Top 500 Erin Hunter Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “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.”

— Erin Hunter

402. “Jagged Peak padded in. Holly hurried to greet him. “You’re back!” Quiet Rain pushed herself to her paws, nudging Pebble Heart away. “My son!” Jagged Peak paused, eyes wide. “Quiet Rain?” Joy lit up his gaze and he hurried to greet her.”

— Erin Hunter

403. “No, I think I lay on a thistle.”

— Erin Hunter

404. “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

405. “Why was Sandynose such an old badger.”

— Erin Hunter

406. “They’re our own little storm in the making!”

— Erin Hunter

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

— Erin Hunter

408. “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.”

— Erin Hunter

409. “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

410. “The coming battle was waiting like a fox in the shadows.”

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411. “Being a ThunderClan apprentice was the best feeling in the world.”

— Erin Hunter

412. “CHAPTER 10 Bright flowers nodded around the apprentice as she weaved, slender as a pine martin, through the grass. She sneezed as pollen dusted her soft muzzle. Then, relishing the sun on her back, she lifted her forepaws and peered over the curving stems. Wide-eyed, she gazed at the broad green pasture and breathed the soft scent of the shimmering grass.”

— Erin Hunter

413. “Moonflower’s ears twitched. “Not for six moons, you won’t! And only if you’ve learned not to eat poppy seeds by then!”

— Erin Hunter

414. “Stormfur dropped the mouse, suddenly looking exhausted. When he lifted his head, his eyes were shadowed with uncertainty. “I’ve decided to stay with the Tribe.”

— Erin Hunter

415. “According to tradition, they are named for the first thing their mother sees when they are born, although to my mind that would lead to a lot of kits being called Roof of Cave or Wall of Cave or Floor of Cave.”

— Erin Hunter

416. “Bluefur pushed herself forward, springing onto the first stone. Water splashed and gurgled around her. The blood roared in her ears. Stupid Goosefeather! She leaped to the next stone, swaying for a heart-stopping moment before she found her balance and gathered her haunches to jump again. Stupid prophecy! And again. It’s probably not even true. The final stone wobbled as she landed, and water washed over her paws. Don’t let me drown! She flung herself to the shore, panting.”

— Erin Hunter

417. “Hollypaw felt a wave of sadness. They used to share everything, but now getting details out of her brother was like trying to pick fleas off a hedgehog. Unless they jumped out by themselves, there was no way she could reach them.”

— Erin Hunter

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

— Erin Hunter

419. “Nights’re cold now. Nights g’cold, y’get sick. S’what happens.”

— Erin Hunter

420. “Hey, Wormkit!” Shrewkit called down. “Why don’t you tunnel underneath? You’re not supposed to be a moor runner like us!”

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421. “Determination surged through her. She would take care of Snowpaw, and she would take care of her Clan. She would never lose another cat that she cared for, not like this. She got to her paws and followed her Clanmates up the slope, her heart thumping dully in her chest. The.”

— Erin Hunter

422. “It’s been a long time since Cloudtail ate kittypet food. He was young and stupid then.”

— Erin Hunter

423. “If he was destined to oppose Tigerclaw, then so be it. Fireheart was ready for the challenge.”

— Erin Hunter

424. “Goosekit shook his head stubbornly. There were pictures crowding into his head, as clearly as if they were right in front of him. “There will be a badger,” he insisted, “and Stormpaw will leave me to fight it on my own.”

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425. “It’s been moons since anyone attacked my tail,” he’d rasped wistfully.”

— Erin Hunter

426. “With this life I give you humor. Use it to lighten the burdens of your Clan and to lift the spirits of your Clanmates when despair threatens.”

— Erin Hunter

427. “WindClan!” Heatherstar beckoned her Clanmates forward with a flick of her tail. “Talltail has something to say.”

— Erin Hunter

428. “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!”

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429. “Thank you.” Clear Sky blinked happily at his cats, and gave Sparrow Fur a swift lick around the ears. “You are without doubt the most flea-brained kit I’ve ever come across,” he meowed. “And the bravest. Thank you, too.”

— Erin Hunter

430. “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.”

— Erin Hunter

431. “Leafpaw winced; how could Mothwing believe that the only task of a medicine cat was to heal?”

— Erin Hunter

432. “The ginger she-cat behind him is Scarlet, and the silver tabby is O’Hara.”

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

— Erin Hunter

434. “Leafpool picked up her bundle and bounded off through the trees. Bramblestar watched her go, more glad than he could express that she was ThunderClan’s medicine cat once more.”

— Erin Hunter

435. “I have won.”

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436. “Marigold stops infection. Coltsfoot eases breathing. Poppy seed soothes pain and shock and brings sleep.”

— Erin Hunter

437. “He hoped that if he ever had to choose, he really would put his Clan before his brother.”

— Erin Hunter

438. “Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your warrior names: Sandpaw, from this moment you will be known as Sandstorm. StarClan honors your courage and your spirit, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ThunderClan.”

— Erin Hunter

439. “When Jayfeather told me it was going to rain today, he didn’t warn me it was going to rain cats!”

— Erin Hunter

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

— Erin Hunter

441. “The dark sky must not herald a storm’?”

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442. “The Tribe of Endless Hunting has not shown that to me,” Stoneteller replied. “I do not know when the silver cat will come, or from where, but we will know it when he arrives.”

— Erin Hunter

443. “What were you trying to do? Did you think you were a bird? Did you think you could fly?”

— Erin Hunter

444. “She didn’t want to be remembered as the kit who was jumped on by a dead squirrel.”

— Erin Hunter

445. “I’m loyal to my Clan, Lionpaw told himself. I shouldn’t have to prove it. But still, the bitter taste of his lie stung in his throat.”

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446. “She’s truly the best friend I’ve ever had, and I can never repay her.”

— Erin Hunter

447. “We’ll be slaughtered if we show ourselves now. We won’t leave your kits, Graystripe, I promise we won’t, but we’ve got to wait for the right moment to rescue them.”

— Erin Hunter

448. “I give you this life for honoring old traditions on behalf of the future.”

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449. “From now on, I will be your father.”

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450. “Runningkit and Mousekit, three moons older, were teasing them by flicking lumps of snow at them and then looking innocent when the kits skidded to a halt to complain.”

— Erin Hunter