Erin Hunter famous quotes

We all have our flaws. But we overcome them. And sometimes, it's our flaws that make us who we are.
-- Erin Hunter

#Overcoming #Who We Are #Sometimes

Warriors should suffer their pain silently.
-- Erin Hunter

#Pain #Warrior #Suffering

There’s more to being a warrior than killing. A true warrior — the best warrior — isn’t cruel or mean. He doesn’t claw an enemy who can’t fight back. Where’s the honor in that?
-- Erin Hunter

#Mean #Fighting #Warrior

The only true borders lie between day and night, between life and death, between hope and loss.
-- Erin Hunter

#Lying #Loss #Night

Whitestorm was experienced, wise and brave. When Firestar had been made deputy, he had shown not a scrap of resentment that a lesser cat might have felt. He had supported him from the beginning, and he was the cat Firestar naturally turned to when he needed advice.
-- Erin Hunter

#Wise #Cat #Brave

From now on, wherever you walk, I will walk with you. . .
-- Erin Hunter

#Walks

You have to stop thinking about Billystorm in that way, right now! You have a different destiny, one that involves the future of the whole Clan. And it is a path that you must walk alone.
-- Erin Hunter

#Destiny #Thinking #Different

I've never doubted that you should be our leader. I've always believed that, ever since Firestar took you to the Skyrock to receive your nine lives. I challenged you, yes, so I could be sure of your conviction that you were doing the right thing. What SkyClan needs more than anything else is a leader who has faith in herself. Because only then could other cats have faith in her, too.
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Leader #Needs

I will always be here. We will walk the skies together forever.
-- Erin Hunter

#Sky #Forever #Together

You're no better than Sharpclaw and Sparrowpelt. They look down their noses at us because we stay loyal to our housefolk as well as our Clan. I thought you were different, Leafstar, but I was wrong
-- Erin Hunter

#Different #Looks #Noses

You're going to find Tigerstar. Against that fiend, every cat is helpless.
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Helpless #Tigerstar

Redtail was a brave warrior. His loyalty to ThunderClan could never be doubted. I always relied on his judgment, for it bore witness to the needs of the Clan, and was never swayed by self-interest or pride. He would have made a fine leader.
-- Erin Hunter

#Loyalty #Warrior #Pride

Great, lets round up all the useless cats and hope a tree falls on them - Jayfeather
-- Erin Hunter

#Fall #Cat #Tree

You walk in my dreams, Leafpool
-- Erin Hunter

#Dream #Walks

Once a friend, always a friend. Why should borders stop that?
-- Erin Hunter

#Borders #Should

Two Windclan apprentices were wandering toward them. Fireheart twitched his ears to warn his friends they had an audience. "Oh, yes," meowed Ravenpaw, raising his voice. "We loners eat Clan apprentices whenever we can catch one.
-- Erin Hunter

#Two #Voice #Loner

That's part of why I tracked you down. I wanted to be as loyal to you as you are to your Clan. I know I can't exactly miss a life I've never known, Graystripe, but I think sharing your life and your path... is the best journey I could possibly imagine.
-- Erin Hunter

#Journey #Thinking #Missing

Then stop being a know-it-all lionpaw retorted You're not my mentor so stay out of my fur. Lionpaw at Berrynose in Outcast pg 67
-- Erin Hunter

#Mentor #Fur #Know It All

This is not an end. It is a beginning. You will need the courage of a lion to face this journey.
-- Erin Hunter

#Journey #Needs #Lions

Oh yes. Blood is everything. But the only blood I'm interested in flows from my enemies. Look around you! These cats are bathed in blood. It soaks their fur and laps at their paws. This is the way we survive! We are BloodClan!
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Blood #Enemy

StarClan may go where they please, they have betrayed SkyClan. From this day on, I will have nothing more to do with our warrior ancestors. StarClan allowed the Twolegs to destroy our home. They look down on us now, and let the moon go on shining while you drive us out. They said there would always be five Clans in the forest, but they lied. SkyClan will never look to the stars again.
-- Erin Hunter

#Stars #Home #Warrior

SkyClan's destiny is that we will never live in isolation from other cats. We're not like forest Clans, we can't shut ourselves off entirely from kittypets or rogues. And visitors will be welcome.
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Destiny #Rogues

Now Darkstripe,' Graypaw hissed to Firepaw under his breath, 'is neither young, nor pretty.
-- Erin Hunter

#Young

Tallstar stiffened and his neck fur bristled. 'Windclan was driven from the forest once,' he hissed. 'Never again. Our territory is ours, and we'll fight for it. Is Thunderclan with us?
-- Erin Hunter

#Fighting #Fur #Territory

Leopardstar says that they're staying with us so the Clans can exchange training methods and fighting techniques, but I don't see much sign of it. All they do is watch....It's like they're learning all about us, all our secrets and weaknesses. That's why I came over here, to get away from them for a bit.
-- Erin Hunter

