“Did Abel used to threaten you and Dad with El Cuco?" Her uncle nodded. "Did she ever say what he looked like?" He shook his head. "That used to scare me more, not knowing what he was. Childhood imaginations are powerful things." "Not as powerful as a mother's threat." Javier heard his voice like it was coming from someone else. He had planned to stay quiet. Now the light beam was on him again. "Nothing is more powerful than that, son.” ChildrenHorrorYoung AdultMothersMonsterImaginations Book:Five Midnights Source: Five Midnights
“I mean, back then I believed everything my mother told me. It was that time when you think your parents are all-powerful." 'How would I know?' But she kept that comment to herself. "It's funny, now, as a parent, I realize that it's actually the children who have all the power. If I'd have known that as a child I would have been threatening *her* with El Cuco!” ChildrenPowerHorrorYoung AdultMonstersMothers Book:Five Midnights Source: Five Midnights
“You don't know, Javier, you can't know what it's like to see your baby, your only baby, slipping away. You have all these hopes when you hold this perfect swaddled creature in your arms, you imagine academic awards, nice little friends, Ivy League colleges, marriage to a girl from a good family, grandchildren. And then one day, you realize you have no control, that any control you thought yo had was an illusion. You realize you don't know how to save them as they teeter on the edge. We were all feeling that, all of the mothers. And then I found you with all those...drugs." She shuddered. "That night, we would've tried anything to get you all back. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that he came. In order to see you, I would've sold my soul to el diablo if he were there that night. I guess he was" She looked at the floor and started to cry. "We just wanted to scare you. He was a fairy-tale monster. Never, never in a million years did we expect him to come, for him to...” LifeChildrenHorrorYoung AdultMonstersControlMothers Book:Five Midnights Source: Five Midnights
“His mother had two modes, righteous fury and totally oblivious. Both were in full force that morning.” HorrorMothers Book:Five Midnights Source: Five Midnights