Why hyphenate, why parenthesize, unless absolutely necessary?

“All this talking, this rather liquid confessing, was something I didn't think I…”

“Toast is when you take a piece of bread—What is bread? Bread is when you take s…”

“Soon it will be daybreak. Soon the day will break. I can't stop it from breakin…”

“Yes, it does feel deceptively safer with two; but Thou is a slippery character.…”