#Fighting #Secret #Training

I've missed you, too, Graystripe. I watch over you, every day and every night.
-- Erin Hunter

#Night #Over You #Watches

Our father was a great warrior. Our mother is proud and strong. They shared only one flaw: that their only loyalty was to themselves above all other cats. We're not like that. We understand what it means to be loyal to our Clan. We have the courage to live by the warrior code. And because of that we'll be the most powerful cats in RiverClan one day, and our Clanmates will have to respect us then.
-- Erin Hunter

#Loyalty #Mother #Strong

It was his cunning, this confidence and farsightedness in dealing with his own Clan, that made Crookedstar one of the strongest leaders the Clans have ever seen.
-- Erin Hunter

#Leader #Clans #Made

The only thing that can hurt me is being apart from you.
-- Erin Hunter

#Hurt #Hurt Me

You're a medicine cat. I understand what that means now. StarClan go with you, Leafpool. I'll never forget you.
-- Erin Hunter

#Mean #Cat #Medicine

Go and don't come back, you can take the catmint. I have no quarrel with ThunderClan; I don't want to see cats suffer, whatever you might think. Just be careful you don't end up like a bully like your kin, Tigerstar.
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Thinking #Bully

Your mother betrayed my father as well as her Clan. You have no right to be a medicine cat. No right to even live among the Clans. I'll never forgive you for what you've done! Never!
-- Erin Hunter

#Mother #Father #Cat

WindClan has traveled a long time. It's nearly a moon since ShadowClan drove us from our home. The weather is turning colder, and leaf-bare will be here soon. We have no choice but to stay.
-- Erin Hunter

#Home #Moon #Weather

If Nightcloud were a gentle, loving cat like Leafpool, or feisty and warmhearted like Squirrelflight, it would be easier to feel sorry for her. After all, Crowfeather took her as a mate to prove he was loyal to WindClan in spite of everything of trying to run off with the ThunderClan medicine cat. But she's a difficult she-cat to like, with her short temper and her possessivness over Crowfeather and her son, Breezepaw.
-- Erin Hunter

#Running #Sorry #Cat

I'll protect my Clan, whatever it takes.
-- Erin Hunter

#Clans #Whatever It Takes #Protect

Fox dung! I'm a loyal ShadowClan cat. If I'm ever made deputy or leader it will be because I have earned it myself - and my Clanmates and StarClan wish it. You're twisting the warrior code to get what you want, just like you did when you were alive.
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Warrior #Leader

Thank you for bringing me to ThunderClan. Tell Bluestar I have always been grateful for the home she gave me. This is a good place to die. I only regret that I will miss watching you become what StarClan has destined you to be.
-- Erin Hunter

#Regret #Grateful #Home

Don't be scared. I'll look after you.
-- Erin Hunter

#Looks #Scared

This is not my Clan. Not any longer. ThunderClan is led by a kittypet, and there's nothing left to fight for. I feel no loyalty to ThunderClan. In the whole forest, the only cat worth following is Tigerstar.
-- Erin Hunter

#Loyalty #Cat #Fighting

Birchfall lapped at his wound "You're not very sympathetic for a medicine cat" "I'm here to HEAL you. If you want sympathy, go to the nursery" Jaypaw mewed
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Medicine #Nurse

What can be more exciting than that?" "Fighting ShadowClan
-- Erin Hunter

#Fighting #Exciting

Tribe cats are named after the first thing their mother sees, but I thing this would lead to a lot of kits being named 'wall of cave', 'side of cave' and 'floor of cave
-- Erin Hunter

#Mother #Wall #Cat

But I though you were dead!" "Obviously not. Now, let's get out of here!
-- Erin Hunter

He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead.
-- Erin Hunter

#Moving #Tired #Firsts

I'm more lopsided than a one legged badger!" Graypaw stopped his careful stalking to wander comically across the clearing "I will have to settle for hunting stupid mice I shall just wander up to them, and sit on them until they surrender!
-- Erin Hunter

#Stupid #Hunting #Surrender

Bumblestripe: “I think we showed them.” Hazeltail: “Showed them what? How much blood can be spilled in a pointless battle?
-- Erin Hunter

#Thinking #Blood #Battle

Our code is different from the warrior code. It reaches across boundaries. To us, every cat is simply that — a cat, with the same right to life as any other. We made a promise to heal and protect, remember?
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Warrior #Promise

Oh, and welcome to the Three.
-- Erin Hunter

#Three #Welcome

We must face ddestiny, not run from it.our destiny is our path that we must follow. -Cinderpelt
-- Erin Hunter

