To pretend to be calm is to be calm, in a way. Gillian Flynn More Quotes by Gillian Flynn More Quotes From Gillian Flynn I feel myself trying to be charming, and then I realize I’m obviously trying to be charming, and then I try to be even more charming to make up for the fake charm, and then I’ve basically turned into Liza Minnelli: I’m dancing in tights and sequins, begging you to love me. There’s a bowler and jazz hands and lots of teeth. Gillian Flynn begging-youdancinghands There are no really new stories anymore. Gillian Flynn stories There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her. Gillian Flynn differencesloveideas It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were OK, and know in thirty seconds of daylight that that simply wasn't so. Gillian Flynn daylighthoursnight Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind of likes my bullshit.) Gillian Flynn fightinggivingmen A town so suffocating and small, you tripped over people you hated every day. People who knew things about you. It's the kind of place that leaves a mark. Gillian Flynn townskindpeople You drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, that was fine. And your life is a long line of fine. Gillian Flynn homelongthinking The worst feeling: when you just have to wait and prepare yourself for the lie. Gillian Flynn waitingfeelingslying Don't be discouraged - every relationship you have is a failure, until you find the right one. Gillian Flynn discouraged I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!' Gillian Flynn givingbookpeople What an indulgence it would be, to just blow off my head, all my mean spirits disappearing with a gun blast, like blowing a seedy dandelion apart. Gillian Flynn suicidalblowmean I've suffered betrayal with all five senses. For over a year. Gillian Flynn five-sensesbetrayalyears Republicans go to Sam’s Club, Democrats go to Costco. Gillian Flynn democratrepublicanclubs I grew up in the '80s where there's a lot of these kind of post-apocalyptic, post-comet, post-whatever it was, so that always captured my imagination a lot as a little kid, that idea of getting access to secret places and being able to roam around where you're not supposed to. Gillian Flynn secret-placeskidsideas I had no sympathy for drama queens. Gillian Flynn no-sympathyqueensdrama Love should require both partners to be their very best at all times Gillian Flynn all-timepartnersshould Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand. Gillian Flynn fearhandsthinking Everytime people said I was pretty, I thought of everything ugly swarming beneath my clothes. Gillian Flynn uglyclothespeople I was pretending, the way I often did, pretending to have a personality. I can't help it, it's what I've always done: The way some women change fashion regularly, I change personalities. What persona feels good, what's coveted, what's au courant? I think most people do this, they just don't admit it, or else they settle on one persona because they are too lazy or stupid to pull a switch. Gillian Flynn fashionstupidthinking I would have done anything to feel real again. Gillian Flynn donerealfeels
