One should never mistake pattern for meaning.

“What do I really want? he thinks. This is, of course, an extremely good questio…”

“I'm too drunk to recall much of what I've said. Which, come to think of it, is …”

“I killed little Esmerelda because I felt I owed it to myself and to the world i…”

“My gratitude extends beyond the limits of my capacity to express it,”