a passing quotation

 

In When Harry Met Sally..., Marie says, "Restaurants are to people in the '80s what theater was to people in the '60s," and then adds, "I read that in a magazine."

        And Jess says, "I wrote that!"

Marie:  Get outta here!

Jess:  No - I did! - I wrote that.

Marie:  I've never quoted anything from a magazine in my life!  That's amazing!

(She glances at Harry and Sally) -

Don't you think that's amazing?  And you wrote it?!

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        Harry and Sally brought their friends Jess (Harry's friend) and Marie (Sally's friend) together for this social occasion; they think maybe Marie and Harry will be interested in each other, and maybe Jess will like Sally and ask her out.

        But it works the other way - at first neither of the set-ups, Harry and Marie; nor Sally and Jess are taking any interest in each other.

Then Jess and Marie find common ground in this wild coincidence of her quoting his article - Jess says, with amazed satisfaction, "Nobody has ever quoted me back to me, before."

Now - Jess and Marie are "into each other."

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