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It's guff. It doesn't advance the action. It makes for nice fat books such as the American market thrives on, but it doesn't actually get you anywhere. ✨ Douglas Adams (2009). So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, p.91, Pan Macmillan
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It's guff. It doesn't advance the action. It makes for nice fat books such as the American market thrives on, but it doesn't actually get you anywhere. ✨ Douglas Adams (2009). So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, p.91, Pan Macmillan

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