I Was Here by Gayle Forman has a spectacular scene at the end of the book that I keep coming back to where the main character has it spelled out that, despite what she thought, the cause of her friend's death was her depression and nothing else. A similarly affecting scene for me is near the end of Some Kind of Happiness where the main character finally opens up about her own depression after describing it to herself and us but not others. Also the beginning of My Life With The Liars where the main character feels superior to the adults around her as she steals food. Because she was raised in a cult it's heartbreaking and sad, especially when she has very childish turns of phrase to describe how food fills her stomach and sees a couple strips of bacon and a strawberry as a huge breakfast.
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Bobby Western looking after the tired birds all night on a beach and sleeping among them in the morning in *The Passenger*.
That whole chapter, and especially that final paragraph, I find deeply moving.