Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most popular and impactful highlights and quotes from You Shouldn't Have Come Here:
“full lips that I was sure told lies.”
“It’s ironic how the ones you care for most are the ones that are most easily able to crawl inside you and do damage.”
“If it was good, I enjoyed it. If it was bad, I learned from it. I can’t go around regretting the things I’ve done that made me me.”
“They say love makes you blind. This wasn’t love though. This was lust, and it makes you downright stupid.”
“They say the truth will set you free but they never tell you it’ll enrage you first.”
“There was something both beautiful and terrifying about isolation. It made you feel important and insignificant at the same time.”
“I’m sure Abel loved Cain right up until the very end.”
“People that didn’t like themselves always sought approval from others.”
“There are so many things that are decided for us. We don’t choose where we’re born, who we’re born to, how our parents raise us, what values they instill in us, or even how long they’re a part of our lives. I hate that part of life, not having any control over it. It smacks you right in the face whenever it wants, and you’re just expected to take the hit and carry on.”
“We all had scars and each one had a story”
“But the problem with sweeping things under a rug is eventually it all spills out. What else was hidden around here?”
“Grace just didn’t know it yet. She was my catch.”
“Time healed all wounds and those it didn’t scabbed over nicely enough.”
“But not everything was meant to be free. Some things had to be kept in cages.”
“Guilt will do that, rot you from the inside out.”
“This town wasn’t good to outsiders. They didn’t like people that were different than them.”
“Death made people paranoid and cautious—to a fault.”
“I had traveled so far to see the world in a different light, but it somehow always looked the same.”
“a thriller. This one promised a twisty ending I wouldn’t see coming. It seemed every thriller promised that these days, but few actually delivered.”
“It’s easy to be fooled by pretty things. We look at them and think something special went into creating them, like extra time was spent, like they are good because of their beauty. I rarely trust beautiful things.”
“I wouldn’t let anything ever happen to you. You’re safe here with me. I promise.” I had every intention of keeping that promise, but intentions were just partially laid plans, and they were subject to change.”
“I knew it was just a dream but it felt real, and sometimes there wasn't a difference between the two.”
“Betsy”
“Some people kill because they enjoy it. And I know that’s frustrating to hear. There is no why. There’s no rhyme or reason. I just enjoy it. Call it a hobby if you will. You like to read. I like to watch the life drain from a person. To see the light behind their eyes flicker out. To watch their face go lax. To watch the future they had envisioned for themselves disappear. Like a magic trick. Poof, it’s all gone. Call me a magician, why don’t you? Serial killer has a nice ring to it.”
“What about you? Biggest regret?” “I don’t have any,” she said. “Bullshit.” “No, it’s true, I don’t have any. If it was good, I enjoyed it. If it was bad, I learned from it. I can’t go around regretting the things I’ve done that made me me.”
“I knew something wasn’t right with Calvin, and maybe that’s why I was captivated by him. Broken people were drawn to broken people.”
“I had come here for one thing and one thing only: to find the peace and satisfaction my everyday life failed to provide. That’s really why anyone packs up a suitcase and travels to a place they’ve never been. They’re searching for something they can’t find in their own world.”
“We all had scars and each one had a story.”
“Sometimes you just had to stir the pot.”
“Finally, a thriller. This one promised a twisty ending I wouldn’t see coming. It seemed every thriller promised that these days, but few actually delivered.”
