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Quotes About Battle

The war against the dragon is not, therefore, a war against a physical monster, like a dinosaur, but a battle against the wickedness we encounter in our everyday lives. We all face our daily dragons and we must all defend ourselves from them and hopefully slay them. The sobering reality is that we must either fight the dragons that we encounter in life or become dragons ourselves. There is no "comfortable" alternative.
~ Joseph Pearce
his war against modernism and its worship of the spirit of the age. He restored the splendor of truth in his defense of orthodoxy and the splendor of the liturgy in his restoration of tradition. He fought the wickedness of the world in his unremitting and uncompromising battle against the dictatorship of relativism and its culture of death.
~ Joseph Pearce
Allons, enfants de la patrie,Le jour de gloire est arrivé!…Aux armes, citoyens!Formez vos bataillons!Marchons! Marchons! Qu'un sang impurAbreuve nos sillons![Forward, sons of France,The day of glory has come!…To arms, citizens!Line up in battalions!Let us march on! Let the impure bloodof enemies drench our fields!]
~ Joseph Rouget de Lisle
We've been battle training!" Mistpaw exclaimed, bounding up to Frostpaw. "I killed Graypaw!" "Did not!" Graypaw retorted as he joined his littermates. "I was just pretending, so I could grab you and shred you!
~ Erin Hunter
He faced Darktail. "You will take this Clan over my dead body." Delight sparked in Darktail's gaze. "That sounds fair." The rogue leader flung himself at Rowanstar.
~ Erin Hunter
A stoat rushed at him, rearing up to attack him with both forepaws. Crowfeather ducked underneath its forelegs, and as the stoat landed, he spun around to fasten his teeth in its throat. He pinned it to the ground, his paws gripping it determinedly until he felt a warm rush of blood; the stoat went limp and he tossed it aside. Looking up, he found himself staring into the face of Nightcloud.
~ Erin Hunter
Very nice, Ravenpaw," Tigerclaw praised the apprentice, his purr rich with amusement. "I can't wait to fight RiverClan," Ravenpaw meowed happily, his tail slashing with excitement. "The best way to learn to be a warrior is to be in a real battle!
~ Erin Hunter
It flapped madly until Fallen Leaves killed it with a single strike.
~ Erin Hunter
It's coming," Jayfeather whispered. "A battle between StarClan and the Dark Forest, and every warrior will be called upon to fight.
~ Erin Hunter
You'll need the whole of StarClan on your side for this one," answered Graypaw. "Call out if you need a hand. If she looks like she's going to get you, I'll sneak up behind her and whack her on the head with a stiff rabbit." Firepaw purred with amusement and trotted off toward Yellowfang.
~ Erin Hunter
Oh, right." Cloudtail couldn't keep the amusement out of his voice. "Do you think in the thick of a battle an enemy warrior will come up and say, 'Be careful, I'm going to push you over now?
~ Erin Hunter
We are taking over this territory now," he went on. "I shall rule the forest as well as the town. But I understand that you may need some time to reflect on this. You have three days to leave—or meet my Clan in battle. I shall wait for your decision at dawn on the fourth day.
~ Erin Hunter
And yet the only reason he had found the courage to lead the forest Clans into battle against BloodClan was because he had believed his warrior ancestors when they told him there had always been four Clans in the forest. The fifth Clan was StarClan, forever protecting the four below. Had StarClan lied? Bluestar
~ Erin Hunter
hippo-crocodile wars.
~ Erin Hunter
He turned to see Graystripe twisting free of Tigerclaw's grasp and sprang to help his friend. Together they reared at Tigerclaw, siping at him to drive him backward, matched step for step as they had practiced so many times in training. Then, without even exchanging a glance, they lunged as one and forced the massive tabby on the ground.
~ Erin Hunter
Good fight last night," Mousefur rasped beside him, her eyes gleaming with mischief. "It almost made up for missing out on a battle." Fireheart scowled as Dustpaw added, "Yeah! Nice moves, Fireheart—for a kittypet.
~ Erin Hunter
Tigerclaw reared up again with a furious hiss. Fireheart was bracing himself for Tigerclaw's blow when he saw a blaze of grey. A broad pair of houlders flashed past, and Fireheart recognised a warrior he had fought alongside many times before. Graystripe! The grey warrior lunged at Tigerclaw's exposed belly knocking him backward.
~ Erin Hunter
This impostor has the power of the stars in his paws, and we have to fight him alone.
~ Erin Hunter
You saved my life once, Firestar. I'll never be able to repay you for that. But if trouble with Tigerstar comes, I'll be proud to stand with the warriors of ThunderClan and fight him to the death.
~ Erin Hunter
So I'm supposed to fight this battle for everyone?" The tip of his tail flicked angrily. "Great StarClan, why can't I just have a normal life like any other cat?
~ Erin Hunter
Or it might make him give in to kittypet weakness right at the moment of attack.
~ Erin Hunter
Your path has been hard, harder than most," Firestar rasped. "But you fought a great battle here, and you won. You are a worthy deputy of ThunderClan.
~ Erin Hunter
I'm here to heal you. If you want sympathy, go to the nursery." Jaypaw padded to the back of the den. Warriors! They might be brave in battle, but one thorn and they squealed like kits.
~ Erin Hunter
You'll need the whole of StarClan on your side for this one," answered Graypaw. "Call out if you need a hand. If she looks like she's going to get you, I'll sneak up behind her and whack her on the head with a stiff rabbit.
~ Erin Hunter