“ The day stared back an empty gray, with not a speck of white to give character to the lifeless sky. Ashley Madau
“ And first love always happens in the overwhelming first person. How can it not? Also, in the overwhelming present tense. It takes us time to realise that there are other persons, and other tenses. Julian Barnes
“ Who, cher monsieur, will sleep on the floor for us? Whether I am capable of it myself? Look, I'd like to be and I shall be. Yes, we shall all be capable of it one day, and that will be salvation. Albert Camus
“ Inching into the room, it’s clear something is wrong here. There’s a tingling sensation up my legs and back before I can even really focus on the parlor’s details. There are silhouettes of people, but… Dennis Sharpe
“ After four thousand years we can’t even prove that reality exists beyond the mind of the first-person dreamer. Peter Watts
“ Writing in the first person helps to make clear the author's role in constructing rather than discovering the story/knowledge. Gayle Letherby
“ I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts! Jasper Fforde
