Top 500 Erin Hunter Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “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

352. “Fireheart froze. He wanted to protest, but could find no words. The rest of the Clan was just as silent, except for Yellowfang, who muttered, “He’s mad.”

— Erin Hunter

353. “I feel like a bird!” he cried. The words were hardly out of his mouth before he felt his paws slipping. For a heart-stopping moment he thought the wind would bowl him over to plummet down to the rocks below. The landscape whirled sickeningly around him. Then teeth fastened in his scruff and yanked him back to safety. He looked up to see Crowfeather. “Thanks,” he gasped. “Just remember you’re not a bird,” the WindClan cat growled.”

— Erin Hunter

354. “My curse is to live forever, knowing what has been and what has yet to be, powerless to change anything.”

— Erin Hunter

355. “With this life I give you compassion,” Pinestar murmured. “Judge as much with your heart as with your mind.”

— Erin Hunter

356. “Don’t you know medicine cats don’t have kits?” hissed Yellowfang furiously. “But I heard you were a warrior before that,” Firepaw ventured. “I have no kits!” Yellowfang spat. She snatched her tail away from him and sat up. “Anyway” – her voice suddenly lowered, and she sounded almost wistful – “accidents seem to happen to kits when I’m around them.”

— Erin Hunter

357. “Tigerclaw flicked his tail. “How who were?”

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358. “Will you be my deputy, Squirrelflight? There is no cat I trust more. Everything you do is for the best of reasons. I understand that now.”

— Erin Hunter

359. “We need a rest and a meal more than you can imagine,” Firestar meowed. Ravenpaw gazed at his friend’s mud-stained pelt. “Oh, Firestar,” he murmured, “I think I can imagine.”

— Erin Hunter

360. “And Willowkit.” Crookedstar stroked the smoky black kit. “I want her to have your name.”

— Erin Hunter

361. “A half-moon later, Frostkit and Brindlekit were born.”

— Erin Hunter

362. “Poor Cinderpaw’ll think she’s being stalked by toadstools,” Lionpaw mewed.”

— Erin Hunter

363. “And with a cold shiver of dread, Fireheart realized that the new leader of ShadowClan was Tigerclaw.”

— Erin Hunter

364. “Stormpaw won’t,” Goosekit growled. “He’s going to try to kill me.”

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365. “Spottedkit, Redkit, and Willowkit sat like three baby owls outside the nursery, their eyes fixed on the moss as the older kits tossed it back and forth. Bluefur.”

— Erin Hunter

366. “The heart of the forest – and the roots of life for the four Clans – had been ripped out. Nothing would ever be the same again.”

— Erin Hunter

367. “With this life I give you trust. Believe in your Clan and in yourself. Never doubt that you know the right path to take.”

— Erin Hunter

368. “You’re a brave warrior, Fireheart.” Yellowfang suddenly opened her eyes wide and stared fiercely at him. “I could not be prouder of you if you were my own son. And StarClan knows how many times I have wished that you were, instead of.”

— Erin Hunter

369. “Perfect!” mewed Mistyfoot.”

— Erin Hunter

370. “Crowfeather gave her a long look, hostility and something else in his eyes. He seemed about to say something, then just nodded and headed out of the camp.”

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371. “And,” Squirrelflight continued, “if I’m right, it’s even worse than we thought.”

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372. “But Jaypaw seemed to be guided by invisible paws, as though he walked in a secret world she could never be part of. They.”

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373. “As they entered the camp, Lionpaw raced to meet them. “Wow!” He stared at Bluepaw’s bloodied ear. “Does it hurt?” “A little,” Bluepaw lied. It stung like fury.”

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374. “Tallkit shivered. This was only his second sunrise outside the nursery, and his paws pricked with excitement. A light dusting of snow had turned the camp white, frosting the tussocky grass and thick heather walls. The freezing air stung his nose. He fluffed up his fur.”

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375. “Having much makes us greedy.”

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376. “I know what it’s like to lose kits, Oakheart, I wouldn’t wish that kind of grief on any cat.”

— Erin Hunter

377. “I see you’re more accustomed to forest hunting.” Hawkfrost’s condescending mew made Leafpaw jump. She spun around to find the RiverClan warrior calmly watching her, his tail curled over his paws. “Haven’t you got anything better to do?” she challenged him. “Like hunt for your own Clan?” “I’ve already caught three mice and a thrush,” he meowed. “I think I have earned a rest.”

— Erin Hunter

378. “I can’t believe.”

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379. “Blade’s jaw dropped.”

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380. “Gray Wing noticed a nick in the kittypet’s ear and felt a flicker of satisfaction.”

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381. “Squirrelpaw’s eyes widened, though she looked more impressed than frightened.”

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382. “Eeltail and Splashfoot were standing over three small dark shapes. Eeltail looked up, her eyes brimming with pity. “I’m so sorry,” she mewed. “We couldn’t save them.”

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383. “A plant similar to sorrel. The leaf can be chewed up and applied.”

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384. “Come on,“he meowed to Greystripe.“Let’s go home.”

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385. “He took comfort from the warmth of her fur as he let sleep claim him at last.”

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386. “I don’t remember much about my life,” he confessed. “I vaguely remember that I wasn’t the nicest cat. Well, if I had been, I wouldn’t have ended up here, would I? When I was alive, I know I cared a lot about power. But what does that power mean now?” He shrugged. “Nothing. When you spend forever slinking through a dark and dying forest, alone, you realize how little power you ever had.”

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387. “With this life I give you pride, so that you may know your own worth and the worth of your Clan.”

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388. “Tempest shifted her paws. “You didn’t ask what we’d named the kits.” Squirrelflight pricked her ears. “What?” Snow purred. “Leaf, Squirrel, and Moon.”

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389. “She will not die today. I won’t let her.”

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390. “Blood will spill blood!” “Darkness, air, water, and sky will come together!” “He is a kittypet!” “Water will destroy her!” “Only fire will save the Clan!”

— Erin Hunter

391. “Oh, no! Hollypaw thought. You might be fed up with him, but we don’t want him either, thanks.”

— Erin Hunter

392. “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.”

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393. “Bluekit imagined trees and bracken and nettles and gorse stretching far beyond the camp into an endless sky. “But my legs aren’t long enough to travel that far,” she protested. As her visions faded into dreams, she heard her mother’s voice continue. “They’ll grow, my sweet, until one day they’ll be strong enough to walk the whole world.”

— Erin Hunter

394. “He knew Sandstorm liked and respected him, far more than he would ever have expected when he first joined the Clan, but it had never occurred to him that she felt anything stronger than friendship for him. Suddenly he pictured the soft sparkle in her pale green eyes when she had licked his stinging paws, and his fur began to prickle with a sensation he had not felt before.”

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395. “Farewell, Birdflight, Gorsekit, Spottedkit. I will find you again one day, I promise.”

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396. “Perhaps he would have to leap over himself. If that’s what it takes to save the Clan, then that’s what I will do, Fireheart vowed grimly.”

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397. “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.”

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398. “Tigerclaw checked that Oakpaw and Rowanpaw weren’t actually killing each other, then led the medicine cat away from the training area into a circle of hawthorns.”

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399. “Foxleap, no! Not now! I’ve done everything I could! Oh StarClan, why can’t you let me help these cats?”

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400. “He knew he had been unfair, but they had asked a question he wasn’t ready to answer, a question so frightening that he couldn’t begin to think what it might mean. What if Bluestar never recovered?”

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