Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most popular and impactful highlights and quotes from The Housemaid's Secret:(Showing 22 of 22)
“Although isn’t there another side to everyone?”
“You hiding drugs up there?” “No! Definitely not!” I just murdered somebody, that’s all. Sheesh.”
“I always help. I can never, ever walk away, even when I should.”
“Who you are is not something you did when you were a teenager.”
“Sometimes he seemed to understand me better than I understood myself.”
“The last thing I see when I leave the bedroom is Wendy standing over Douglas’s dead body. And she’s smiling.”
“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”
“beauty is less easily perceived when it’s in an unassuming setting.”
“It’s funny. When it’s right, you just know it’s right.”
“This perfectly demonstrates diffusion of responsibility in a group.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Oh, Jesus Christ. It’s not Millie.”
“Miss Calloway,” Detective Ramirez says, “Wendy Garrick is the one who told us about your affair with her husband.”
“She wants me to stay out of it. Mind my own business. Unfortunately, I’ve never been very good at that.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“(For God’s sake, what multimillionaire walks around with imperfect teeth? Does he think this is England?)”
“I’d rather yank my own tooth out with a pair of pliers”
“What is wrong with people? Seriously.”
“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.”
