“I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: meanness, Evil, Personality
“The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: Flaws, humanity, Evil, Cruelty
“I am not angry or sad or happy to see you. I could not give a shit. You don't even ripple.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: angry, Sad, Happy, Feelings, emotions
“I should just listen to my gut and then do the opposite.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: Gut, Decisions, Choices
“Worries find you easily enough without inviting them.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: worries, Stress, Anxiety
“It seemed like a joke, how much all of these dudes looked alike, like living was so hard it just erased your features, rubbed out anything distinctive.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: similarities, looks, appearances
“He’s doing what you tell him to do because he doesn’t care enough to argue, I think. Your petty demands simply make him feel superior, or resentful, and someday he will fuck his pretty, young coworker who asks nothing of him, and you will actually be shocked.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: arguments, Cheating, resentment
“So I know I am right not to settle, but it doesn’t make me feel better as my friends pair off and I stay home on Friday night with a bottle of wine and make myself an extravagant meal and tell myself, This is perfect, as if I’m the one dating me.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: settle, Dating, Relationships, Single
“You suffer through the night with the perfect-on-paper man. The stutter of jokes misunderstood, the witty remarks lobbed and missed. Or maybe he understands that you’ve made a witty remark but, unsure of what to do with it, he holds it in his hand like some bit of conversational phlegm he will wipe…”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: Dating, Fine, Love, Relationships
“People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: talking, Silence, Words
“You don't ever want to be the wife who keeps her husband from playing poker - you don't ever want to be the shrew with the curlers and the rolling pin. So you swallow your disappointment and say okay.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: Marriage, Disappointment, husbands, wives
“My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: mother, Children, Decisions, Choices
“She’s easy to like. I’ve never understood why that’s considered a compliment - that just anyone could like you.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: friendly, Personality, social life
“I feel myself trying to be charming, and then I realize I’m obviously trying to be charming, and then I try to be even more charming to make up for the fake charm, and then I’ve basically turned into Liza Minnelli: I’m dancing in tights and sequins, begging you to love me. There’s a bowler and jazz…”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: charming, Effort, social life
“Sometimes it feels good to fuck with something. Instead of always being fucked with.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: meanness, Life
“The worst feeling: when you just have to wait and prepare yourself for the lie.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: Lies, Relationships, Dating
“There is an unfair responsibility that comes with being an only child - you grow up knowing you aren't allowed to disappoint, you're not even allowed to die.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: only children, Disappointment, Death
“It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: humanity, Personality, Life
“I never knew I was capable of being ridiculous over a man. It's a relief.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: Dating, Love, Lust
“I hate people who start conversations with facts - what are you supposed to do with that? Sure is hot today. Yes, it is.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.comTagged: Communication, social life, Facts