636 Quotes by Gillian Flynn

The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty – we all have it.

That’s how screwed up you are, I thought. Your idea of adulthood still comes from picturebooks.

I know the wisdom, that no parents should see their child die, that such an event is like nature spun backward. But it’s the only way to truly keep your child. Kids grow up, they forge more potent allegiances. They find a spouse or a lover. They will not be buried with you. The Keenes, however, will remain the purest form of family. Underground.

I was a man of jagged risings.

Desi rarely says jackfuck or shitbag; he says swine, which sounds more poisonous on his lips.

I knew I liked her then, really liked her, this girl with an explanation for everything.

You know how people sometimes say they have to hurt because if they don’t, they’re so numb they won’t feel anything?

I was lying in bed thinking of killing myself, a hobby of mine.

That’s what I did, though – I had angry, defensive conversations in my head, got mad at things that hadn’t even happened yet. Yet.