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I see we have another Drive-By Updater who can't bring himself to read brightly colored banners with relevant advice in them.
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"I detect no damage in the gluteal area."|'''Darius Mason and S.A.M''', [[Red Faction]] Armageddon}}
{{Quote|In the same way work which obviously aspires and claims to be mature, if the critic dislikes it, will be called adolescent; not because the critic has really seen that its faults are those of adolescence but because he has seen that adolescence is the last thing the author wishes or expects to be accused of.|Lewis, C. S., ''Studies in Words'' (Kindle Locations 4852-4854). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. }}▼
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▲{{Quote|In the same way work which obviously aspires and claims to be mature, if the critic dislikes it, will be called adolescent; not because the critic has really seen that its faults are those of adolescence but because he has seen that adolescence is the last thing the author wishes or expects to be accused of.
▲{{Quote| Adolescent or provincial are not so good. For even when they are honestly used, to define, not merely to hurt, they really suggest a cause for the book’s badness instead of describing the badness itself. We are saying in effect ‘He was led into his faults by being immature’ or ‘by living in Lancashire’.
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