Whirl Is King

Moonlight over Boulogne Harbor - Edouard Manet

"And I shall go on talking in a low voice while the sea sounds in the distance and overhead the great black flood of wind polishes the bright stars."
-Ford Maddox Ford, The Good Soldier

A collection of Stanley Fish's favourite sentences appears here.

Aside from the above, I appreciated the included Swift sentence. It underscores his dramatic command of conversation.