#Running #Destiny #Path

What about you? You didn't even think twice about following those two. They say, 'Let's go onto the ice' and right away you say, 'Where do I put my paws?' If you ask me, you're the brave one.
-- Erin Hunter

#Thinking #Ice #Two

I have to stay here and bury her," he whispered. "Here, between RiverClan and ThunderClan. After this, not even her own Clan will want to mourn her.
-- Erin Hunter

#Want #Clans #Mourn

I buried her on the shore," he whispered as Fireheart padded up and sat down beside him. "She loved the river." He raised his head to where the first stars of Silverpelt were beginning to appear. "She hunts with StarClan now," he mewed softly. "Someday I'll find her again, and we'll be together.
-- Erin Hunter

#Stars #Rivers #Together

Whats the matter?" Jayfeather muttered " Afraid i might give you some medicine?
-- Erin Hunter

#Medicine #Giving #Might

The truth is, I love Firestar now as much as I ever did, and I'll watch over him forever, knowing that he can never be mine. He belongs to Sandstorm and to ThunderClan. But my heart is his, and always will be.
-- Erin Hunter

#Love #Heart #Knowing

Good-bye, Graystripe. I love you. Take care of our kits.
-- Erin Hunter

#Love #Bye #Care

You know how I feel about you, Bluefur. I'd do my best to make you happy, I promise. And I'll love your kits as though they were my own.
-- Erin Hunter

#Love #Promise #Make You Happy

I am proud of my children. They will make great warriors. And I will watch over them forever. I promise.
-- Erin Hunter

#Children #War #Forever

If Nightcloud were a gentle, loving cat like Leafpool, or feisty and warmhearted like Squirrelflight, it would be easier to feel sorry for her.
-- Erin Hunter

#Sorry #War #Cat

Understand that Bluestar does not make this offer lightly if you wish to train with us, we will have to take you into our Clan. You must either live with us and respect our ways, or return to your Twolegplace and never come back. You cannot live with a paw in each world.
-- Erin Hunter

#Wish #World #Paws

The water is calm, but the currents pull beneath the surface. Though they can’t be seen, they have the power to drag cats to their deaths.
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Water #Calm

If u don't like warriors then i don't like u so go away u stalkers... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
-- Erin Hunter

#Warrior #Going Away

There are useful herbs growing near the oak tree by the stream," Flamepaw pointed out "Littlecloud would come for these" his tail curled up in amusement "Then we could pelt Blackfoot with acorns and he'd think they came from StarClan
-- Erin Hunter

#Thinking #Tree #Tails

Look Rushtail," Crowfeather was meowing frustratedly "WindClan is gathering farther down the hill. If you stay here, you'll get mixed up with ThunderClan" "So?" ThunderClan never did me any harm," rasped the elder "I'm not moving a pawstep from here, young fellow, until I've had something to eat" Crowfeather rolled his eyes " Great StarClan
-- Erin Hunter

#Moving #Eye #Gathering

Why do relationships have to be so complicated?
-- Erin Hunter

#Complicated

Because I'm a Thunderclan cat like you," she replied, ad darker shadow in the darkness of the tunnel. "My name is Hollyleaf
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Tunnels #Names

Ivypool felt her mouth drop open "Hollyleaf? But...you you're dead!" "Obviously not," the newcomer replied with an edge to her voice.
-- Erin Hunter

#Voice #Mouths #Newcomers

What are you, a door mouse?!" Cloudtail mewed impatiently, prodding Lionblaze. Lionblaze looked up at the white warrior looking down at him, "Aww did you have to do that?! I was having a really great dream!" "And now you can go on a really great water patrol!" Cloudtail grumbled.
-- Erin Hunter

#Dream #Warrior #Doors

I know I did the right thing, but no one would ever understand.
-- Erin Hunter

#Warrior Cats #Right Thing

Dovewing felt bone-weary from her ears to the tip of her tail. Just because she had better hearing, sharper senses than any cat didn't seem to give her more strength. She needed to rest, eat, talk with Jayfeather and Lionblaze about the challenge that sol had left them with, of hostile Clans that would be crushed by the dark forest if they tried to fight alone. Starclan, light my path, please. "Come on," she meowed to Hollyleaf. "It's time we went home. Our Clnmates are waitning for us P. 315
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Home #Fighting

CinderHeart: You’re the one that changed every thing. LoinBlaze: No. This was all decided before I was born.
-- Erin Hunter

#Born #Changed

DoveWing (talking to LoinBlaze): You got somthing wrong, what you said to ToadStep. You are the hero.
-- Erin Hunter

#Hero #Talking #Said

There will be three cats, kin of your kin, with the power of the stars in their 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 clan will survive beyond thge memories of his memeries. This is how it has always been and alway will be.
-- Erin Hunter

#Stars #Memories #Cat

Graystripe pushed past Tigerheart and Whitestorm and crouched beside his old friend. "I would have taken your place if you had let me". His voice was hoarse with grief.
-- Erin Hunter

