We Used to Live Here Quotes

“Even when the event was completely out of her control, even when the other party was blatantly overstepping her bounds, she always found a way to blame herself. Always felt this nagging sense of guilt for everything, as if her very existence was a violation of some stone-etched decree.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“When things felt right, it only meant there was so much more that could go wrong.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Yet, like all totally not haunted houses in the middle of nowhere, it was listed at a killer deal.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Imagine if several times a day, all at once, every single thing around you became impossible to ignore.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Her core memories began to change. People she’d known all her life became strangers, and strangers became… familiar.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Those people in your house… that’s not what they look like,” he said, talking more to the trees than to her.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Yet, like all childhood monsters, it was only replaced by the mundane, and arguably worse, terrors of adulthood: credit card debt, car accidents, funerals. Things that sometimes made Eve think back to imaginary ghouls with rosy nostalgia.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Always felt this nagging sense of guilt for everything, as if her very existence was a violation of some stone-etched decree.”
― Marcus Kleiwer, We Used to Live Here

“the simplest explanation was usually correct.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“please, kindly, shut the fuck up,”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“In times of stress, take mental notes of your environment, your senses. Stay focused on the present moment.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Of course, a well-adjusted individual would’ve simply told him no. But self-destructive people-pleasing was another of Eve’s plentiful idiosyncrasies. She had a crippling fear of disappointing anyone, even complete strangers—even people she disliked.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Charlie often joked that there were “less than zero photos” of her in existence. And, believe it or not, it was almost true. Aside from driver’s licenses and the blurry backgrounds of parties and family get-togethers, Eve had somehow managed to avoid most cameras since her early twenties.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Wait,” she called out, almost reflexively. The father stopped in his tracks and looked back over his shoulder. Eve cleared her throat. “Fifteen minutes?” He nodded. “Tops.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Every memory she ever had, good or bad, it didn't matter - it all drowned in the suffocating present.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“A mouthless, eyeless presence leeching off the chemical fear that poured out of her amygdala.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“She felt a miserable relief, not being alone in the absurdity.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“But more than any physical markers, she could sense it behind his eyes. A weary burden of hidden knowledge that only came with age. The kind of eyes that had seen one too many caskets lowered into the dirt.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Good food. Good meat. Good God, let’s eat.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Somewhere at the bottom of Eve’s mind, a rising swell of chemical dread burst open like a bloated sac of spider eggs. Countless terrors spawned, each of them swarming a different corner of her thoughts.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“A sharp laugh escaped Eve’s mouth, but not a funny “ha-ha” laugh, more of a “reality is meaningless” cackle. Perhaps she really was losing her mind after all.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“kept”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Jeg har kontaktet universitetet. De hevder Dr. Erikson aldri har vært ansatt der.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“6”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Of course, a well-adjusted individual would’ve simply told him no. But self-destructive people-pleasing was another of Eve’s plentiful idiosyncrasies.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Fortunately, over time, that childhood anxiety had faded away, like a brightly colored toy discarded in a sun-bleached desert. Yet, like all childhood monsters, it was only replaced by the mundane, and arguably worse, terrors of adulthood: credit card debt, car accidents, funerals. Things that sometimes made Eve think back to imaginary ghouls with rosy nostalgia.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Earlier, when I went to the h-house, I never—I’m still here. Whoever’s with you, she isn’t me— And the dog, it isn’t Shylo. Shylo is…” She trailed off.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Hey, Charlie, you know that house we just put a huge down payment on? Let’s sell it. She needed to strategize more before broaching that. After all, Charlie would need more than a replaced window and a rumored squatter in the attic to be convinced the house was cursed—”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“Y-you’re not supposed to be here…” Its timbre was weak and raspy, the voice of an old man just about ready for the grave.”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

“This is Thomas,” Eve said. “He grew up here, was just showing his family around, and—” “And now our daughter is playing spontaneous hide-and-seek in the basement,”
― Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here