Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand. Gillian Flynn More Quotes by Gillian Flynn More Quotes From Gillian Flynn I'm all for whatever transitions the book properly to a movie. Gillian Flynn transitionbook The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it. Gillian Flynn flawscapacityhumanity And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don't have genuine souls. Gillian Flynn actingsoulplay We're into this barrage of pop culture - you know, TV, movies, the Internet. We become creatures that we've made up, made of certain different flotsam from pop culture and certain different personas that are in style. Gillian Flynn styledifferentculture To me, marriage is the ultimate mystery. Gillian Flynn ultimatemystery She released her grievances like handfuls of birdseed: They are there, and they are gone. Gillian Flynn grievancegonebird I often don't say things out loud, even when I should. I contain and compartmentalize to a disturbing degree: In my belly-basement are hundreds of bottles of rage, despair, fear, but you'd never guess from looking at me. Gillian Flynn despairdegreesbottles Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my life. Women with chronic pain, with ever-gestating diseases. Women with conditions. Men, sure, they have bone snaps, they have backaches, they have a surgery or two, yank out a tonsil, insert a shiny plastic hip. Women get consumed. Gillian Flynn painmenthinking I was not a lovable child, and I'd grown into a deeply unlovable adult. Draw a picture of my soul, and it'd be a scribble with fangs. Gillian Flynn adultssoulchildren Safer to be feared than loved. Gillian Flynn I ached once, hard, like a period typed at the end of a sentence. Gillian Flynn sentencesperiodsends I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest. Gillian Flynn being-togethertogetherhappiness I waited patiently - years - for the pendulum to swing the other way, for men to start reading Jane Austen, learn how to knit, pretend to love cosmos, organize scrapbook parties, and make out with each other while we leer. And then we'd say, Yeah, he's a Cool Guy. Gillian Flynn partyreadingmen Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isn’t that the simple magic phrase? Gillian Flynn magicphrasessimple She’s easy to like. I’ve never understood why that’s considered a compliment - that just anyone could like you. Gillian Flynn like-youeasycompliment People say children from broken homes have it hard, but the children of charmed marriages have their own particular challenges. Gillian Flynn homechildrenpeople People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips. Gillian Flynn lipstalkingpeople I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters. Gillian Flynn daughtermotherthinking A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort. Gillian Flynn poisoncomfortchildren For those who need a name, there's a gift basket of medical terms. All I know is cutting made me feel safe. It was proof. Thoughts and words, captured where I could see them and track them. The truth, stinging, on my skin, in a freakish shorthand. Tell me you're going to the doctor, and I'll want to cut worrisome on my arm. Say you've fallen in love and I buzz the outlines of tragic over my breast. I hadn't necessarily wanted to be cured. Gillian Flynn doctorscuttingnames
