"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."

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Source : Gillian Flynn (2012). “The Novels of Gillian Flynn: Sharp Objects, Dark Places”, p.76, Broadway Books

Gillian Flynn

#People Quotes #Towns Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Anyone who criticizes you cares about your friendship. Anyone who makes light of your faults cares nothing about you.”
“If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would probably design something like a classroom.”
“I'm always going to be just me.”
“But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going on. It is the counsel's job to stop them, and instead the coverup was created.”
“My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.”
“There are more than 27 million people enslaved in the world today - that's double the amount of people taken from Africa during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lisa Kristine from May 28, 2014
“When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed in our mothers. It takes discipline to pay attention to our diets, to exercise, to leave time for refreshment of mind, body and spirit.”
“I have made it a habit not to speculate over the psychological state of our elected leaders.”

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