Amy Dunne

Character in Gone Girl From: Gone Girl

Missing wife; unreliable narrator with sharp, cynical observations

100 quotes

"I'm not a kind woman. I don't have that luxury."
Truth
"I'm thinking about how I can't possibly know what another person is thinking."
Truth
"Cool Girl is an unenviable position to be in."
Truth
"I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ."
Truth
"Nick Dunne took my pride and my rewards, and I must take his."
Justice
"I'm like a sixteen-year-old boy's fantasy."
Relationships
"I want to know what he's thinking."
Relationships
"Nick loves me. I'm sure of it."
Love
"He's a man who prefers not to be known."
Relationships
"I'm the kind of girl that people write songs about."
Power
"Sometimes I think about killing myself, just to see the look on his face."
Relationships
"What does it mean to have a home?"
Life
"I'm the kind of girl men want to save."
Power
"He likes me but doesn't love me."
Relationships
"I'm not the person everyone thinks I am."
Truth
"He will never know me."
Truth
"You want crazy? I'll give you crazy."
Power
"I wanted to be the girl that men wanted."
Power
"He doesn't understand what I'm capable of."
Power
"I'm a writer. I have an imagination."
Imagination
"I can't forgive him for making me hurt him."
Justice
"Nick likes the idea of me more than the reality."
Relationships
"What are normal wives like?"
Relationships
"He will never leave me."
Power
"I needed him to see me."
Relationships
"The world doesn't care about my pain."
Truth
"Nick creates himself anew for each person he meets."
Truth
"I'm terrifying because I'm competent."
Power
"He's a good liar, but I'm a better one."
Truth
"I wanted to be extraordinary."
Dreams