Gillian Flynn: Trending quotes (page 3)

“Most beautiful, good things were done by women people scorn.”

“He could cheat on me and he would never tell me, and he would think less and less of me for not figuring it out. He would see me across the breakfast table, innocently slurping cereal, and know that I am a fool, and how can anyone respect a fool?”

“It is a do-it-yourself era: health care, real estate, police investigation. Go online and f*ing figure it out for yourself because everyone’s overworked and understaffed.”

“They always call depression the blues, but I would have been happy to waken to a periwinkle outlook. Depression to me is urine yellow, washed out, exhausted miles of weak piss.”

“My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.”

“There was nothing I wanted to do more than be unconscious again, wrapped in black, gone away. I was raw. I felt swollen with potential tears, like a water balloon filled to burst. Begging for a pin prick.”

“I was raised feral, and I mostly stayed that way.”

“People want to believe they know other people. Parents want to believe they know their kids. Wives want to believe they know their husbands.”

“He was one of those guys who'd pronounce I'm a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual.”

“I felt something loosen in me, that shouldn't have loosened. A stitch come undone.”

“It's impossible to compete with the dead. I wished I could stop trying.”

“It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else.”

“Like walking through a door. Our relationship immediately attained a sepia tone: the past.”

“I am a great husband because I am very afraid she may kill me.”

“Don't be discouraged - every relationship you have is a failure, until you find the right one.”

“To be kissed on the lips by your husband is the most decadent thing.”

“I was told love should be unconditional. That's the rule, everyone says so. But if love has no boundaries, no limits, no conditions, why should anyone try to do the right thing ever? If I know I am loved no matter what, where is the challenge?”

“I've always been partial to the image of liquor as lubrication, a layer of protection from all the sharp thoughts in your head.”

“Coffee goes great with sudden death.”