The Housemaid Quotes

Freida McFadden
This Study Guide consists of approximately 42 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Housemaid.
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The Housemaid Quotes

Freida McFadden
This Study Guide consists of approximately 42 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Housemaid.
This section contains 946 words
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I still can’t quite put my finger on what’s bothering me. There’s something about this room that’s making a little ball of dread form in the pit of my stomach.
-- Millie as narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: The quote illustrates Millie’s unease in the Winchester house. Millie knows that she needs the job. She is willing to put unsettled feelings aside in order to stay.

The door is locked. The Winchesters locked me in this room. Nina locked me in this room.
-- Millie as narrator (chapter 6)

Importance: The quote demonstrates how Millie holds a deep fear of being trapped after her time in prison. While Millie fights her fears that something is wrong in the attic, Millie assumes the worst. In the next line, the door pops open and Millie’s fear is in her head.

They look so young and happy together. It’s obvious Andrew is still crazy about Nina, but something has changed. I...
-- Millie as narrator (chapter 7)

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