For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say "I'm going to sleep." And half an hour later the thought that it was time to go to sleep would awaken me.
在很长一段时期里，我都是早早就躺下了。有时候，蜡烛才灭，我的眼皮儿随即合上，都来不及咕哝一句“我要睡着了”。半小时之后，我才想到应该睡觉。这一想，我反倒清醒过来。
-----普鲁斯特《追忆似水年华》
描写作者自我追求，自我认识的内心经历。细致的人物细节描写，第一人物视角拉近了读者与主人公的距离。
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."Whenever you feel like criticizing any more"he told me,"just remember that all the people in the world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
我年纪还轻、阅历不深的时候，我父亲教导过我一句话，我至今念念不忘，“每逢你想要批评任何人的时候”，他对我说，“你就记住，这个世界上所有的人，并不是个个都有过你拥有的那些优越条件的。”
----弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德《了不起的盖茨比》
引用他人的话语，来表达自己的观点态度或是恰好相反
It was the day my grandmother exploded.
那一天我外婆发怒了。
---伊恩•班克斯《乌鸦公路》
以重要细节，展开故事情节。类似倒叙的写作手法。
A house without books is like
a room without windows.
一幢没有书的房子，犹如一个没有窗户的房间。
