The Shadow Dancer Quotes

“We live far away from our families and everything else that other people hold dear, and we follow a charismatic leader.” “So now you’re comparing Orlando to Jesus Christ?”
― Margaret Coel, The Shadow Dancer

“They made him a priest, he'd thought, the people who needed him. Just as sick people made someone a doctor and people in need of justice made someone a lawyer. He drew his priesthood from the people.”
― Margaret Coel, The Shadow Dancer

“This was the toughest part of being a priest, bearing the bad news that no one wanted, like a ragpicker, appearing at the door with a burden of trash. And with the trash – words, that was all he had.”
― Margaret Coel, The Shadow Dancer

“Whatever talent she’d had for forgiveness was gone.”
― Margaret Coel, The Shadow Dancer

“There was no family to reclaim. There were only individuals trying to make their way….”
― Margaret Coel, The Shadow Dancer

“You couldn't hide here, with the earth stretching into the sky. He was grateful for that. Your shadow was always alongside you.”
― Margaret Coel, The Shadow Dancer