“She blew more smoke toward me, a lazy game of cancer catch.” — Gillian Flynn Cancer Copy Share Image
“Everywhere I go is the river. I'm following it or it's following me.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I’m not just pretty anymore, I am pretty for my age. It is the truth: My value has decreased.” — Gillian Flynn Truth Copy Share Image
“But even as he was thinking this, he knew he’d have to aim smaller. That’s what he learned from his life so… — Gillian Flynn Life Copy Share Image
I love Joyce Carol Oates. I love Margaret Atwood, T.C. Boyle. Arthur Phillips is always consistent. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I've always read in order to figure out people more, and that includes bad people and good people. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
She’s easy to like. I’ve never understood why that’s considered a compliment - that just anyone could like you. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I've always had a fondness for the Gothic. That's what kind of stories attract me: Why do people do bad things? — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“All those milk-fed, hog-fed, beef-fed early years. All those extra hormones we put in our livestock. We’ll be seeing toddlers with tits… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
There are so many good books, I don't want to only read within one particular type. — Gillian Flynn Books Copy Share Image
“There is an unfair responsibility that comes with being an only child - you grow up knowing you aren't allowed to disappoint,… — Gillian Flynn Responsibility Copy Share Image
“Amy! My God! My God! My darling!' and buried my face in her neck, my arms wrapped tight around her, and let… — Gillian Flynn Anger Copy Share Image
“It’s good.’ She chirps the last bit as if that were all to say about a book: It’s good or it’s bad.… — Gillian Flynn Books Copy Share Image
“No one saves an e-mail, because it's so inherently impersonal. I worry about posterity in general. All the great love letters -… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“But in truth, I think she’s always had more problems with children than she’d ever admit. I think, in fact, she hates… — Gillian Flynn Children Copy Share Image
“I am, after all, an adult, a grown man, a useful human being, even though I lost the career that made me… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Given my druthers now, I’d prefer a snapshot of Warren Harding’s wife, “the Duchess,” who recorded the smallest offenses in a little… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Right, Annabelle,” Jackie said. “I’m sure if Joya were alive today, they’d have a grand old time. At least Joya would. She’d… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“It requires discipline, to drown oneself, but I have discipline in spades. My body may never be discovered, or it may resurface… — Gillian Flynn Discipline Copy Share Image
“You are a man. You are an average, lazy, boring, cowardly, woman-fearing man. Without me, that's what you would have kept on… — Gillian Flynn Best man Copy Share Image
“The Days were a clan that mighta lived long But Ben Day’s head got screwed on wrong That boy craved dark Satan’s… — Gillian Flynn Creepy Copy Share Image
“The ones who are not soul-mated – the ones who have settled – are even more dismissive of my singleness: It’s not… — Gillian Flynn Singleness Copy Share Image
“My eyes flipped open at exactly six A.M. This was no avian fluttering of the lashes, no gentle blink toward consciousness. The… — Gillian Flynn Awakening Copy Share Image
“I don't know that we are actually human at this point, those of us who are like most of us, who grew… — Gillian Flynn Acting Copy Share Image
“Soul mates. They really call themselves that, which makes sense, because I guess they are ... They have no harsh edges with… — Gillian Flynn Family Copy Share Image
“My brain is so busy with Nick thoughts, it’s a swarm inside my head: Nicknicknicknicknick! And when I picture his mind, I… — Gillian Flynn Love Copy Share Image
“He wears his cockiness like an ironic T-shirt, but it fits him better.” — Gillian Flynn Cockiness Copy Share Image
