636 Quotes by Gillian Flynn

What kind of woman gets slaughtered by her own son?

Third choice is a single woman who has that open look. You know it : The same woman you stop to ask for directions or the time of day, that’s the woman we ask for money.

She has never told me she loved me, and I never assumed she did.

I know women whose entire personas are woven from a benign mediocrity.

I stared back – cows are the few animals that really seem to see you.

I've always been a mystery fan. My very first grown-up book, I distinctly remember going to the library and my mom helping me pick out an Agatha Christie book. I was in fifth grade or something and very proud of being in the adult fiction aisles. I tore through 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles.'

Female violence is a specific brand of ferocity. It's invasive. A girlfight is all teeth and hair, spit and nails - a much more fearsome thing to watch than two dudes clobbering each other.

I was very lucky to grow up in a household that really valued storytelling and didn't find it frivolous.

You don't normally see incredibly ugly people who've gone missing and it becomes a sensation.