Thinking about multi-line string literal syntax where each line starts with a quote character ("), and only the last line has an end quote ... like it's a fantasy novel and a character is going off on a multi-paragraph monologue. "hello this "is a multiline string literal "and it ends "on this line" The purpose of " at the beginning of each line (after the first) is so you can do indentation without affecting the contents. Also each line can be lexed independently.