The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment. (Raymond Chandler)

The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment.

Raymond Chandler

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