Gillian Flynn citáty

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„Je rozdíl, jestli někoho opravdu miluješ, nebo jestli miluješ jen představu, kterou o něm máš.“

„Moje matka vždycky svým dětem říkávala: když se chystáte něco udělat a nevíte, jestli je to dobrý nebo špatný nápad, představte si ho vytištěný v novinách, kde si ho celý svět může přečíst.“

„Láska je nekonečná schopnost světa všechno měnit, jsou do ní vetkány lži, nenávist, dokonce i vražda, nevyhnutelně v ní kvetou její protiklady, je skvostnou růží, která slabě voní krví.“

„Často neříkám věci nahlas, i když bych měl. Dokážu všechno držet v sobě a rozškatulkovat si to, až už je to někdy k nevydržení: moje nitro je někdy jako sklep, ve kterém jsou uloženy stovky lahví vzteku, zoufalství a strachu, ale nikdo to na mně pouhým pohledem nepozná.“

„Fuckyoufuckyoufuckyou, I chanted“

“Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds.”

“He has that look, like I am being unreasonable, like he is so sure I am being unreasonable that I wonder if I am.”

“If she's sad or upset or angry, she needs to be alone-she fears a man dismissing her womanly tears.”

“Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. I drank more and continued my mantra. 'Stop thinking', swig, 'empty your head', swig, 'now, seriously empty your head'.”

“How do you keep safe when your whole day is as wide and empty as the sky?”

“I’ve suffered betrayal with all five senses. For over a year.”

“And sometimes drunk women aren't raped; they just make stupid choices--and to say we deserve special treatment when we're drunk because we're women, to say we need to be, I find offensive.”

“Republicans go to Sam's Club, Democrats go to Costco.”

“Worries find you easily enough without inviting them.”

“It was silly but incredibly sweet, these people spending so much energy trying to figure me out. The answer: I don't like cherries.”

“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.”

“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom.”

“It was enough to be near her and hear her talk, it didn't always matter what she was saying. It should have, but it didn't.”

“I've had the blues for twenty-four years.”

“Sometimes I feel like Nick has decided on a version of me that doesn't exist.”

“It’s good.’ She chirps the last bit as if that were all to say about a book: It’s good or it’s bad. I liked it or I didn’t. No discussions of the writing, the themes, the nuances, the structure. Just good or bad. Like a hot dog.”

“I have a meanness inside of me, real as an organ.”

“Hell, at this point, I can’t imagine my story without Amy. She is my forever antagonist. We are one long frightening climax.”

“He Giving Treed me out of existence.”

“She'll never really let me go. She likes the game too much."
"Then stop playing it.”

“The actual stuff my family owned, those boxes under my stairs, I can't quite bear to look at. I like other people's things better. They come with other people's history.”

“but fact is, it’s been years since I even really liked
someone. So how likely is it I’ll meet someone I love, much less someone I love enough to marry? I’m tired of not knowing who I’ll be with, or if I’ll be
with anyone.”

“She blew more smoke toward me, a lazy game of cancer catch.”

“You're sexist. I'm so sick of liberal lefty men practicing sexual discrimination under the guise of protecting women against sexual discrimination.”

“No one I've loved has ever not had an agenda.”

“So are there any asshole guys here I can start dating?' she says. 'That's, like, my pattern.”

“I was never really on my side in any argument. I liked the Old Testament spitefulness of the phraseSometimes women do.”

“I'm tired of dying.”

“Do you understand this is serious?"

"I understand you think it's serious.”