We draw our strength from the great oaks of the forest. As they take their nourishment from the soil, and from the rains that feed the soil, so we find our courage in the pattern of living things around us. They stand through storm and tempest. They grow and renew themselves. Like a grove of young oaks, we remain strong.

You are... you're like a beating heart. A glowing lamp. I've never met anyone like you before.

You may be your own best helper, if you choose the right path.

But I believe we all have an inner goodness; a little flame that stays alight through the worst of trials.

First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her world quite intimately. So it suits a story focused on one character's personal journey. However, first person shuts out insights into other characters.

I wonder how it takes you, that moment when everything turns to shadows. - Somerled.

Good and bad; shade and sunlight, there's but a hair's breath between them. It's all one in the end.