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the instant he knew he loved her, she slipped down his body and out of his arms

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Don DeLillo
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Don Delillo
Donald Richard DeLillo
Knew
Body
Slipped
Instant
Arms
Loved

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