Gillian Schieber Flynn quotes

Gillian Schieber Flynn is an American author, screenwriter, and producer, best known for her psychological thriller novels. Her works, including "Gone Girl," have been praised for their dark themes and complex characters. She has contributed significantly to modern crime fiction and adapted her books for film and television. Here are 145 of her quotes:

Problems always start long before you really, really see them. (Gillian Schieber Flynn)
Sometimes if you let people do things to you, you're really doing it to them. View quote
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It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were okay, and know in thirty seconds of daylight that simply wasn't so. View quote
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I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters. View quote
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Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Don't be discouraged - every relationship you have is a failure, until you find the right one. View quote
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I've always been partial to the image of liquor as lubrication, a layer of protection from all the sharp thoughts in your head. View quote
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Everytime people said I was pretty, I thought of everything ugly swarming beneath my clothes. View quote
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I've always believed clear-eyed sobriety was for the harder hearted. (Gillian Schieber Flynn)
I've suffered betrayal with all five senses. For over a year. View quote
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Republicans go to Sam's Club, Democrats go to Costco. View quote
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Friends see most of each other's flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit. View quote
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The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you. View quote
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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. View quote
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The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it. View quote
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Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. View quote
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It's impossible to compete with the dead. I wished I could stop trying. View quote
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To spend a life in dreams, that sounded too lovely. View quote
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There's something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold. (Gillian Schieber Flynn)
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. View quote
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Worries find you easily enough without inviting them. View quote
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It's humbling, to become the very thing you once mocked. View quote
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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? View quote
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Gillian Schieber Flynn

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Photo: aphrodite-in-nyc from new york city, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Author
Born: February 24, 1971
Quotes count: 145
Wikipedia: Gillian Schieber Flynn

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