“The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsKindMadeDoneEnoughJobsFantasyAddCornersSettingSettingsAppealsExtrasDimensionsWhat IfRootedThinking What If Author:Tamora Pierce
“Wilderness appealed to those bored or disgusted with man and his works. It not only offered an escape from society but also was an ideal stage for the Romantic individual to exercise the cult that he frequently made of his own soul. The solitude and total freedom of the wilderness created a perfect setting for either melancholy or exultation.” MenMadeSoulIndividualPerfectStageExerciseSolitudeIdealsSettingSettingsBoredWildernessWorking ItMelancholyCultDisgusted Book:Wilderness and the American Mind Source: Wilderness and the American Mind
“For human nature is so made that only what is unusual and infrequent excites wonder or is regarded as of value. We make no wonder of the rising and the setting of the sun which we see every day; and yet there is nothing in the universe more beautiful, or worthy of wonder. When, however, an eclipse of the sun takes place, everyone is amazed - because it happens rarely.” HumansMadeHappensBeautifulValuesUniverseWonderSunHuman NatureWorthySettingSettingsRisingUnusualAmazedEclipseEclipse Of The Sun Author:Gerald of Wales