"It's like seeing someone for the first time, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it."
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Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard, Jr. (October 11, 1925 - August 20, 2013) was a popular and acclaimed American novelist and screenwriter.
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