Quotes from Erin Hunter

Leafpool shot a glance over her shoulder and saw Crowfeather watching her with anguish in his eyes. Leafpool knew she couldn't do anything but follow Cinderpelt into the bushes.

Call yourself a leader? he asked himself savagely.

The swim to the drowned monster seemed twice as far as it had on the way out.

Thank you," the former deputy meowed solemnly. "You revealed the truth when no other cat could.

He's the weakest of the three," Featherwhisker mewed bleakly. "I suppose she hopes he's a fighter from the start.

Being injured isn't bad, he reflected. It's kind of a relief to have to let some other cat take care of me.

Squirrelpaw forced herself not to look back. They had left their homes. The journey had truly begun.

You're just trying to scare me," she declared. "I'm a BloodClan cat, and BloodClan is the toughest Clan in the forest. A little scratch won't stop—" Fury's speech cut off as a wave of pain seemed to wash over her.

Because of this, some cats always questioned her loyalty to the warrior code—though never within earshot of Graystripe.

Have they given up the warrior code?" Hollypaw's breath was coming in fast gulps. They've given up more than the code. Jaypaw glanced at the sky. "Is

I don't use deathberries," she murmured. She began to pick through a pile of coltsfoot. "ShadowClan medicine cats keep them," she added. "They teach their apprentices how to use them." Her voice was thick, as though a dark memory filled her mind. "But I won't teach you.

He also said Mistyfoot's kits are about to begin their training," meowed Mousefur. "You know, the ones Fireheart saved from the floods," she added, her eyes sparkling with mischief. Fireheart noticed Leopardfur stiffen

It took a special spirit, he thought, not to begrudge her brother's triumph.

bark-stripped branch against the cliff below the Highledge. He had scored claw marks across it, one for each life taken by the Dark Forest.

Lives begun in deception are always lived in shadow.

Yes, Darkstripe," Firepaw mewed, dipping his head submissively. He turned and muttered "Dirtstripe!" under his breath

Thunder's throat tightened.

I have to tell her where Ravenpaw is, and warn her about Tigerclaw," Fireheart

There will be three cats, kin of your kin, with the power of the stars in their paws.

Tigerkit was nagging his mother. "Why can't I go out?" "You've just come in." "But it's a sunny day." "You need a nap." "I'm not tired." "You will be later." "I'll sleep then." "But you'll be grumpy all afternoon if you don't nap now." "No, I won't." "Yes, you will." Snowfur rolled her eyes at Bluefur.

You're training him well, Dewtail.

Thank you, Mistyfoot," he meowed. "I won't forget this. And if ever I can do anything for you—" "Just go!" Mistyfoot hissed. As Fireheart slipped past her toward the gap in the bushes, she added with a purr of amusement, "And don't forget the fox dung.

If you knew what I was going to do, why did you let me do it?" he demanded. Yellowfang turned her face away. "You can't stop me, can you?" Jaypaw felt a rush of delight, like a bird escaping grasping claws. "I have the power of the stars in my paws!

They will find a fourth, and the battle between light and dark will be won. A new leader will rise from the shadows of his death, and the Clans will survive beyond the memories of his memories. This is how it has always been, and how it will always be.