A long sentence is worth the read

Pico Iyer says writing longer phrases is a way to protest the speed of information bites people are subjected to each day.

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    vindication I need.

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    “With each clause, we’re taken further and further from trite conclusions — or that at least

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38. poetfire said: In my experience, short sentences are more contemplative. The periods are stop signs that slow down the reader. I know that, for me, short sentences are more difficult to write. Long sentences, then, are a form of laziness.
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    Henry James is a remedy, period.

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    “No writer can compete, for speed and urgency, with texts or CNN news flashes or RSS feeds, but any writer can try

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    I was almost buying this until I got here:...HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT MY HENRY. What...

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