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“Take off the wings, and put him in breeches, and crows make fair average men. Give men wings, and reduce their smartness a little, and many of them would be almost good enough to be crows.”

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“I would like that very much. You have a bargain, lady. I will find you here among the lost souls, trapped women, and birds. I find that my own state has improved, if only slightly. Where I was once likely to travel in the presence of a murder of crows, I find I will only be burdened by an unkindness of ravens. It gives me heart." - A. E. Poe in Nevermore”

Crows Raven Edgar Allan Poe Lenore

Book:Nevermore - A Novel of Love, Loss, & Edgar Allan Poe

Source: Nevermore - A Novel of Love, Loss, & Edgar Allan Poe

“He could almost taste the tang of that swampy air right here in his own desert parking lot and hear the calls of the heavily beating flock, sorrowing and apologizing and making plans for some other time. Time. He realized that crows had always reminded him of time, dark time. He gazed at the backs of his hands, at the plummy dark repellent veins.”

Life Death Time Life And Death Crows

Book:The Quick and the Dead

Source: The Quick and the Dead

“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.”

Ravens Crows

Book:An Untold Want

Source: An Untold Want

“Crows squawked raucously in the trees. It sounded like they were tearing something apart, something they didn't even want, just for the fun of destroying it.”

Crows

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“It was the time of year when migrating crows wheeled across the sky, thunderous flocks that moved like a single veil, and I heard them, out there in the wild chirruping air. Turing to the window, I watched the birds fill the sky before disappearing, and when the air was still again, I watched the empty place where they had been.”

Nature Beautiful Writing Crows

Author:Sue Monk Kidd

“There was no way out. I was on my way to hell with no hope of escape. Until I cried upon that precious, holy, saving name of Jesus—with all my might, I cried out to God. I prayed, asking if He would give me a second chance.”

Inspirational Faith Hope Heaven Christianity Hell Testimony Second Chances Christian Non Fiction Jesus Saves

Book:Upon Them All: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Purpose: True Stories to Ignite Your Faith.

Source: Upon Them All: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Purpose: True Stories to Ignite Your Faith.

“...a murder of crows gormandized until they were satiated.”

Murder Birds Crows Rex Curry Dead Writers Club Satiated Gormandized

Author:Rex Curry

“On the hill behind her crows flew one by one into the bare trees, arranging their dark blots in the scrim of branches and adding their warnings to the drear sounds of this day. Gone, gone, they rasped. Here was a dead world learning to speak in dissonant, unbearable sounds.”

Nature Crows Apocalyptic Language

Book:Flight Behavior

Source: Flight Behavior

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