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01Undated

Why do Twolegs do anything? If we knew that, our lives would be a lot easier.

Erin Hunter / quote

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02Undated

Twolegs are mad. Even the smallest kit knows that.

Erin Hunter / quote

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03Undated

I know there’s something troubling you. I’m not going to ask what it is, if you don’t want to tell me. But remember that I’m your mother. Nothing you say could ever shock me or make me love you less.

Erin Hunter / quote

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04Undated

There was a pause as Leopardstar strained to take a breath, and Mistyfoot half rose, ready to call for help. Then Leopardstar relaxed again. "I am sorry not to have known the joy of having kits. There was a time when I thought it might happen, but it was not to be." Her words faded away as though she was picturing something she had dreamed of long ago. "Perhaps it was for the best. But I would have been proud to call you my daughter, Mistyfoot.

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05Undated

Trees don't sneak on you."-Brook Where Small Fish Swim

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06Undated

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?

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07Undated

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

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08Undated

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.

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09Undated

You have no understanding of the warrior code at all. What you've done here proves it. You've risked the lives of young kits... by leaving them alone here. Anything could have happened to them. They could have been lost. They could have died. My kits could have died. But you didn't just betray me. You betrayed the entire Clan. You did all this... and you never considered how it would make any of us feel. The Clan is a family, Sol. A community. And you're incapable of thinking about anyone but yourself.

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10Undated

Our elders, and our elders’ kin, and their kin before them, fought to keep Sunningrocks in our territory. Many of them lost their lives, giving up their last breath for stones that belong to us. Can we give up where they did not, turn tail and flee when they kept fighting so that their kits could hunt and play and bask on these rocks? Will you fight with me now, in honor of all our elders and all our unborn kits?

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11Undated

Fire will save the Clan," she murmured, and Fireheart remembered the mysterious prophecy that he had heard from his earliest days in ThunderClan. "You never understood, did you?" Bluestar went on. "Not even when I gave you your apprentice name, Firepaw. And I doubted it myself, when fire raged through our camp. Yet I see the truth now. Fireheart, you are the fire who will save ThunderClan.

Erin Hunter / quote

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12Undated

You cannot live with a paw in each world.

Erin Hunter / quote

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13Undated

Four will Become Two, Lion and Tiger will Meet in Battle, and Blood will Rule the Forest.

Erin Hunter / quote

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14Undated

Fire will save the Clan

Erin Hunter / quote

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15Undated

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

Erin Hunter / quote

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16Undated

You put quite a fight for a tame kitty

Erin Hunter / quote

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17Undated

You idiot!" She spat, flattening her ears. "What are you doing in my territory?""Drowning?" Replied Graystripe. "Can't you do that in your own territory?" "Ah, but who would rescue me there?

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18Undated

Tigerclaw stared in disbelief. Was the life of his son dependent on an ancient medicine cat and an arrogant kittypet?

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19Undated

It is better to scare off a mouse than welcome a badger

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20Undated

When you set out, you were four. Six with friends who could not stay behind. Now you are one.

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21Undated

Every sacrifice I make is for the good of my Clan—and for the other Clans around the lake. Even if that means sacrificing myself.

Erin Hunter / quote

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22Undated

We have to let the Warrior Code rule our hearts. The death of a warrior does not mean victory.

Erin Hunter / quote

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23Undated

I would not have survived that dark time if it weren't for Cloudtail. He gave me another destiny, and I knew that no matter what I looked like, I would be all right. As long as Cloudtail loved me, I was no longer Lostface, but Brightheart.

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24Undated

This will not be the end of the Clans. As long as I have breath in body, the Clans will be safe.

Erin Hunter / quote

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