“If you can't take care of me while I'm alive, you have made me dead anyway.” — Gillian Flynn Alive Copy Share Image
“you'd literally lie, cheat, and steal -hell, kill- to convince people you are a good guy” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Imagine the righteous dismay when Ann arrived. She got slapped with some family name—didn’t even get the extra e to ornament it… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“If you own a bar on your own, you're a player; if you own it with your beloved twin sister, you're–" "Irish.” — Gillian Flynn Humor Copy Share Image
“I’ve basically turned into Liza Minnelli: I’m dancing in tights and sequins, begging you to love me.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“The woman’s entire music collection is formed from Pottery Barn compilations.” — Gillian Flynn Music Copy Share Image
“Glum. It meant having the blues in a way that annoyed other people. Having the blues aggressively.” — Gillian Flynn Blues Copy Share Image
“It sounded artificial, like a beauty pageant contestant pledging world peace. I did feel sad, but articulating it seemed cheap to me.” — Gillian Flynn Beauty Copy Share Image
No one watches 'Taxi Driver' and says, 'Oh, it's a male-oriented film.' No one looks at nine-tenths of the films out there… — Gillian Flynn Cinema Copy Share Image
“You don't ever want to be the wife who keeps her husband from playing poker - you don't ever want to be… — Gillian Flynn Marriage Copy Share Image
What I read and what I go to the movies for is not to find a best friend, not to find inspirations,… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
A theme that has always interested me is how women express anger, how women express violence. That is very much part of… — Gillian Flynn Anger Copy Share Image
“I remember always being baffled by other children. I would be at a birthday party and watch the other kids giggling and… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Libby wasn't a big talker - Michelle and Debby seemed to hog all her words. She made pronouncements: I like ponies. I… — Gillian Flynn Libby Copy Share Image
“Ever been in a spelling bee as a kid? That snowy second after the announcement of the word as you sift your… — Gillian Flynn Anxiety Copy Share Image
“We just want you to be happy.' Rand and Marybeth said that all the time, but they never explained how. So many… — Gillian Flynn Happiness Copy Share Image
“It was a gross, tasteless thing to say – my brain had been burping up such inappropriate thoughts at inopportune moments. Mental… — Gillian Flynn Defense mechanism Copy Share Image
As a kid in the eighties, I didn't need much disposable income. I went to Catholic school - white shirt, plaid skirt… — Gillian Flynn Choices Copy Share Image
“I think maybe, when I was very young, I witnessed a chaste cheek kiss between the two when it was impossible to… — Gillian Flynn Abuse Copy Share Image
“You are not dating a woman, you are dating a woman who has watched too many movies written by socially awkward men… — Gillian Flynn Dating Copy Share Image
“I don’t think my father’s issue was with my mother in particular. He just didn’t like women. He thought they were stupid,… — Gillian Flynn Mother Copy Share Image
“I remember at one point starting a goofy story about a childhood field trip here, and I saw her eyes go blank,… — Gillian Flynn Children Copy Share Image
“For a long time Cool Girl offended me. I used to see men - friends, coworkers, strangers - giddy over these awful… — Gillian Flynn Cool girl Copy Share Image
“I was pretending, the way I often did, pretending to have a personality. I cant help it, it's what I've always done:… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“He has a great smile, a cat's smile. He should cough out yellow Tweety Bird feathers, the way he smiles at me.” — Gillian Flynn Cats Copy Share Image
For me, suspense is always harder and better than going for the quick, outright scare. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don't have genuine… — Gillian Flynn Acting Copy Share Image
“She tried to speak; her mouth opened, once, twice, silent, a mermaid washed ashore.” — Gillian Flynn Mermaid Copy Share Image
“We climb three flights of warped stairs and walk into a whoosh of body heat and” — Gillian Flynn Body heat Copy Share Image
“I woke up on my sister's couch with a raging hangover and an urge to kill my wife.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Love makes you want to be a better man—right, right. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be… — Gillian Flynn Better man Copy Share Image
“I can’t recall a single amazing thing I have seen firsthand that I didn’t immediately reference to a movie or TV show.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“The Midwest is full of these types of people: the nice-enoughs. Nice enough but with a soul made of plastic—easy to mold,… — Gillian Flynn Midwest Copy Share Image
“I am absolutely, one hundred percent sincere right now- I have your back, and I won't fuck with you.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“He wore a tiny turquoise stud earring I always associated with Dungeons and Dragons types. Men who own ferrets and think magic… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I’m here, I said, and it felt shockingly comforting, those words. When I’m panicked, I say them aloud to myself. I’m here.” — Gillian Flynn Comforting words Copy Share Image
“Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds.” — Gillian Flynn Advice Copy Share Image
“They pictured themselves dashing around Manhattan, latte in one hand, cell phone in the other, adorably breaking a designer heel while hailing… — Gillian Flynn Cell phone Copy Share Image
“But I know I'll never sleep again. I can't close my eyes when I'm next to her. It's like sleeping with a… — Gillian Flynn Spider Copy Share Image
“You recognize her?” He actually looked stricken. “She wanted to buy a gun.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
