diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlParser.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlParser.java
index 5b1f459..0a27744 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlParser.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class TomlParser extends BaseParser<Object> {
   }
 
   Rule AnyCharacter() {
-    return Sequence(ANY, pushCharacter(match()));
+    return Sequence(TestNot(NewLine()), ANY, pushCharacter(match()));
   }
 
   @SuppressNode
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/EmptyStringTest.java b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/EmptyStringTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 83bd823..0000000
--- a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/EmptyStringTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.moandjiezana.toml;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-public class EmptyStringTest {
-    @Test
-    public void should_parse_multiple_sections() {
-        Toml toml = new Toml().parse("str1 = \"\"\nstr2 = \"Hello, world!\"");
-        assertEquals("", toml.getString("str1"));
-        assertEquals("Hello, world!", toml.getString("str2"));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlTest.java b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlTest.java
index 55f0e0b..170b0ef 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ public class TomlTest {
     assertEquals("a", toml.getString("a"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void should_get_empty_string() {
+      Toml toml = new Toml().parse("a = \"\"");
+      assertEquals("", toml.getString("a"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void should_get_empty_string_with_trailing_new_line() {
+      Toml toml = new Toml().parse("a = \"\"\n");
+      assertEquals("", toml.getString("a"));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void should_get_number() throws Exception {
     Toml toml = new Toml().parse("b = 1001");
@@ -226,7 +238,7 @@ public class TomlTest {
 
   @Test
   public void should_support_unicode_characters_in_strings() throws Exception {
-    Toml toml = new Toml().parse("key=\"\\u00B1\"");
+    Toml toml = new Toml().parse("key=\"\\u00B1\"\n");
 
     assertEquals("±", toml.getString("key"));
   }