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The Housemaid

Freida McFadden

Top 10 Best Quotes

“He has no idea this is just the beginning.”

“Mrs. Winchester is only a few inches taller than I am in my flats, but it feels like she’s much taller.”

“Those are the four most beautiful words in the English language. You can go now.”

“There’s something about this room that’s making a little ball of dread form in the pit of my stomach.”

“I initially wanted to hire a maid in hopes that she would become my replacement—that if Andrew fell in love with another woman, he would finally let me go. But that’s not why I hired Millie. That’s not why I gave her a copy of the key to the room. And that’s not why I left a bottle of pepper spray in the blue bucket in the closet. I hired her to kill him. She just doesn’t know it.”

“I could just barely make out the word he said. Pericolo. Whatever that means.”

“—he holds up the chicken nugget—“you have to first examine the nugget for any deformities. Missing head, missing leg, or missing tail. If the dinosaur nugget has any of these critical defects, it will be rejected.”

“me. There’s something in his expression that sends a chill down my spine. And then he shakes his head, almost imperceptibly. Almost like he’s trying to warn me. But he doesn’t say a word.”

“having a job and shelter is important, but human connections are even more important.”

“don’t want to go back to jail. I don’t. I can’t. I’d rather kill myself.”

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