The Nightmare Box and Other Stories Quotes

“There would always be men like them; there would always be cops using black and brown bodies for sport and judges that would slap at their wrists with a bloody dollar bill.”
― Cynthia Gómez, The Nightmare Box and Other Stories

“It was his job to bear this dread so that they could sleep easy at night.”
― Cynthia Gómez, The Nightmare Box and Other Stories

“The cold spread up along my legs and through my chest, and it was actually just as calm as it sounds. It was what happens when panic turns itself inside out.”
― Cynthia Gómez, The Nightmare Box and Other Stories

“People worked hard every day of their lives, only to end up in the same place.”
― Cynthia Gómez, The Nightmare Box and Other Stories

“When she called out for everyone to smile, five heads swiveled toward the camera, five sets of dead eyes lit up, five sets of teeth flashed open wide.”
― Cynthia Gómez, The Nightmare Box and Other Stories

“No more dancing with the empty air, trying to imagine what this moment might be like, the moment he was living right now.”
― Cynthia Gómez, The Nightmare Box and Other Stories