"Moving on, as a concept, is for stupid people, because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project. I refuse to rush. The pain that is thrust upon us let no man slow or speed or fix." 
 -- Max Porter, Grief is the Thing with Feathers 
 This book spoke to me in a way I can't explain. 
 Usually I'm not interested in poetic literature. I find it confusing and weird. But this book was so beautiful and full of life and hope and I feel that I could relate to a lot that was said in it, even if it mostly was a mishmash of "nonwords". 
 Max has managed to capture the true essence of grief and it's process in the form of a rude, smelly and understanding raven. 
 I appreciate this book and will keep it with me for future inspiration and comfort when grief strikes yet again. 
 "Ghosts do not haunt, they regress. Just as when you need to go to sleep you think of threes or lawns, you are taking instant symbolic refugee in a ready-made iconography of early safety and satisfaction. That exact place is where ghosts go." 
 -- Max Porter, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers