The Shadow Cabinet Quotes

“So you’re Rory,” Sid said, “and...well, he’s handsome but not chatty. Very stone-faced. Like the white cliffs of Dover.”

“Those are chalk,” Sadie replied. “He’s more solid than that. Like the Misty Mountains.”

“Over the hills where the spirits fly...”

“With Rivendell in the foothills.”

“And Orcs in every pass,” Sid concluded. “So perhaps he’s...”

“Stephen,” Stephen said, bringing an end to that.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Shadow Cabinet

“But when we live, we believe that we have a right to everything in the universe - that everything is ours to touch.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Shadow Cabinet

“Something in the room had changed. My hand was on the floor, next to Stephen, but he wasn't as close to my hand as he had been. He had moved several inches over, toward the table. Just as I realized this, his arm shot out for the knife. In the next moment, he had rolled up on his knees and had Sadie caught in the crook of his arm. His face was pale, and he looked a bit shaken by the sudden movement. He was alive.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Shadow Cabinet

“We're both broken right now. Something's happened to us. But we can do this. We have to. I'm with you. Whatever is going on in your mind right now, I'm with you.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Shadow Cabinet