Mario Alberto Zambrano > Quotes

“Papi looked down at the side-view mirror, at the pine branches sticking out from behind the truck, and every time Rocio raised her voice, singing and screaming at the same time, it felt like the front seats were flooding with water.”
― Mario Alberto Zambrano, Lotería

“Her name was Alondra. Estrella called her una pendeja because she was a grown woman dressed up like a Lotería card.”
― Mario Alberto Zambrano, Lotería: A Novel

“And we just sat there, like a statue of two girls trying to do the right thing.”
― Mario Alberto Zambrano, Lotería

“Sometimes, even now, it's like someone is knocking on the door of my chest and I'm on the other side trying to figure out how to open it. But it won't open, and so it bangs and bangs. Poom! Poom! Poom!
Until my mind shuts off and I fall asleep.”
― Mario Alberto Zambrano, Lotería