“When she opened her eyes, Veronika did not think "this must be heaven."”

—  Paulo Coelho

Heaven would never use a fluorescent tube to light a room, and the pain — which started a fraction of a second later — was typical of the Earth. Ah, that Earth pain — unique, unmistakable.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)

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