"Upset? I'm not upset. You have no idea how much pain I'm in. It's like being cut open every day, bleeding onto the stones. I can't understand how any of you failed to see the blood...."
Ashfur to Squirrelflight in Long Shadows, Page 273
"Loyalty is what matters, and that exists now, not in the past. Loyalty has to be proved every day, in every piece of fresh-kill brought back for the Clan, every claw mark on our enemies, every patrol, every training session."
Firestar in Sunset, page 240
"My littermates said I was too small...too weak. But I have proven them wrong. I've learned how to live for blood. Because that's the key.