Catching up on reading ...

"Hey," said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn or whoever you are."
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven. It said nothing else as they went through the woodland together.

- From American Gods

Let me just say that Neil Gaiman positively rocks my literary socks. Period.