Quotes About Manipulation

No. I couldn't allow that. No. Never. Never. He doesn't get to do this to me and still fucking win. I changed my name for that piece of shit. Historical records have been altered -- Amy Elliott to Amy Dunne -- like it's nothing. No, he does not get to win. So I began to think of a different story, a better story, that would destroy Nick for doing this to me. A story that would restore my perfection. It would make me the hero, flawless, and adored. Because everyone loves the dead girl.

And every single person in this case lies, is lying, did lie.

You were the best man you've ever been with me. And you know it. The only time in your life you've ever liked yourself was pretending to be someone I might like. Without me? You're just your dad.

Amy was not happy. For whatever reason. I'm not even going to ask. I can guess, but I'm not going to ask. But I know you must know this: Amy likes to play God when she's not happy. Old Testament God." "Meaning?" "She doles out punishment

Yo haría todo el trabajo para convertirlos en buenas personas y luego tú lo desharías, y encima ellos te querrían y a mí me odiarían.

Pero quiero que sepa una cosa: a Amy le gusta jugar a Dios cuando no está satisfecha. Al Dios del Viejo Testamento.

Eres demasiado seria, Amy, eres demasiado rígida, Amy, le das demasiadas vueltas a las cosas, lo analizas todo demasiado, has dejado de ser divertida, me haces sentir inútil, Amy, haces que me sienta mal, Amy». Me fue arrancando cachos a golpe de indiferencia: mi independencia, mi orgullo, mi autoestima. Yo di y él tomó y tomó y tomó. Me eliminó de la existencia.

Wear this, don't wear that. Do this chore now and do this chore when you get a chance and by that I mean now. And definitely, definitely, give up the things you love for me, so I will have proof that you love me best.

Gillian Flynn

Wear this, don't wear that. Do this chore now and do this chore when you get the chance and by that I mean now. And definitely, definitely, give up the things you love for me, so I will have proof that you love me best.

A veces, cuando dejas que la gente te haga cosas, en realidad tú se las haces a ellos»

But here's the thing I want to be clear on: I knew what I was doing, I was punching every button on him. I was watching him coil tighter and tighter—I wanted him to finally say something, do something. Even if it's bad, even if it's the worst, do something, Nick. Don't leave me here like a ghost.

It had turned me into a knee-jerk suckup to authority. Mom, Dad, teachers: Whatever makes your job easier, sir or madam. I craved a constant stream of approval. 'You'd literally lie, cheat, and steal – hell, kill – to convince people you are a good guy,' Go once said.

She stared at me and I could tell what she was thinking: You are a gameplayer. You are a sociopath. You are a killer.

I'm a big fan of the lie of omission.

Pienso en lo estúpida que soy por haber dejado entrar a estos dos individuos. Por haber asumido que podría controlarles, cuando son criaturas feroces, acostumbradas a encontrar un punto de apoyo sobre el que hacer palanca para explotar las debilidades ajenas, siempre necesitados de más, mientras que yo soy nueva en esto. En lo de necesitar.

I sometimes leave out details like that. It's more convenient for me. In truth, I wanted her to read my mind so I didn't have to stoop to the womanly art of articulation.

Manipulating the manipulatable?

Power is the ability to persuade stupid people to do intelligent things and intelligent people to do stupid things. This is why power is dangerous.

Tanr?,iradesini hakim k?lmak için yeryüzündeki iyi insanlar? kullan?r;yeryüzündeki kötü insanlar ise kendi iradelerini hakim k?lmak için Tanr?'y? kullan?rlar.

Troublesome as females are when they step out of their proper roles as connivers, manipulators, gossips, backstabbers, and bearers and nurturers of the young, slaughtering them is not an acceptable form of chastisement.

He's right, actually. I'm an awesome patient. As soon as I hear him on the stairs, I spit out the three capsules I stored in my cheek and bury them in the soil of the geranium. That's what the thing's dying of—a drug overdose.

The very first Maxim of Tyranny, is and always was, to puzzle the Understandings and excite the Admiration of the People.

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.