“There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.”
“Great, lets round up all the useless cats and hope a tree falls on them - Jayfeather”
“Your gift is not a burden," she whispered. "But you must be brave, because it has more power than the sharpest claw...”
“Great, let's round up all the useless cats and hope a tree falls on them.
-Jayfeather”
“You drift around the camp like a little dark cloud looking for someone to rain on," Leafpool snapped (at Jaypaw).”
“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.”
“He turned away from Leafpool, bristling with fury. “I hate being blind. I wish I had never been born!”
“As the patrols assembled, Jaypaw gulped down the rest of his meal and got to his paws. He”
“It’s not fair.” “Life isn’t fair. Stay”
“It’s not fair.” “Life isn’t fair,” Jaypaw”
“Her pelt prickling with frustration, Hollykit pushed her way through the brambles and raced back to the nursery. She had just discovered how she wanted to serve her Clan, how to make sure that what she did really mattered. She wanted to be the next ThunderClan medicine cat!”
“Could blind cats be heroes? Jaypaw wondered. Perhaps . .”
“Loyalty is proved by what we do, not where we came from!”
“What’s wrong, Hollypaw?” Leafpool looked up. “You look as though you’ve just lost our entire supply of poppy seeds!” Then her face grew serious. “You haven’t, have you?”
“It’s sticking up like a bluebell!” Lionkit’s tail slapped against the frozen earth.”
“We’ve taken what should be ours, and we will take more,” Smokefoot told him.”
“How could she criticize her mother when, in truth, she wanted to be just like her, brave”
“Il existe je ne sais quoi de grand et d’épouvantable dans le suicide. Les chutes d’une multitude de gens sont sans danger, comme celles des enfants qui tombent de trop bas pour se blesser; mais quand un grand homme se brise, il doit venir de bien haut, s’être élevé jusqu’aux cieux, avoir entrevu quelque paradis inaccessible. Implacables doivent être les ouragans qui le forcent à demander la paix de l’âme à la bouche d’un pistolet… Chaque suicide est un poème sublime de mélancolie.”
“I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, ‘Tis all barren—and so it is; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands chearily together, that was I in a desart, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections—If I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to—I would court their shade, and greet them kindly for their protection—I would cut my name upon them, and swear they were the loveliest trees throughout the desert: if their leaves wither’d, I would teach myself to mourn, and when they rejoiced, I would rejoice along with them.”
“When the sins of our fathers visit us
We do not have to play host.
We can banish them with forgiveness
As God, in his His Largeness and Laws.”
“Oh, excellent," Ethan Stone said. "A way out. Good thing I was sure to be bitten by a radioactive spider so I can scale these walls and ceiling and shimmy my arse right out of here."
Will studied the wall shaft for a long moment. "I don't think that would work.”
“He smiled. ‘Since when did you get shy?’
She ran her fingers through her copper curls in a quick restive gesture, then stared at him. ‘That’s kinda personal.’
‘Unlike fucking.’
‘Hey, keep it up and—’
‘You couldn’t do it, babe. Honestly. You need it more than I do.’
‘Maybe I could.’
‘And maybe I could find religion , but I wouldn’t bet on it. So, can I get back to my plan? It’ll make you real happy – guaranteed.”
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