Jennifer McMahon

I believed then - in a deep, easy way that is impossible for me as an adult - that there was more to this world than meets the eye. Trees had spirits; the wind spoke. If you followed a toad or a raven deep into the heart of the forest, they were sure to lead you to something magical.

American Novelist

Eden Robinson

In a pine tree behind me, an eagle waits out the rain, hunched into himself, brooding. Crows squabble, a murder chasing a raven. Seals cruise the lines of fishing nets bobbing in the water, hoping for an easy meal, the tender bellies of salmon.

Canadian Novelist

Lily Cole

Every time I have to try on a wig for work, I get excited about the colour; I've often thought about going for a platinum bob or also raven black, as it looks so great against pale skin. But I always end up being loyal to my red colour.

English Actress

Hilarie Burton

I've named a couple things after Edgar Allan Poe: the cat, and my garden upstate, where I only planted black flowers and purple flowers - and there's a raven statue.

American Actress

Jamie Wyeth

I mostly paint animals I'm familiar with, but I did a series of paintings of ravens, so I read everything about them.

American Artist

Ian Brown

When the ravens leave the Tower, England shall fall, they say. We want to be there shooting the ravens.

English Musician

Jim Morrison

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.

American Singer

Friedrich Nietzsche

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

German Philosopher

Philip Pullman

I love the way ravens fly; they are the most acrobatic and daring birds.

British Writer

Taliesin

From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked.

Welsh Poet

In mythology, the raven can symbolize mystery or wisdom.

Mythological Bird

Although similar to crows, ravens are larger and have a deeper, croaking call.

Not a Crow

Ravens are often associated with death or bad omens in literature and folklore.

Cultural Symbol

When describing hair, 'raven' suggests a glossy, attractive black shade.

Elegant Descriptor

Using 'raven' in poetry can add a rich, vivid image.

Poetic Tone

The verb implies eating with intense hunger or desire, often quickly.

Intense Eating

It can be used to describe someone's eagerness in pursuits other than eating.

Figurative Use

This verb is often used to describe animals foraging for food.

Wildlife Behavior

Sometimes it suggests desperation in the search for sustenance or resources.

Can Imply Desperation

 system to build robotics. A lot of it is off the shelf. A lot of it's even do-it-yourself. One of those things you just saw flashed before you was a raven drone, the handheld tossed one. For about a thousand dollars, you can build one yourself, equivalent to what the soldiers use in Iraq. That raises another wrinkle when it comes

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 a fact we were unaware of, until after the miserable wretches turned beneath the hooves of our cavalcade. The eyeless sockets of the pack animals everywhere account for the myriads of ravens along the road. The inhumanity which this trail has been witness to, the heartbreak and suffering which so many have undergone,

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 providing more food for hawks, weasels, foxes and badgers. Bald eagles and ravens fed on the carrion that the wolves abandoned. So did bears, which also ate the berries on the returning shrubs. Bison numbers rose as they browsed the revitalized forests.

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 And crows and other corvidae, ravens, rooks and so forth, are incredibly smart birds. They're as smart as chimpanzees in some respects. And this is a bird on the cover of science who's learned how to use a tool to get food. On the other hand,

Alison Gopnik: What do...

 you can find out that those two put together actually make the combination of the Raven so I think I'm a raven very smart I didn't say that I read it that's what it said in the in the primal astrology it's actually quite a nice

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 But these were my only buddies down there. Two white necked ravens and they immediately stole my food when they realized my tent was open, but I was glad for them because otherwise it's kind of a death zone.

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