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The Grownup: A Story by the Author of Gone Girl

The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran represents the most comprehensive volume of works of the Lebanese poet and philosopher ever published. This enriching collection of stories, prose poems, verse, parables and autobiographical essays comp

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“I didn't stop giving hand jobs because I wasn't good at it, I stopped giving hand jobs because I was great at it.”

— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books

“Millions of dollars later, and neither of them were happy. Money is wasted on the rich.”

— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com

Tagged: Money, rich, Sadness, Greed

“I didn't stop giving hand jobs because I wasn’t good at it. I stopped giving hand jobs because I was the best at it. For three years, I gave the best hand job in the tristate area. The key is to not overthink it. If you start worrying about technique, if you begin analyzing rhythm and pressure, you…”

— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com

Tagged: hand jobs, Sex, prostitution

“I lack formal education. So I'm left with the feeling that I'm smarter than everyone around me but that if I ever got around really smart people—people who went to universities and drank wine and spoke Latin—that they’d be bored as hell by me. It’s a lonely way to go through life.”

— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com

Tagged: Education, Intelligence, College

“People are dumb. I’ll never get over how dumb people are.”

— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com

Tagged: humanity, stupidity, Life