“ They say it came from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Tainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Cre… Junot Diaz
“ At night I locked my bedroom door, because [my father] could not sleep and would insist on talking to me, endlessly, without making sense. But there was a small window over the door which could not be… Jung Chang
“ Just because the nightmare you expected comes true, it doesn't make it any less terrifying. Robert Jackson Bennett
“ This could be our greatest nightmare. But maybe, intead this would be our only hope of salvation. Claudia Gray
“ I have this recurring nightmare where I'm lost in a strange forest, and my only hope is your sense of direction. Enough to give a fellow the sweats, it is. Gerald Morris
“ And, as the storm of water thrashed the very pinnacles that toppled into mist, he had seen the ribs of cliff laid bare and bleeding—as it were the laceration of a living land that he looked on. Then,… Bernard Capes
“ At this point, the sequence of my memories is disrupted.I sank into a chaos of brief, incoherent and bizarre hallucinations, in which the grotesque and the horrible kept close company. Prostrate, as i… Jean Lorrain
“ He reached out for her hand and she grabbed onto his. “Eena, when you’re ready to talk about it, I’ll be here. That’s what best friends are for.” She let the tears fall. He’d never know they were for… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ There is no reason for any of this if we don't survive." Vince reached out and ran a hand through her long hair. "Ah, love. That's where you're wrong. As long as we do what we're meant to do, it doesn… Erin Kellison
“ In the dark behind the glare of the television, like a mannequin behind it, I could see a silhouette and it wasn’t moving. It was maybe six foot high with its shoulders hunched and I blinked to make s… Kate Chisman
“ Life is a nightmare that leaves its mark upon you in order to prove that it is, in fact, real. Thomas Ligotti
“ I was crying for the little girl I had been, who had withstood terrifying nightmares of death and blood and war and maiming. And when I had tried to share those horrors, the shock on my friends' faces… Cheryl R Cowtan
“ That done, I sank into an uneasy sleep wherein I dreamed of an assembly line of pale, bloodless girls walking down an endless dark street and moaning softly for help. Somewhere, toward the edge of my… Jeff Rice
“ Whatever. I know that when a monster is chasing you. You take your high-heeled shoes off. I’ve learned that … And you never, ever dangle your legs over the edge of the bed at night … And clowns, well,… Patti Roberts
“ Must have been some kind a nightmare.”“Yeah,” I answer, my usual calm, vacant voice returning. “Can’t wait to wake up. K.A. Tucker
“ We were happy. I know I ought to be able to tell you about it, yet I cannot, for while a nightmare will stay with you like hunger, when you awake from a happy dream, you have no memory of it. Erik Christian Haugaard
“ Success is subjective. Your dream bank balance could be someone else’s nightmare. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Employment frees man from the nightmare of unemployment, while it chains him to his employer’s dream. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ SHOCK ABSORBERSVeterans scream in their dreams, reliving nightmares so that we can sleep peacefully Kamil Ali
“ The only way to stop a nightmare is to open your eyes, if perchance you realize you were dreaming Bangambiki Habyarimana
