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title: "4 Person Narration Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Like 'Metro' and 'Motor,' 'Troublemaker' is written in first person. The only narration that happens is Barney speaking to the reader/thinking in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-evanovich/like-metro-and-motor-troublemaker-is-written-in-first-person-the-only/)

[Janet Evanovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evanovich/)

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> [The great majority of modern third-person narration is "I" narration very thinly disguised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/the-great-majority-of-modern-third-person-narration-is-i-narration/)

[John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/john-fowles-816_crafts_the-great-majority-of-modern-third-perso_2836189.png)

> [I think that first-person narration is very characteristic of contemporary optics, in which the individual performs the role of subjective center of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/i-think-that-first-person-narration-is-very-characteristic-of/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/olga-tokarczuk-6444_i-think_i-think-that-first-person-narration-is-v_2871945.jpg)

> [When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's not a book. We don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/when-you-pick-up-a-book-everyone-knows-it-s-imaginary-you-don-t-have/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/paul-auster-351_book_when-you-pick-up-a-book-everyone-knows-i_3217071.jpg)

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