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“Obviously the raven with the unquenchable itch was at it again, playing tricks on the world and its creatures. Once by air, he thought, and now by water.”
― Mordecai Richler, Solomon Gursky Was Here

“It is possible that the city of London was initially named for ravens or a raven-deity. According to the Oxford Companion to the English Language, the designation comes from “Londinium,â€� a Romanized version of an earlier Celtic name. But the word closely resembles “Lugdunum,â€� the Roman name for both the city of Lyon in France and Leiden in the Netherlands. That Roman name, in turn, was derived from the Celtic “Lugdon,â€� which meant, literally, “hill, or town, of the god Lughâ€� or, alternatively, “…of ravens.â€� The site of Lyon was initially chosen for a town when a flock of ravens, avatars of the god, settled there. Whether or not “Lugdunumâ€� was the origin of “London,â€� ravens were important for inhabitants of Britain for both practical and religious reasons.”
― Boria Sax, City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, its Tower and Its Famous Ravens

“Honestly, all crows are not ravens”
― Munia Khan

“Quite, Justin told them. I'm trying to have a moment.”
― richelle mead, Gameboard of the Gods

“You are not one of Pentrigrel’s creations. This is not where you belong. He will not keep his word to you. He is concerned only with himself. You cannot condemn yourself to this over Lunette’s fate.”
― T.A. Miles, Masque of Shadow

“Instead it yanks on a worm wiggling in the loosened soil. Its feathers shimmer in the morning sunlight, a malignant green on black as it tosses its beak back, devouring the worm, and then it cocks its head to stare at her, its eyes funereal and questioning.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want

“An unkindness of ravens flew from the north and landed in a rustle in the surrounding trees with varied sounds of begging and recognition. Years ago, the local ravens had figured out that Lorth not only walked with death but also left portions of his kills for his eldritch companions. The creatures always seemed to know where he was, a sense born of thousands of years of hunting with wolves.”
― F.T. McKinstry, Ascarion

“Hemlock's attentions had not only healed Aelfric's body of its wounds but also given him curious sensitivity. Aside from the voice in his mind, he felt things in the natural surroundings: the presence of beasts, the whispers of trees to the overcast skies, anger in the earth and sea. Ravens followed him around as they did wolves. And he had developed a rough ability to see in the dark.”
― F.T. McKinstry, Ascarion

“She's so pretty, isn't she? Beautiful, really. That prefect skin, those long legs. And that hair! It's so black. Black as a raven's feather, that's what my mother used to say. Do you know, Ellie, what a group of ravens is called? [...] It's called an Unkindness. Isn't that strange? An Unkindness. Well... it's something to think about.”
― amy s. foster, When Autumn Leaves

“NO way was she crying in front of Ike. He already treated her like an overprotective big brother as it was. And that was really freaking annoying because it meant her fantasy of climbing him like a tree and having her wily way with him weren't ever coming true. Unrequited lust sucked big hairy donkey balls.”
― Laura Kaye, Hard as Steel

“He hadn't really rejected her, had he?

Or maybe she was reading into her memory of the moment what she wanted to see.

Probably.

Then again, he'd been hard. And he;s looked at her like he wanted to eat her. And she was totally game to be his buffet.”
― Laura Kaye, Hard as Steel

“The only upside to that ice-cold bath was that Ike has gotten wet and tossed his shirt, and Jess thought she might be willing to be sick more often if it meant getting to see him shirtless. Because, holy bad-ass tattooed biker on a stick, he was so freaking hot. Cut muscles, ink everywhere, two insanely delicious indents low on his waist. And scars Jess has no idea how Ike had gotten.

All that goodness and Jess couldn't even see the big Ravens tat that she knew covered Ike's broad back. But she'd seen it before, back at Hard Ink when Jeremy occasionally did a new piece for Ike. She'd seen it enough to know that she'd love to have a good reason to dig her fingers into that tat...”
― Laura Kaye, Hard as Steel