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Interesting things did happen, but always to somebody else.

Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle (1986)

You have to know enough about a world to be able to show things in the foreground that bring the background with them. You must have it firmly enough in your mind so that it all hangs together. You don’t have to say that there are wild beasts in the wood, so long as you have got the right setup where there might be.

Diana Wynne Jones, Reflections on the Magic of Writing (via fillyjonkapologist)