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I waited patiently - years - for the pendulum to swing the other way, for men to start reading Jane Austen, learn how to knit, pretend to love cosmos, organize scrapbook parties, and make out with each other while we leer. And then we'd say, Yeah, he's a Cool Guy.

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Gillian Flynn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 10
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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?
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Ah, well, being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to be a shallow person.
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And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don't have genuine souls.
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I'm all for whatever transitions the book properly to a movie.
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