Leafstar flicked her tail in frustration. Why did it always feel as if she was leading her Clan in the dark? All the stars in the sky didn't seem to give enough light to see where the future lay.
-Leafstar doubting her decisions
Billystorm: "I love my housefolk, and they're kind to me. I know they make my life so much easier than it would be if I lived in the Clan all the time. But I could never leave you."
Leafstar: "I would never want you to."
—Leafstar asking if Billystorm was going to stay in the gorge
You have to stop thinking about Billystorm in that way, right now! You have a different destiny, one that involves the future of the whole Clan. And it is a path that you must walk alone.
-Echosong telling Leafstar she shouldn't be mates with Billystorm
Skywatcher: "You must feel as though these visitors have been using SkyClan for their own ends."
Leafstar: "Yes! That's exactly how it feels."
Skywatcher: "But they have been loyal to their adopted Clan. They have hunted and fought for you. Remember the rats, and the cruel Twoleg, and the wounded Twoleg kit? Other Clans would help one another in times of great need."
Leafstar: "You mean the forest Clans? They didn't exactly help SkyClan in the end, did they?"
Skywatcher: "Maybe this is your chance to show forgiveness, to prove that SkyClan has recovered and grown stronger from that time, and can show mercy of its own."
—Leafstar confiding in Skywatcher
This is how Clan cats fight. We do not try to kill, and we do not make enemies of the weak or the young.
-Leafstar's thoughts on Clan cats fighting
