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Ah, well, being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to be a shallow person.
Gillian Flynn
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Gillian Flynn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 10
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Kansas City
Missouri
Gillian Schieber Flynn
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Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand.
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Problems always start long before you really, really see them.
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People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an equally screwed up man that no one ever comments about, or a nicer woman that no one comments about.
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People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips.
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She released her grievances like handfuls of birdseed: They are there, and they are gone.
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I'm all for whatever transitions the book properly to a movie.
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Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit.
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I've suffered betrayal with all five senses. For over a year.
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To me, marriage is the ultimate mystery.
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