"In most novels, the landscape, or the place, in which the story takes part is simply a backdrop to the human action."

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I had seen the ballet of Swan Lake as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years.

— Walter Dean Myers