“Stay neurotic. Stay frustrated. Stay emotional. Stay excited. Your life is happening.”

“The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on your fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it’s still there, the events and things that pushed you to where you are now.”

“Stay away from Twolegplace!!!!”

“Then stop being a know-it-all lionpaw retorted You're not my mentor so stay out of my fur.Lionpaw at Berrynose in Outcast pg 67”

“Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.”

“In one ear the anthropologist (daughter): how are you? meaning: stay alive. In the other the artist (mother): I don't know. meaning: prepare to die, and transmit.”

“Widge can see the past." Poppet says suddenly. "That's why his stories are so good." "The past is easier," Widget says. "It's already there.""In the stars?" Bailey asks."No." Widget says. "On people. The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it's still there, the events and t hings that pushed you to where you are now.”