“We were the first human beings who would never see anythign for the first time. We stare at the wonders of the… — 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
“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
“If you can't take care of me while I'm alive, you have made me dead anyway.” — Gillian Flynn Alive Copy Share Image
I'm a true-crime addict. It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but I can't stop. — 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
I'm probably a guy's girl, although I hate that phrase. I tend to have more close male friends than I do female… — Gillian Flynn Close friends Copy Share Image
I just think - the Midwest, if you grow up there, you're deathly afraid of putting on airs. Any time a Midwesterner… — Gillian Flynn Being Copy Share Image
“I don't feel the need to explain my actions to her. I don't clarify, I don't doubt, I don't worry. I don't… — Gillian Flynn Brother Copy Share Image
The question I've asked more often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Very quickly, I discovered I did not have what it takes to be a good crime reporter: I was too unassertive and… — Gillian Flynn Daughter Copy Share Image
“I was told love should be unconditional. That's the rule, everyone says so. But if love has no boundaries, no limits, no… — Gillian Flynn Love Copy Share Image
“People got such a charge from seeing their names in print. Proof of existence. I could picture a squabble of ghosts ripping… — Gillian Flynn Life Copy Share Image
“I've always found my wife a bit dazzling, in the purest sense of the word: to lose clear vision, especially from looking… — Gillian Flynn Clear vision Copy Share Image
“The one plentiful herds of magazine writers would continue to be culled - by the Internet, by the recession, by the American… — Gillian Flynn Alcohol 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
“Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a… — Gillian Flynn Cool girl Copy Share Image
“Sometimes if you let people do things to you, you’re really doing it to them,” Amma said, pulling another Blow Pop from… — Gillian Flynn Power Copy Share Image
“Natalie was buried in the family plot, next to a gravestone that already bore her parents' names. I know the wisdom, that… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“This morning he was stroking my hair and asking what else he could do for me, and I said: "My gosh, Nick,… — Gillian Flynn Every morning Copy Share Image
“I won't blame Nick. I don't blame Nick. I refuse - refuse! - to turn into some pert-mouthed, strident angry-girl. I made… — Gillian Flynn Promises 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“She tried to speak; her mouth opened, once, twice, silent, a mermaid washed ashore.” — Gillian Flynn Mermaid 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
For me, suspense is always harder and better than going for the quick, outright scare. — Gillian Flynn 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
“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
“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
