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Sharp Objects
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"Sharp Objects" Quotes

A journalist returns to her hometown to cover the murder of two young girls, while confronting her own troubled past.

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Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom.

Gillian Flynn

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There's something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.

Gillian Flynn

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I was a cutter, did it for years. It started for me at 13, but it never occurred to me to stop until I was at least 21.

Gillian Flynn

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I was not a lovable child, and I'd grown into a deeply unlovable adult.

Gillian Flynn

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I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you.

Gillian Flynn

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Adora is allergic to change. She loves to pretend the world is smaller and safer than it is.

Gillian Flynn

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I used to think it was some kind of divine justice that all my scars were hidden where no one could see them.

Gillian Flynn

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I wanted to yell, 'I'm not the one who needs to be worried about!'

Gillian Flynn

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I was not a good wife. I was not a good mother. I'm not a good daughter.

Gillian Flynn

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I just think some women aren't made to be mothers.

Gillian Flynn

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