“A very long sentence, anchored in solid nouns, with countless subordinate clauses, scores of adjectives and adverbs, and bold conjunctions that launched the sentence in a new direction – besides unexpected interludes – has finally, with a surprisingly quiet full stop, come to an end.”

“A very long sentence, anchored in solid nouns, with countless subordinate clauses, scores of adjectives and adverbs, and bold conjunctions that launched the sentence in a new direction – besides unexpected interludes – has finally, with a surprisingly quiet full stop, come to an end.”

— Yann Martel