“"Put an end to war?" say the watchers. — "Forbid the Storm!"
Cleansed from the passions of party and faction, liberated from prejudice and infatuation and the tyranny of tradition, these watchers on the threshold of another world are vaguely conscious of the simplicity of the present and the yawning possibilities of the future.”

— Henri Barbusse , book Under Fire

Under Fire (1916), Ch. 1 - The Vision

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French novelist 1873–1935

Dean Koontz book Watchers

Part 2, Chapter 9.2; Nora to an ill and unresponsive Einstein at the veterinary clinic
Watchers (1987)
Context: I thought of you as my guardian, Einstein… you taught me that I'm your guardian, too, that I'm Travis's guardian, and he is my guardian and yours. We have a responsibility to stand watch over one another, we are watchers, all of us, watchers, guarding against the darkness. You've taught me that we're all needed, even those who sometimes think we're worthless, plain, and dull.

“The Watcher and the Tower
Waiting hour by hour.”

Mike Oldfield (1953) English musician, multi-instrumentalist

Song lyrics, Crises (1983)

“I am a pattern watcher. (p. 311)”

Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …

1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011)

“Of two sisters
one is always the watcher,
one the dancer.”

Louise Glück Descending Figure

Source: "Tango", Descending Figure (1980)

“The result of toppling tyranny in divided countries is usually civil war and ethnic cleansing.”

John Gray (1948) British philosopher

"The death of this crackpot creed is nothing to mourn," http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jul/31/comment.politics1 The Guardian (2007-07-31)