636 Quotes by Gillian Flynn

Love makes you want to be a better man. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.

My brain goes very easily into the darkness. It always has. There are people who like to see what's under the rock and people who don't, and for some reason I've always been one of those to say, 'Hey, let's flip over that rock.'

The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you.

Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit.

I’d go out each morning and beg for six hours. I knew who to approach and for how long and exactly what to say. I was never ashamed. What I did was purely transactional: You made someone feel good and they gave you money.

She simply makes things a reality by assuming they are such.

Sometimes I think I won’t ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand.

I’m not just pretty anymore, I am pretty for my age.

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.