My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm. Gillian Flynn More Quotes by Gillian Flynn More Quotes From Gillian Flynn Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit. Gillian Flynn flawsawfullasts The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you. Gillian Flynn facesgivingworld Problems always start long before you really, really see them. Gillian Flynn problemlong My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see. Gillian Flynn motherkidsideas I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it. Gillian Flynn realdarkmight Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite Gillian Flynn kryptoniteironicpeople There's no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink. Gillian Flynn barsdarkworld There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold. Gillian Flynn coldfeelingsmemories I've always believed clear-eyed sobriety was for the harder hearted. Gillian Flynn sobrietyclearinspirational To spend a life in dreams, that sounded too lovely. Gillian Flynn lovelydream 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.' Gillian Flynn rocksdarknesspeople I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone. Gillian Flynn crushrealizingthinking 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. Gillian Flynn realgivingmen Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. Gillian Flynn catpainsleep It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters. Gillian Flynn realpersonalitycharacter I have four or five ideas that just keep floating around and I want to kind of just let one - like a beautiful butterfly, let it land somewhere. Gillian Flynn butterflylandbeautiful Ah, well, being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to be a shallow person. Gillian Flynn shallow-personwell-beingmean Worries find you easily enough without inviting them. Gillian Flynn invitingenoughworry Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids. Gillian Flynn orchidsblackdark It’s humbling, to become the very thing you once mocked. Gillian Flynn humbling
