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Quotes About Ravens

Decía la leyenda que si los cuervos abandonaban la torre, la corona caería e Inglaterra con ella.
~ Galaxy Craze
I've seen a couple mock drafts that have me going to the Baltimore Ravens. And if it happens like that, it'll be a blessing. But I'd like to go anywhere that calls my name.
~ Tavon Austin
There's a love of San Diego that I will always cherish, but this is the East. It's football - these people love rooting for the Ravens, and this gives you extra motivation in life to go get what you want.
~ Eric Weddle
He is a rare bird,' the maester said. 'Most ravens will eat grain, but they prefer flesh. It makes them strong, and I fear they relish the taste of blood. In that they are like men... and like men, not all ravens are alike.
~ George R.R. Martin
His elk?" said Bran, wonderstruck. "His elk?" said Meera, startled. "His ravens?" said Jojen. "Hodor?" said Hodor.
~ George R.R. Martin
Dark wings, dark words," Ned said grimly.
~ George R.R. Martin
After the bone-grinding cold of the lands beyond the Wall, the caves were blessedly warm, and when the chill crept out of the rock the singers would light fires to drive it off again. Down here there was no wind, no snow, no ice, no dead things reaching out to grab you, only dreams and rushlight and the kisses of the ravens. And the whisperer in darkness.
~ George R.R. Martin
And with his death, the war of ravens and envoys and marriage pacts came to an end, and the war of fire and blood began in earnest.
~ George R.R. Martin
His hands were cold as ice, but he saved us from the dead men, him and his ravens, and he brought us here on his elk." "His elk?" said Bran, wonderstruck. "His elk?" said Meera, startled. "His ravens?" said Jojen. "Hodor?" said Hodor.
~ George R.R. Martin
The comet's tail spread across the dawn, a red slash that bled above the crags of Dragonstone like a wound in the pink and purple sky. The maester stood on the windswept balcony outside his chambers. It was here the ravens came, after long flight. Their droppings speckled the gargoyles that rose twelve feet tall on either side of him,
~ George R.R. Martin
He that doth the ravens feed. Yea, providently caters for the sparrow. Be comfort to my age!
~ William Shakespeare
Cuervos sobre la llanura sembrada de muertos, como en las viejas baladas.
~ Ismail Kadare
Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness.
~ Hannah Kent
By beak and bone, Mine blackened stone Sees rooks and crooks And bloody brooks!
~ Christopher Paolini
Father, my heart, my heart; my dead heart, quicken it; my hard heart, soften it in Christ's blood. Father, my heart, my heart.' Surely God, who hears the cry of ravens, will hear the cry of his children!
~ Thomas Watson
Two bones fell down my chimney and into the bedroom this morning. Hysterical thing to happen to a thriller writer. Murderous ravens perhaps?
~ learner tobsha
And then a prince will come along and say the magic words and three ravens will give you the magic tokens and a fish will carry you on his back
~ Peter Straub
Death makes Angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as Ravens claws
~ Jim Morrison
Ravens are the birds I'll miss most when I die. If only the darkness into which we must look were composed of the black light of their limber intelligence. If only we did not have to die at all. Instead, become ravens.
~ Louise Erdrich
Since we are on the topic of ravens, a collective noun for ravens is an unkindness. This is somewhat puzzling to Thought and Memory.
~ Diane Setterfield
The acute attention that ravens pay to our subtle signals underscores the degree to which they can draw conclusions from our body language. They perceive our intentions even though we may not be consciously aware of them.
~ Unknown
When your king arrives in a blood-splashed boat and departs in a hurry-leaving behind a favoured kinswoman and her household for whom he demands hospitality, you give it. It doesn't matter that she's only ten. It matters that she's the subject of a prophecy and has the most direct and uncanny gaze of any maid you've ever seen, and that one wrong word to the king would mean being staked out for the ravens.
~ Nicola Griffith
The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
~ 1 Kings 17:6
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
~ Psalm 147:9