“He thought I’d be his best reporter, said I had a surprising mind. In my two years on the job I’d consistently… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“In truth, I wanted her to read my mind so I didn’t have to stoop to the womanly art of articulation. I… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“In truth, I wanted her to read my mind so I didn't have to stoop to the womanly art of articulation.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I think of that, too: her mind. Her brain, all those coils, and her thoughts shuttling through those coils like fast, frantic… — Gillian Flynn 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 Copy Share Image
“Her mind was both wide and deep, and I got smarter being with her. And more considerate, and more active, and more… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I think of that, too: her mind. Her brain, all those coils, and her thoughts shuttling through those coils like fast, frantic… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“They thought more before nine a.m. than most people thought all month. I remember once declining cherry pie at dinner, and Rand cocked his head and said, 'Ahh! Iconoclast. Disdains the easy, symbolic patriotism.' And when I tried to laugh it off and said, well, I didn't like cherry cobbler either, Marybeth touched Rand's arm: 'Because of the divorce. All… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share
“She had what the Victorians would call a finely shaped head . You could imagine the skull quite easily. I'd know her… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Our kind of love can go into remission, but it's always waiting to return. Like the world sweetest cancer.” — 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 New York,… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“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… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“The Victorians, especially southern Victorians, needed a lot of room to stray away from each other, to duck tuberculosis and flu, to avoid rapacious… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
What a generous thing that is, I realize, for a husband to try to make his wife laugh. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I am a great believer in jobs for teens. They teach important life lessons, build character, and inflict just the right amount of humiliation… — Gillian Flynn 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
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… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
