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Gone Girl

Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the American writer Gillian Flynn. It was published by Crown Publishing Group in June 2012. The novel became quite popular and soon made the New York Times Best Seller list. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not Nick Dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife Amy.

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“Amy's basically exploiting the sociopath's most reliable maxim. The bigger the lie, the more they believe it.”

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

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“She blew more smoke toward me, a lazy game of cancer catch.”

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“She'll never really let me go. She likes the game too much."
"Then stop playing it.”

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“but fact is, it’s been years since I even really liked
someone. So how likely is it I’ll meet someone I love, much less someone I love enough to marry? I’m tired of not knowing who I’ll be with, or if I’ll be
with anyone.”

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“Danish. I’d come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival.”

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“He pauses, and I know he is about to lie. The worst feeling: when you just have to wait and prepare yourself for the lie.”

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Variant: The worst feeling: when you just have to wait and prepare yourself for the lie.
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“I’ve suffered betrayal with all five senses. For over a year.”

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“Because you can't be as in love as we were and not have it invade your bone marrow. Our kind of love can go into remission, but it's always waiting to return. Like the world's sweetest cancer.”

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“I felt a queasy mixture of relief and horror: when you finally stop an itch and realize it’s because you’ve ripped a hole in your skin.”

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“I was the embodiment of every writer's worst fear: a cliché.”

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“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?”

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“People say children from broken homes have it hard, but the children of charmed marriages have their own particular challenges.”

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“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.”

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“My gosh, Nick, why are you so wonderful to me?'

He was supposed to say: You deserve it. I love you.

But he said, 'Because I feel sorry for you.'

'Why?'

'Because every morning you have to wake up and be you.”

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“I am not okay. I will be okay, but right now I am not okay. I want my husband to put his arms around me, to console me, to baby me a little bit. Just for a second.”

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