“Now Darkstripe,' Graypaw hissed to Firepaw under his breath, 'is neither young, nor pretty.”

“The only true borders lie between day and night, between life and death, between hope and loss.”

“Why do relationships have to be so complicated?”

“I learned a lot. Friendship and kinship matter more than adventure. Boundaries only exist in our minds. A heart can travel to the horizon without moving a paw step. And I made the best friend any c...”

“I know what it's like to have a power no other cat understands. It's the loneliest feeling in the world.”

“Sandgorse chose his own destiny. Why should he get to choose yours, too?”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”

“I wouldn't worry about it too much, son. Certainly not about the peasants and the servants. They don't feel things as we do.They're human.Barely. They might as well be another species. What would h...”

“Noble blood is an accident of fortune noble actions characterize the great.”

“Be noble in every thought And in every deed!”