Sharp Objects Quotes

“I wanted to slice barren into my skin. That’s how I’d stay, my insides unused. Empty and pristine. I pictured my pelvis split open, to reveal a tidy hollow, like the nest of a vanished animal.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“Winter. No one likes winter.”
“It gets dark early, I like that.”
“Why?”
Because that means the day has ended. I like checking days off a calendar—151 days crossed and nothing truly horrible has happened. 152 and the world isn’t ruined. 153 and I haven’t destroyed anyone. 154 and no one really hates me. 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.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“Talvolta è davvero tutto troppo rumoroso.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“Camille, non hai mai la sensazione che stia per accadere qualcosa di orribile e che tu non possa fare niente per evitarlo? La sensazione di poter solo aspettare?”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“A veces mis cicatrices tienen vida propia.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“Quando, alla fine, mia sorella era morta, mi ero sentita in parte sollevata. Avevo sempre avuto la sensazione che fosse stata introdotta a forza in questo mondo senza il dovuto equipaggiamento. Non era pronta a sopportarne il peso.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“Di solito non ho la sensazione di esistere. Ho l'impressione che una folata di vento possa spazzarmi via, facendomi scomparire per sempre, senza lasciare di me neppure un frammento di unghia. In certi giorni il pensiero mi pare rassicurante, in certi altri mi raggela.
La sensazione di inconsistenza deriva, suppongo, dal fatto che so così poco del mio passato, o se non altro questa è la conclusione a cui arrivati gli strizzacervelli all'ospedale.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“Sei pazza a pensare quel che stai pensando.
Sei pazza a non pensarlo.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“I don't know if anything can be any good anywhere, so it's hard to gauge if this is better or worse.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“I don't mean this to sound cruel," Tish began, "but it seems like part of your heart can never work if you don't have kids. Like it will always be shut off."
"I agree," Katie said. "I didn't really become a woman until I felt Mackenzie inside me. I mean, there's all this talk these days of God versus science, but it seema like, with babies, both sides agree. The Bible says be fruitful and multiply, and science, well, when it all boils down, that's what women were made for, right? To bear children."
"Girl power," Becca muttered under her breath.”
― Gillian Flinn