„Not as in rest she bowed,But large hot tears were coursing down her cheek.And her low-panted sobs broke awefullyUpon the sleeping echoes of the night.“

— Lewis Carroll

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„And she arose, and in that darkening roomStood lonely as a spirit of the night —Stood calm and fearless in the gathered night —And raised her eyes to heaven. There were tearsUpon her face, but in her heart was peace.Peace that the world nor gives nor takes away!“
— Lewis Carroll
„Stars," she whispered. "I can see the stars again, my lady."A tear trickled down Artemis's cheek. "Yes, my brave one. They are beautiful tonight."Stars," Zoe repeated. Her eyes fixed on the night sky. And she did not move again.“
— Rick Riordan
„Monsters,' her dad said, a tear tracing his cheek. 'I live in a world of monsters.“
— Rick Riordan
„Of the Corporation of the Goosequill — of the Press, my boy, … of the fourth estate … There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world — her couriers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's cabinets. They are ubiquitous.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray
„As when a tigress hears the noise of the hunters, she bristles into her stripes and shakes off the sloth of sleep; athirst for battle she loosens her jaws and flexes her claws, then rushes upon the troop and carries in her mouth a breathing man, food for her bloody young.“
— Statius