Gillian Flynn

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

#love

Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#women #marketing

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

#imagination

There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#love #love

I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#love #relationship #love

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

#love #relationships #life

We weren’t ourselves when we fell in love, and when we became ourselves – surprise! – we were poison. We complete each other in the nastiest, ugliest possible way. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#love

It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#pessimistic #real #pessimism

I still believed he'd love me again somehow, love me that intense, thick way he did, the way that made everything good. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#good #intensity #love #marriage #spouse

Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand. Three more days to get through until I don't have to worry about life anymore. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#life