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> [“The ones we picked? We didn’t call them marks, or prey or victims. We called them Tonys, because my dad was named Tony and he could never say no to anyone (although I assume he said no to my mom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/the-ones-we-picked-we-didn-t-call-them-marks-or-prey-or-victims-we/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

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## More by Gillian Flynn

> [“Our kind of love can go into remission, but it's always waiting to return. Like the world sweetest cancer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/our-kind-of-love-can-go-into-remission-but-it-s-always-waiting-to/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [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 New York,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/the-midwest-is-great-because-it-hasn-t-been-entirely-claimed-there-s/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [“Sometimes it is all too loud.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/sometimes-it-is-all-too-loud/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [“My thank-yous always come out rather labored. I often don't give them at all. People do what they're supposed to do and then wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/my-thank-yous-always-come-out-rather-labored-i-often-don-t-give-them/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/there-s-something-disturbing-about-recalling-a-warm-memory-and/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [“My life has begun to feel like an epilogue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/my-life-has-begun-to-feel-like-an-epilogue/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [“The Victorians, especially southern Victorians, needed a lot of room to stray away from each other, to duck tuberculosis and flu, to avoid rapacious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/the-victorians-especially-southern-victorians-needed-a-lot-of-room-to/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [“You think: Oh, here is the rest of my life. It’s finally arrived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/you-think-oh-here-is-the-rest-of-my-life-it-s-finally-arrived/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [What a generous thing that is, I realize, for a husband to try to make his wife laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/what-a-generous-thing-that-is-i-realize-for-a-husband-to-try-to-make/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [I am a great believer in jobs for teens. They teach important life lessons, build character, and inflict just the right amount of humiliation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-am-a-great-believer-in-jobs-for-teens-they-teach-important-life/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [“you'd literally lie, cheat, and steal -hell, kill- to convince people you are a good guy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/you-d-literally-lie-cheat-and-steal-hell-kill-to-convince-people-you/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [My imagination is more tweaked by imagining the lives of the people who were there before us. I don't need to give myself the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/my-imagination-is-more-tweaked-by-imagining-the-lives-of-the-people/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [“Given my druthers now, I’d prefer a snapshot of Warren Harding’s wife, “the Duchess,” who recorded the smallest offenses in a little red notebook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/given-my-druthers-now-i-d-prefer-a-snapshot-of-warren-harding-s-wife/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [A town so suffocating and small, you tripped over people you hated every day. People who knew things about you. It's the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/a-town-so-suffocating-and-small-you-tripped-over-people-you-hated/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

> [“For a long time Cool Girl offended me. I used to see men - friends, coworkers, strangers - giddy over these awful pretender women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/for-a-long-time-cool-girl-offended-me-i-used-to-see-men-friends/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

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