Quotes from Erin Hunter

Not much bigger than a newborn kit, with a black-and-white pelt that glowed in the half-light, the cat trotted up to Tigerclaw and craned its neck to look up at him. "I am Badgerfang!" he squeaked. Tigerclaw snorted. "Are you sure? You're the smallest warrior I've ever seen!

You are fire, and you will blaze through the forest. But beware: Even the most powerful flames can be destroyed by water.

Badgerfang trotted away, casting a shadow no bigger than Tigerclaw's front paw, and another cat stood before him.

Squirrelflight and Leafpool had loved her.

With this life I give you trust. Believe in your Clan and in yourself. Never doubt that you know the right path to take.

You will make things right. When the time comes, I know you will...." -Storm to Thunder

With this life I give you courage. Fear will always pull at your tail, but the courage I give you now will always draw you on.

With this life I give you hope. As long as hope burns in your heart, it will burn in the hearts of your Clanmates.

I feel like a bird!

Sh-she's broken a hind leg

Thorn looks scrawny, but he's wily, and as fast as a ferret.

With this life, I give you forgiveness." Ice seemed to grip Tigerheart's body, freezing him rigid until he could hardly breathe. Pain streaked through him, like stone cracking. And then suddenly it eased, and warmth bathed him once more as Yellowfang went on. "Forgiveness will give you more power than vengeance will ever bring.

With this life, I give you persistence." A bolt of energy, as fierce as lightning, seared through Tigerheart. He stiffened against the pain, but it melted into a soft warmth through which he could feel the strong steady beat of his heart. "Don't let failure sap your determination or rejection change your mind. A true leader tries as many times as it takes to succeed.

Just remember you're not a bird

So with this life I give you acceptance. Accept with all your heart what you cannot change, and fear will vanish.

Bluestar went on: "If you did, you would train with Graypaw to become a Clan warrior." "But kittypets can't be warriors!" Graypaw blurted out. "They don't have warrior blood!

What were you trying to do? Did you think you were a bird? Did you think you could fly?

She would have given up every Gathering from now until she went to join StarClan, if only she could have been sure that her sister was safe.

With this life I give you love. You have known so much, but still have much to give. Leadership without love will never be enough to draw your Clan from the shadows. Let your heart lead when your head does not know the way.

They have to go to the mountains," he whispered. "They will become the Tribe of Rushing Water.

But thoughts of his brother quickly slid away, to be replaced with the memory of heather-colored eyes and a soft voice asking if he needed herbs.

If wishes were prey, we'd eat like lions come leaf-bare. But we'd die of boredom! You know that's not what the life of the Clans is like. The warrior code guides us through the dark times, the cold and the hunger. And the good times seem all the sweeter for it. Have faith, Bluestar. We'll survive.

Cinderheart gasped. Then her pelt smoothed. She lifted her chin. "Then I choose the life of a warrior." Her blue eyes shone. "And I choose you.

Leafpaw felt a tingle spread through her fur. She remembered her own conviction, back when she had been little more than a kit, that it was right for her to heal and comfort her Clanmates, and to interpret the signs of StarClan for them. Has Mothwing felt the same? Leafpaw wondered. Could she have felt the same, if she was not Clanborn? Even Yellowfang, the medicine cat before Cinderpelt, had been forestborn, though ThunderClan had not been the Clan of her birth.