His Dark Materials/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

* The scene in ''The Amber Spyglass'', the last book in ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' by [[Philip Pullman]], where Lyra and Will {{spoiler|realize that the Dust is flowing out of the universe because of all the open holes in between worlds, left by the subtle knife. The angel they are talking to says that, if they work their entire lives to promote good, there will be enough Dust regenerated to leave open one door. They are desperately in love and, because neither can live in the other's world for long (and because neither wants the other to sacrifice their lifespan just for ten years together, especially since they would keep living after that), they desperately want to leave one open between their worlds. There is almost the mother of all happy endings until they realize they can't shut the one that prevents departed souls from being trapped in the Underworld for eternity.}} Cue a sob-fest that lasts until nearly the end of the book -- at least twenty pages.

* ''[[His Dark Materials]]''. Tony's story. That is all.