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[She] had felt straight away that she wasn’t meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
Away
Recognizing
Meeting
Meetings
Straight
Friend
Wasn
Felt

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