„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, book The Titan's Curse

Source: The Titan's Curse

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American writer 1964

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„Look," I whisper to Cat, "Shooting star! That's good luck."
She rolls her eyes. "It's a plane, you idiot," she says, and when I look again I can see that she's right. Typical.“

— Cathy Cassidy British author of young adult fiction 1962

Source: Lucky Star

Cats, Star

„The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.“

— Georg Büchner, Danton's Death

Act IV.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

Tear, Star, Pain

„Seventy-six years old," she whispers, "and I can still feel like this? Like a little girl with stars in my eyes?“

— Anthony Doerr, book All the Light We Cannot See

Source: All the Light We Cannot See

Star, Girl, Feeling

„There was a sliver of moon and a splash of stars, and the light outlined her face and glistened on the tears that ran like mercury down her cheeks.“

— Jonathan Maberry, book Rot & Ruin

Source: Rot & Ruin

Light, Tear, Star

„THE Moon is sailing o'er the sky,
But lonely all, as if she pined
For somewhat of companionship,
And felt it was in vain she shined:
Earth is her mirror, and the stars
Are as the court around her throne;
She is a beauty and a queen;
But what is this? she is alone.“

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon English poet and novelist 1802 - 1838

The Moon from The London Literary Gazette (25th March 1826)
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)

Star, Beauty

„Stars of the summer night!
Far in yon azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!“

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American poet 1807 - 1882

The Spanish Student http://www.readbookonline.net/title/3208/, Act I, sc. iii (serenade) (1843).

Night, Summer, Light, Sleep

„"Forgive my body!" she said. She put her arms out to me, the tears flowing down her cheeks. "Think of my soul!" she said. "My soul is so beautiful, it can bring you so much! It is not ugly like my flesh!"“

— John Fante, book Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust (1939)

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„She turned her face up to the strange stars and wondered in what direction her course lay. The sky looked blankly down upon her with its myriad meaningless eyes.“

— C. L. Moore American author 1911 - 1987

Black God's Kiss (1934); p. 23
Short fiction, Jirel of Joiry (1969)

Star

„Back of my forehead I feel tonight
A whole sky full of stars. Under
a western moon.
Life is indeed lovely!“

— Juan Ramón Jimenéz Spanish poet 1881 - 1958

"Western Moon" in Canción (1935).

Star, Feeling, Life, Love

„Take ye my solemn farewell! O, my friends,
Already night is darkening on my eyes;—
But is not Heaven most beautiful by night?
Thousands of stars shine in the kindling sky,
Which is an azure desert during day.
Thus do the gathering of eternal shades
Reveal innumerable thoughts, half lost
In the full daylight of prosperity.“

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon English poet and novelist 1802 - 1838

Translations, From the French

Night, Star, Beauty

„Her face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night sky, each with a star dissolved in the blue.“

— George MacDonald, book The Princess and the Goblin

Source: The Princess and the Goblin

Night, Star

„After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars.“

— Charles Lindbergh American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist 1902 - 1974

Autobiography of Values (1978)
Context: I grow aware of various forms of man and of myself. I am form and I am formless, I am life and I am matter, mortal and immortal. I am one and many — myself and humanity in flux. I extend a multiple of ways in experience in space. I am myself now, lying on my back in the jungle grass, passing through the ether between satellites and stars. My aging body transmits an ageless life stream. Molecular and atomic replacement change life's composition. Molecules take part in structure and in training, countless trillions of them. After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars.

Star, Death

„She is . . . the moon in my night sky. And that is the beginning, middle, and end of it. There is no more to be told than that, and never shall I speak of her again.“

— Jessica Bird U.S. novelist 1969

Source: The Shadows

Night

„Star light, star bright, the first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight. I wish not to cry.“

— Jenny Han, book P.S. I Still Love You

Source: P.S. I Still Love You

Cry, Light, Star

„My poor aunt! She thought me made of sterner stuff than I really was. There was no need of her advice to prevent my being consumed by the desire for vengeance which had been the fixed star of my early youth, the blood-colored beacon aflame in my night.“

— Paul Bourget French writer 1852 - 1935

Source: Andre Cornelis (1886), Ch. 4
Context: I once spoke to my aunt of the vow I had taken, the solemn promise I had made to myself that I would discover the murderer of my father, and take vengeance upon him, and she laid her hand upon my mouth. She was a pious woman, and she repeated the words of the gospel: "Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord." Then she added: "We must leave the punishment of the crime to Him; His will is hidden from us. Remember the divine precept and promise, 'Forgive and you shall be forgiven.' Never say: 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.' Ah, no; drive this enmity out of your heart, Cornelis; yes, even this." And there were tears in her eyes.
My poor aunt! She thought me made of sterner stuff than I really was. There was no need of her advice to prevent my being consumed by the desire for vengeance which had been the fixed star of my early youth, the blood-colored beacon aflame in my night. Ah! the resolutions of boyhood, the "oaths of Hannibal" taken to ourselves, the dream of devoting all our strength to one single and unchanging aim — life sweeps all that away, together with our generous illusions, ardent enthusiasm, and noble hopes.

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