The Grownup Quotes

“Books may be temporary; dicks are forever.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“Empathetic silence is one of the most underused weapons in the world.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“Money is wasted on the rich.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“People are dumb. I’ll never get over how dumb people are.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I lack formal education. So I'm left with the feeling that I'm smarter than everyone around me but that if I ever got around really smart people—people who went to universities and drank wine and spoke Latin—that they’d be bored as hell by me. It’s a lonely way to go through life.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“Feeling sad means having too much time on your hands, usually. Really. I’m not a licensed therapist but usually it means too much time.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“But I wasn't a well-read bookworm; I was just a dumb whore in the right library.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“She is an incredibly intelligent idiot”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I’m not really a nerd; I only aspire to be one.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I would rather be a librarian, but I worry about the job security. Books may be temporary; dicks are forever.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I DIDN’T STOP giving hand jobs because I wasn’t good at it. I stopped giving hand jobs because I was the best at it. For three years, I gave the best hand job in the tristate area. The key is to not overthink it. If you start worrying about technique, if you begin analyzing rhythm and pressure, you lose the essential nature of the act. You have to mentally prepare beforehand, and then you have to stop thinking and trust your body to take over. Basically, it’s like a golf swing.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“Millions of dollars later, and neither of them were happy. Money is wasted on the rich.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“inside joke is like a symbol of friendship without having to do the work required of an actual friendship. So”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I never worked holidays, because holiday hand jobs are sad for everyone.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“She was clearly rich. Her handbag was too plain to be anything but incredibly expensive.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I heard you could do that—buy books by the yard, turn them into furniture. People are dumb. I’ll never get over how dumb people are.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I wish I'd be murdered...Then I'd never have to worry again. When you die, you become perfect. I'd be like Princess Diana. Everyone loves her now.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I mean, if I were a guy, looking to pay a girl to wank
me off, I wouldn’t walk in the room and say, “My God, I smell hints of fresh strudel and nutmeg…
quick, grab my dick!”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I’m a self-didact. (Not a dirty word, look it up.) I read constantly. I think. But I lack formal education. So I’m left with the feeling that I’m smarter than everyone around me but that if I ever got around really smart people—people who went to universities and drank wine and spoke Latin—that they’d be bored as hell by me.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“But I lack formal education. So I’m left with the feeling that I’m smarter than everyone around me but that if I ever got around really smart people—people who went to universities and drank wine and spoke Latin—that they’d be bored as hell by me. It’s a lonely way to go through life.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“When people ask me that question that everyone asks: "What do you do?" I'd say, "I'm in customer service," which was true. To me, it's nice day's work when you make a lot of people smile. I know that sounds too earnest, but it's true. I mean, I would rather be a librarian, but I worry about the job security. Books may be temporary; dicks are forever.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“Feeling sad means having too much time on your hands, usually.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“... it’s a nice day’s work when you make a lot of people smile.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“She called me Nerdy because I wore glasses and read books and ate yogurt on my lunch break. I'm not really a nerd: I only aspire to be one. Because of the high-school-dropout thing, I'm a self-didact. (Not a dirty word, look it up.) I read constantly. I think. But I lack formal education. So I'm left with the feeling that I'm smarter than everyone around me but that if I ever got around really smart people - people who went to universities and drank wine and spoke Latin - that they'd be bored as hell by me. It's a lonely way to go through life. So I wear the name as a badge of honor. That someday I may not totally bore some really smart people. The question is: How do you find smart people?”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“So you can see why the whole hand-job thing felt like a natural career progression.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I was much more ambitious. I had lots of stamina and no pride.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I waited her out. Empathetic silence is one of the most underused weapons in the world.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“People want passion. People want a sense of purpose.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“Thanks to George R. R. Martin, who asked me to write him a story.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“I’d go out each morning and beg for six hours. I knew who to approach and for how long and exactly what to say. I was never ashamed. What I did was purely transactional: You made someone feel good and they gave you money.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup