Magaly Guerrero Quotes & Sayings

The Boy came to me in the autumn of 2009. He was in a corner of my mind, choking on his own bad dreams, begging a man not to have him do the thing again.

I didn't want to know what the thing was, so I hid The Boy in a crowd of less troubling voices. — Magaly Guerrero

We can choose not to remember this day, but bones have strong memories. And earth never forgets. — Magaly Guerrero

Kin kills no kin," she said, "if no to feed, if no to mate. — Magaly Guerrero

Avian madness or deranged kiwi? — Magaly Guerrero

I sobbed harder into Mom's chest. I chose not to waste time explaining that it was okay - even fun - to play with Bran while we were in first and second grade. Now, the idea of hanging out with a short kid who always smelled like onions and went to school with cookie dough under his fingernails made me want to run and hide. — Magaly Guerrero

I panicked when I tried to follow her movements with my eyes, just to be blocked by a horde of ghostly old people grinning at dirty babies whose faces screamed without making a sound. — Magaly Guerrero

AlmaMia was seven the night she shaved her fourteen-year-old sister's left eyebrow while the older sibling slept. — Magaly Guerrero