"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."

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Source : Gillian Flynn (2014). “The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects”, p.449, Broadway Books

Gillian Flynn

#Real Quotes #Dark Quotes #Might Quotes

“[Language allows you] to implant a thought from your mind directly into someone else's mind, and they can attempt to do the same to you, without either of you having to perform surgery.”
“Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.”

Source : Deb Caletti (2010). “The Secret Life of Prince Charming”, p.272, Simon and Schuster
“If you have these two things - the willingness to change, and the acceptance of everything as it comes, you will have all you need to work with.”
“I don't find any presidents all that sexy. They're not very rock'n'roll.”
“Humor is man's greatest blessing.”
“I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?”
“Most fears are not even based on our current reality. They are the product of imagined fears conjured up in our minds - the product of our own fantasies.”

Source : "Manage Fear So It Doesn’t Manage You" by Lauren Mackler, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 24, 2009.
“There is still plenty of good music to be written in C major.”

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