“Does anyone do anything profusely except apologize? Sweat, I guess.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I should just listen to my gut and then do the opposite.” — Gillian Flynn Communication Copy Share Image
Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Imagine the jacket copr: People behaved mostly well and then they died.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“It was a punishing whim on my part, a nasty, selfish twist of the knife.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I still believed he'd love me again somehow, love me that intense, thick way he did, the way that made everything good.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“It was a compliment to Nick—C was the correct answer—but he just gave a sour smile when I showed” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“She had an unnecessarily loud voice, a bit of a bray, like some enchanted, hot donkey.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
In marriage, it's best to keep perspective. Get out of your head and get some perspective. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“He is learning to love me unconditionally, under all my conditions. I think we are finally on our way to happiness. I… — Gillian Flynn Happiness Copy Share Image
“Amy's story could have gone a million other ways, but she met me, and bad things happened.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of ghost stories, that sort of slow build, the suspense and the questioning about whether you're imagining something… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Nick’s the kind of guy you can drink a beer with, the kind of guy who doesn’t mind if you puke in… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
The midwest is great because it hasn't been entirely claimed. There's more room to write about it; it's harder to write about… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I'm not a real person and neither is anyone… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“He looks like the rich-boy villain in an '80s teen movie - the one who bullies the sensitive misfit, the one who… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I was not that man: I didn’t hate and fear all women. I was a one-woman misogynist. If I despised only Amy,… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I often don't say things out loud, even when I should. I contain and compartmentalize to a disturbing degree: In my belly-basement… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“You think you know the answer, you’re going to find peace? Like knowing is somehow going to fix you? You think after… — Gillian Flynn Peace Copy Share Image
“The actual stuff my family owned, those boxes under my stairs, I can't quite bear to look at. I like other people's… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I suppose it's not a compromise if only one of you considers it such, but that was what our compromises tended to… — Gillian Flynn Compromise Copy Share Image
It was that summer, too, that I began the cutting, and was almost as devoted to it as my newfound loveliness. I… — Gillian Flynn Alcohol Copy Share Image
“I like checking days off a calendar—151 days crossed and nothing truly horrible has happened. 152 and the world isn’t ruined. 153… — Gillian Flynn 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 Children Copy Share Image
“Go and I had a game inspired by our mom, who had a habit of telling such outrageously mundane, endless stories that… — Gillian Flynn Communication Copy Share Image
“He promised to take care of me, and yet I feel afraid. I feel like something is going wrong, very wrong, and… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Remember that game you always played with Mom when we were little: Would you still love me if? Would you still love… — Gillian Flynn Love Copy Share Image
“We have some great museums. You'd love the lake." "I don't know that I can enjoy any kind of water anymore." "Why… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I didn't think past the first step of anything, that was the key. I drank a Coke and didn't worry about how… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I've always believed clear-eyed sobriety was for the harder hearted. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Women shouldn't be expected to only play nurturing, kind caretakers. — Gillian Flynn Feminism Copy Share Image
“She said in the way you might wish someone good luck on the lottery.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
