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

“I look like I’m in college, and I feel like I’m fifty. Story of my life.”
― 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

“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

“After all, ten years ago, he saved my life.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Ugly men are good in bed, you know.”
― 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

“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

“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

“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

“Hey, it’s Tim Reese. I got your number from the parent directory. Hope that’s not too creepy.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Brooke?” Tim knocks gently on the bathroom door. “Are you okay?”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“I crane my neck to look up at Hunt’s face. Whatever else I can say, I don’t think he’s making this up. He seems to really believe it. But the question is, do I believe it?”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Because if it wasn’t him, I have made a terrible mistake.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“He squeezes my hand in his. “I love you, Brooke.” It takes me a moment to realize what he’s said. He hasn’t told me he “lopes” me like he usually does. He said he loves me. He loves me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Do they really think he’s that dangerous? The only other guy I’ve seen in the last few days who was shackled like this had an angry sneer and hate symbols tattooed all over his face.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“He says it almost like he’s trying to impress me, the way he used to when he would throw a pass across the football field and look in my direction to make sure I saw it.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Shane is Josh’s father. He won’t let anything happen to him.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“When he leans forward and kisses me, I don’t stop him.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“He barely glances at it. “I don’t know. Yours?” “It’s not mine.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“He seems uncomfortable talking about his exes—as do I.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“He’s a great guy.”
― 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

“one of the many responsibilities that fall squarely on me as the only adult in the household.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“meeting”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“No,” he says. “I mean, barely. We got a drink together when she was done with her shift. That’s it. It was nothing.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“Tim is in love with me.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“What’s sandalwood?” “I don’t know. The wood you make sandals from?” “So basically, you smell like feet?”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate

“He has that central obesity that makes me think he’s within five years of a major heart attack.”
― Freida McFadden, The Inmate