sacrifice for him.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Helga taps on a little white tag I hadn’t noticed that is stuck to the chain. I turn it over to look at the price, and my heart sinks. Oh well. I guess Justin isn’t getting a watch chain for Christmas.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Or what if she doesn’t have a family? After all, she is all alone on Christmas Eve. What if nobody even cares that she died? That’s even more horrible.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Hair is power.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Oh my God. I think she’s”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“is like ten thousand spoons.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“I attempt to take a bite, but I’m not sure it’s humanly possible. At least not without breaking a few teeth. “I can’t eat this,” I say. “I know it’s a little overcooked…” “It’s incinerated.” The corner of his lips quirks up. “Well, I tried. That’s what matters, isn’t it?” “Are you serious?” “Serious about what?” I fold my arms across my chest. “Are you seriously telling me that your only present to me this Christmas is a tray of burned brownies?”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Hair is power. In the Bible”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“You would think that if you screw up as a waitress”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Four years of college”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Do not be sad,” Helga says in that sage-like way of hers. “This is love. You sacrifice for him. He sacrifices for you.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“She starved to death while waiting for one of us to bring her food.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“I mean”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Bessie turns to me and clutches her chest. “Oh my God, that woman scared me half to death. I thought she was rising from the dead!”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Even my blisters have blisters.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Hair is power. In my many years of making wigs, I have been reminded of this fact again and again. When I took Stella’s hair last night, I took her power. But now she has taken it back.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“You would think that if you screw up as a waitress, the worst thing that could happen is somebody has a bad meal. But apparently not. Apparently, my neglect has killed this woman. She starved to death while waiting for one of us to bring her food.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“This is my store,” the old woman says. “I am Helga.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“You don’t know what it’s like to meet the man of your dreams, then meet his beautiful wife,”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“The old woman finally blinks at me. She might be alive, but I very well could have a heart attack right about now. Bessie doesn’t look much better.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“Waitressing is my second job, the first being a preschool job that allows me to utilize my early childhood education degree, all at minimum wage. Four years of college, tons of debt, and I need two jobs just to pay the bills. I should have majored in Not Being Poor.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“She is the first in our family to go to college, and after that, she went to law school. She is in her second year now. I am so proud.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift

“She runs her thumb over the glass cover, halting on a dark red stain. Her eyes widen in alarm. “That’s, um, tomato sauce,” I quickly explain. “It will wash right off.” “Yes,” she says. “I am sure.”
― Freida McFadden, The Gift