“You have to be a medicine cat....”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“This would never have happened in my day,” Archeye commented from where he sat in front of the elders’ den. “What’s next? Kit warriors?”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“Cedarstar was the first of the nine cats to step forward. He bowed his head to Brokentail and meowed, “I give you a life to live by the warrior code. Remember it well, Brokentail, and let it be your guide. Wiser cats than you or I have lost their way without it.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“Stonetooth took his place. “I give you a life for duty,” he meowed. “Remember what you owe to your Clan as well as what your Clan owes to you.” He touched noses with Brokentail, who flexed his claws briefly and then was still.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“The fourth cat stepped forward; Yellowfang didn’t know his name. He was a skinny gray tom, and he studied Brokentail carefully before he spoke. “I give you a life for truth. Without it, kin is set against kin, Clan against Clan. Hold fast to truth in all your dealings and let it guide your words.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“Brokentail, I give you a life for compassion. Use it to shelter the weakest in your Clan, the kits and elders and the sick. Use it to show mercy to your enemies and to choose the path your paw steps will follow.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“I give you a life for clear sight,” she meowed. “Brokentail, know yourself and your destiny, but know too that destiny can be changed if you choose the right path.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“tabby warrior looked like a baby crow with a black frill”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“Oh, yes?” Lizardstripe mewed. “What a miracle. If I’d known toms could have kits, I would have made Mudclaw have these brats of mine himself.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“I give you a life for strength. This is the time you and your Clan will stand or fall. You need to be stronger than ever.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“Yellowfang crouched among the thorns with Deerleap on one”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“His name is Brokenkit,” she meowed, her voice faltering. Lizardstripe nodded, stretching out a paw to touch the bend in his tail. That was where every cat would think his name came from. But Yellowfang knew the truth. She named her son for the feeling in her chest as she left him there, as if her heart were cleaving in two, as if her life had broken down the middle.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“Dawnstar, the former ShadowClan leader who had given a life to Raggedstar. “I give you a life for honor,” she told Brokentail. “Honor is expected from all cats, but most of all, from a Clan leader. Use the honor of leadership carefully.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“I give you a life for judgment,” he meowed. “ShadowClan stands at a place where the path ahead divides. Choose to follow the right path, for the good of your Clan.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
“Tail held high, Brokentail’s tiny sister pattered forward into the circle to stand beside him. “I give you a life for love of kin,” she mewed, the wisdom in her voice startling Yellowfang as it came from so small a body. “And as Clan leader, remember that every Clan cat is your kin.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Yellowfang's Secret
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“No one should have to pay for love in flesh or blood. (Acheron)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, quote from Dark Side of the Moon
“My Dearest Love,
As I sit here writing, I wish nothing more than to have you with me. The days have gone slowly without your tender gaze upon mine. I am weak without you and do not know how I can survive in this state. The scent of your hair, the touch of your lip, the rose of your cheek all lay engraved in my touch, my sight, my scent, my mind and my heart. I am committed to you with all that I am, and I am nothing without you. Tonight I lay awake recounting our lover’s meets and I agonize over the insignificant distance between us. Yet, it so pains me to have you this short distance away. Might I be a fool to feel this way? And if a fool I am, then it is for you; for you would make any man a king’s fool, my queen. I pray thee sleep well, with dreams of your one true love and may he be me, for the love of my eternal life is the one that breathes life into my soul and that is you and only you. I bid thee sweet dreams and sweet kisses on thy cheek and thy lip and thine eyes, that I should be so fortunate to keep them on mine lip every night.
Ceaselessly Yours,
David Chios”
― Nely Cab, quote from Creatura
“The only thing certain in times of great uncertainty is that people will behave with great strength or weakness, and with very little else in between.”
― Amy Tan, quote from Saving Fish from Drowning
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“Sleep is an unfortunate biological requirement that both wastes time and leaves one vulnerable.”
― Douglas Preston, quote from Brimstone
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