Our Shadows Have Claws Quotes

“The blue ribbon that had fallen from her hair was like a heartbreak you could touch.”
― Yamile Saied Méndez, Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories

“The true evil is taking math quizzes next to me in homeroom. It’s voting to make our country a state every four years, buying into the lie that colonies can become well-respected members of the empire.”
― Yamile Saied Méndez, Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories

“There is fate and there is choice. Whichever prevails is up to you.”
― Yamile Saied Méndez, Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories

“I don't want the type of love that uses our bodies to cover the holes in our relationship.”
― Racquel Marie, Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories

“Where there is war there are monsters. They are drawn to the violence, seduces by the evil on display in humans. And when monsters slip into a place, they never go away.”
― Chantel Acevedo, Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories