Ziba

“His life was a long line of denials, just waiting for him.”
― Gillian Flynn, Dark Places

“Before we start, you have to understand one very key thing about Amy: She is fucking brilliant. Her brain is so busy, it never works on just one level. She’s like this endless archaeological dig: You think you’ve reached the final layer, and then you bring down your pick one more time, and you break through to a whole new mine shaft beneath. With a maze of tunnels and bottomless pits.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“A red-faced, hysterical woman is very easy to disregard, and I’m always looking for a reason to disregard.”
― Gillian Flynn, Dark Places

“Don’t you think it’s strange?” I said. He had gotten several feet ahead of me and he stopped and turned.

“What do you mean?”

“That we were children together.” I looked up at his face. “You’re so familiar to me—but not. I see my past in you—but you’re still a stranger.”
― Margot Abbott, The Last Innocent Hour