Gillian Flynn Quotes

We were the first human beings who would never see anything for the first time. We stare at the wonders of the world, dull-eyed, underwhelmed. Mona Lisa, the Pyramids, the Empire State Building. (…) I...

We will have a happy marriage if it kills him.

Well, a little girl is more likely to trust a person who reminds her of her momma, right? Depends on what her momma’s like, I thought.

When I think of my wife, I always think of her head.

When I'd been sad, I hurt myself. Amma hurt other people. When I'd wanted attention, I'd submitted myself to boys: Do what you want; just like me. Amma's sexual offerings seemed a form of aggression....

Whenever I hear that phrase,

Why bother? It’s impossible to compete with the dead.

Women are fucking crazy. No qualifier: Not some women, not many women. Women are crazy.

Would you still love me if I killed someone? I said nothing. My breath was coming too fast. I would still love you, Go said. Go, do you really need me to say it? She stayed silent. I did not kill Amy....

Wow, someone walk over your grave?

Yes, you need your evidence. I hope I have enough poison left in me.

You are not dating a woman, you are dating a woman who has watched too many movies written by socially awkward men who’d like to believe that this kind of woman exists and might kiss them. I’d want to...

You just want an excuse to stay, she whispered. You two, you’re fucking addicted to each other. You are literally going to be a nuclear family, you do know that? You will explode.

You know how, in court, they talk about the CSI effect? Like, everyone on the jury has watched so much CSI that they believe science can prove anything?Yeah.Well, I think there's an Evil Husband effec...

You sure you should have that out, James? You don’t want to use that. Guns are very dangerous.

You think you know the answer, you’re going to find peace? Like knowing is somehow going to fix you? You think after what happened there’s any peace for you, sweetheart? How about this. Instead of ask...

You were always so willful, never sweet.

You'd think all women do is clean and bleed.

Being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to being a shallow person.

Such: From the first morning after the move, when she