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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* ''[[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant|Lord Foul's Bane]]''. Thomas Covenant [[ |
* ''[[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant|Lord Foul's Bane]]''. Thomas Covenant [[lampshade]]s this, pondering if he had lived an entire lifetime's worth of laughter before the discovery of his leprosy. |
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* [[Ernest Hemingway]] has the main couple of ''A Farewell To Arms'' quite happy, having escaped the Italian manhunt to Switzerland. While there's a level of self-destruction going on - they're living entirely on credit - the characters don't seem particularly bothered. Cue [[Death by Childbirth]]. |
* [[Ernest Hemingway]] has the main couple of ''A Farewell To Arms'' quite happy, having escaped the Italian manhunt to Switzerland. While there's a level of self-destruction going on - they're living entirely on credit - the characters don't seem particularly bothered. Cue [[Death by Childbirth]]. |
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* This happens a lot in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' fiction. If you ever see ANY peaceful farmers or other common people, living pleasant lives and thanking the God-Emperor daily for the blessings He has seen fit to bestow upon them, you can expect a war which will kill most or all of them to break out within the chapter. |
* This happens a lot in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' fiction. If you ever see ANY peaceful farmers or other common people, living pleasant lives and thanking the God-Emperor daily for the blessings He has seen fit to bestow upon them, you can expect a war which will kill most or all of them to break out within the chapter. |
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