Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

"There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her."

"I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest."

"...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine."

"Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isn’t that the simple magic phrase?"

"Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isn’t that the simple magic phrase?"

"Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isn’t that the simple magic phrase?"

"I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest."

"Love makes you want to be a better man—right, right. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are."