->''"Their eyes stared into space as if transfixed by a vision of terror."''
-->-- '''Marshal Petain''' on the troops returning from the Battle of Verdun.

->''"You've heard of a thousand-yard stare? [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX This guy]] had a million mile one. He'd seen forever. He'd been somewhere else, and I don't know, sometimes I wonder if he'd maybe had a pretty good fucking conversation with [[TheGrimReaper someone he met there.]]"''
-->-- ''[[FictionalDocument Valley Forge Valley Forge: The Slaughter of a U.S. Marine Garrison and the Birth of the Punisher]]'', '''[[Creator/GarthEnnis Michael Goodwin]]'''

->"''I've seen that look in her eyes. That haunted look, like she's staring right through me, at something only she can see. She's so quiet most of the time, but her eyes are ''howling''.''"
-->-- '''Mariko''' talking about the PTSD-stricken '''Vivienne Graham''', ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon''

->''"The thousand-yard stare. A Marine gets it after he's been in the shit for too long. It's like you've really seen...beyond. I got it. All field Marines got it. You'll have it, too."''
-->-- '''Corporal Payback''', ''Film/FullMetalJacket''

->''"There was nothing behind those eyes; no soul, no remorse. He didn't care about his mission, or the people he killed, or even himself."''
-->-- '''Snow''' describing Zero, ''VideoGame/KatanaZero''

->''"Starring in more than 100 kurzgesagt videos, Duck has seen more birds die in the past five years than any other duck in the world -- the wide-open empty eyes are no coincidence."''
-->-- '''WebAnimation/{{Kurzgesagt}}''', lampshading their obsession with [[ApocalypseHow apocalyptic scenarios]] on the entry of their SeriesMascot in the ''Universe in a Nutshell'' app

->By the time we found her up on the roof, she was just... sitting there. Staring off into space. She wouldn't talk to us... wouldn't even look us in the eye.
-->-- '''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns''

->''"No, [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsSquidwardTentacles Squidward]]. This is worse. [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsSpongeBobSquarePants He]]'s got the thousand-yard stare. I had it once myself back in my service days."''
-->-- '''[[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsMrKrabs Mr. Krabs]]''' to Squidward upon finding the shock-ridden [=SpongeBob=], ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''

->''"Oh dear, you really are an uptight bastard, aren't you? You can drop the thousand-yard stare. I've seen it all before, and I'm not impressed."''
-->-- '''Lewis''', ''Film/RamboIV''

->I was willing to bet that there had been a time before her eyes had looked like twenty miles of empty highway, all wasted miles and lonely turns.
-->-- '''Verity Price''', talking about [[CuteGhostGirl Mary Dunlavy]], ''[[Literature/InCryptid Swamp Bromeliad]]''

->''"The man was staring ahead, as though he was somewhere else. [[LampshadeHanging Maia bet that he had had quite a conversation with someone on the other side]]."''
-->-- ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''

->''Kevin stared straight ahead, his face a blank.''
-->-- ''Max Disaster #1: Alien Eraser to the Rescue''
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