Narrators Quotes

“The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.”
― Jennifer Haigh, Faith

“When you meet a dark angel don't you ever for one minute believe they are bad because they have faced the worst demons and lived to guide you through yours. It really isn't an easy job they have been asked to do, but then neither was standing on the front line during the war in heaven.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Apparently I am what is known as an Unreliable Narrator, though of course if you believe everything you're told you deserve whatever you get.”
― Iain M. Banks, Transition

“Narrators may go where they please.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home

“And [Moby Dick's narrator] is so very smart, so very smart indeed, and so gifted with words, so very gifted, that at the right time he'll make you forget his presence, just to signal, at a certain point, that he was there all the time: and that he is actually you, a narrator to the troubled but no less amusing, and beautiful, human existence.”
― Bernardo E. Lopes, The underrated narrator: The important role Ishmael plays in Moby Dick