#Grief #Taken #Past

I will honor my ancestors in StarClan," Bramblestar vowed, "but not those who have ever walked in the Dark Forest. Guide my steps wisely, warriors of the past." He lowered his head. "And warriors of now".
-- Erin Hunter

#Warrior #Dark #Past

Time may smooth the stone, but time will never wear it away.
-- Erin Hunter

#May #Stones #Smooth

Never be afraid of the future, for it brings wonderful things.
-- Erin Hunter

#Wonderful

Look at his collar! He's a kittypet! Once a kittypet, always a kittypet. This clan needs wild-born warriors to defend it, not another soft mouth to feed.
-- Erin Hunter

#War #Needs #Looks

You must do whatever you think is best. But I know one thing. Nothing meant more to Graystripe than your friendship and his Clan. Even when he was in RiverClan, he longed to go home. He would want to see ThunderClan as strong as it could possibly be, even if that meant accepting that he's not coming back.
-- Erin Hunter

#Strong #Home #Thinking

Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red.
-- Erin Hunter

#Running #Lakes #Blood

Stormfur... You'll have to go on without me, brother. Save the Clan.
-- Erin Hunter

#Brother #Goes On #Clans

Twolegs are mousebrain
-- Erin Hunter

My name is Echo. I dream of cats with stars in their fur.
-- Erin Hunter

#Dream #Stars #Cat

follow your heart! (sppotedleafs motto)
-- Erin Hunter

#Heart #Follow Your Heart #Motto

(He) felt lost and alone without his old friend, though he barely recognized him anymore. He wondered if they could ever be friends again.
-- Erin Hunter

#Old Friends #Lost #Friends Again

Jaypaw narrowed his eyes. "I'm not as blind as you think.
-- Erin Hunter

#Eye #Thinking #His Eyes

I'm not going to get myself hurt." I'm too important to let that happen. ~Jaypaw
-- Erin Hunter

#Hurt #Important

Firepaw held the menacing amber gaze for few moments. Warrior and apprentice, for a heartbeat their eyes were locked as enemies.
-- Erin Hunter

#Eye #Warrior #Enemy

now I know that my punishment from starclan is not that the other kits died but that this one survived" -yellowfang
-- Erin Hunter

#Punishment #Starclan

You know Yellowfang, don't you? she was cranky, stubborn, impatient-and the most loyal cat you will ever meet.
-- Erin Hunter

#Cat #Stubborn #Loyal

Silverstream: You idiot!!! What are you doing in my territory??? Graystripe:...Drowning? Silverstream: Can't you do that in your own territory? Graystripe: Ah, but who would rescue me there?
-- Erin Hunter

#Territory #Idiot #Drowning

A leaf cannot return to the bud - bluestar to fireheart and greystripe
-- Erin Hunter

#Bud #Return #Leafs

[Fireheart]mewed,"It's not my place to judge you." Greystripe looked up as Fireheart went on." Greystripe, whatever you decide to do, I will always be your friend.
-- Erin Hunter

#Judging

After the sharp-eyed jay and the roaring lion, peace will come on dove's gentle wing.
-- Erin Hunter

#Wings #Roaring #Lions

You put quite a fight for a tame kitty
-- Erin Hunter

#Fighting #Kitties

ThunderClan warriors don't kill unless they have to
-- Erin Hunter

#Warrior

There will be three, kin of your kin..." Jayfeather's voice shook as he wondered if he could possibly be right. "Cloudtail is Firestar's kin, Whitewing is Cloudtail's daughter, and now Dovekit and Ivykit...Don't you see? The prophecy isn't over! We aren't the only kin of Firestar's kin. It doesn't matter which of Whitewing's kits is the one. There are still three of us! [Jayfeather]
-- Erin Hunter

#Daughter #Voice #Three

She brought me a crow's feather...," he whispered.
-- Erin Hunter

#Crow #Feathers

The time for lies and secrets is over," she meowed. "The truth must come out. Starclan was wrong not to tell you who you were a long time ago." Then what-?" Jayfeather began, but already Yellowfang's shape was beginning to fade, melting into the moonlight until she was gone. The moonlight abrubtly vanished, leaving Jayfeather in darkness as he woke from his dream. Mouse dung! Why can't any cat speak straight out?" he hissed
-- Erin Hunter

#Dream #Lying #Cat

Welcome to our camp!" Blackstar called, beckoning them with his tail. "Rest here and take your pick of the fresh-kill pile." "Who are you and what have you done with Blackstar?" Lionblaze muttered.
-- Erin Hunter

#Tails #Done #Welcome

Nights're cold now. Nights g'cold, y'get sick. S'what happens.
-- Erin Hunter

#Night #Sick #Cold