“You're such a nice boy, what do you want to go off and get killed in the War for?”
Ben Hecht book Miracle in the Rain
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
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“Nice jewelry and a boys corpse. Oh you're so pretty.”
— Koushun Takami, book Battle Royale
Source: Battle Royale
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