They had killed themselves over our dying forests, over manatees maimed by propellers as they surfaced to drink from garden hoses; they had killed themselves at the sight of used tires stacked higher than the pyramids; they had killed themselves over the failure to find a love none of us could ever be. In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws. Jeffrey Eugenides
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In the short story, The Girl from the Train by British author Paula Hawkins. While in a train, a girl sees a mother and daughter that she is in love with. She thinks about committing suicide when she sees how much they have suffered. However, in the end, she decides not to succumb to her sadness and instead embraces life.

Source: The Virgin Suicides

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