Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most popular and impactful highlights and quotes from Don't Let Her Stay:
“I think you’re losing your mind, Joanne. Just like your mother.”
“Something that still fits me? Something that won’t make me look like salami encased in twine?”
“Chloe was eleven years old when her mother passed away. They were living near Reading at the time. Diane had been ill for some time, and Richard was away in Spain when she died unexpectedly.”
“He knows. He knows what she’s like, but he pretends he doesn’t. Or maybe he is so much in denial that he can’t bring himself to admit it. But one thing is suddenly very clear: he doesn’t want to provoke her.”
“Harrods”
“And you do that often? Get drunk and fuck other men?”
“but I’m going to turn that young woman around. I’m going to make sure she’s happy and well-adjusted, even if it kills me.”
“Joanne, please. It’s getting tedious, and frankly, it doesn't sound like Chloe at all. I just don’t believe it.”
“He put his glass down very slowly. ‘And you do that often? Get drunk and fuck other men?”
“Come out, Chloe! You evil little psycho! I’ll find you eventually!’ ‘Why does he keep calling you that?’ I whisper.”
“Nothing up there, Mrs Atkinson. Just an open window. I closed it. Was there anything else?”
“First”
“I’ll”
“She really doesn’t like you much,’ Chloe says.”
“She hasn’t always been well, is what I meant”
“tired to wash my hair.”
“his eyes moist.”
“And”
“mind.”
“That she did it.”
“He takes my shoulders. ‘I don’t want to call the police. Not yet.”
“I know. But it will be all right.”
“I saw Mr Atkinson and Chloe together once when I came to the house to speak to him for my article. He quickly sent her out of the room, but I saw the way she looked at him, and it was cold. Like she was dead inside. It gave me the shivers. Then I caught the look on Mr Atkinson’s face and believe me, Joanne, he was scared of her. That man was afraid of his eleven-year-old daughter.”
“And that young woman lives with you?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Then don’t stand too close to any balustrades, Mrs Atkinson.”
“Two hours and fifty-five minutes. That's how long it takes before I find something that makes me sit up in bed.”
“I don’t care about your father’s money. I’m here because I love him. You might not believe it, but that says more about you than about me.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?’ ‘Tell you what?’ ‘That you and Diane had another baby?”
“Oh bugger it,’ I mutter, and walk across, helping myself to two of them.”
“He pulls out his handkerchief and dabs at her eyes.”
“She’s not a kid. She just acts like one so you’ll believe whatever she says. She’s manipulating you.”
