# Movie/books scenes that tear you up every time.

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**Created:** [December 25, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-books-scenes-that-tear-you-up-every-time/775618 "2016-12-25T21:55:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-books-scenes-that-tear-you-up-every-time/775618/3 "2016-12-25T21:59:40Z")

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I’ve posted it [before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13365494&postcount=18):

> [@Best death scene in a novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-death-scene-in-a-novel/566879/18):
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> from _The Subtle Knife_ by Phillip Pullman
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> The death of Lee Scoresby and Hester is just unbelievably good writing. _Poignant_ isn’t a strong enough word to describe it.

Heck, I don’t even have to read the passage, it turns out.

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