When composing it's best not to think too much about where paragraphs begin and end; the trick is to let nature take its course.

The paragraph ends with a sentence that plays on the word "liberated" as applied to war, and unexpectedly describes parents' influence on their children as "pernicious."

The next paragraph ends with a slur at the French, but I have reasons for thinking you mistook it for a compliment.

The paragraph could have ended there, but Hannah chooses to continue: "Cautious, polite, gone milky and holy in the head, abstracted into kindness."

The third italicized paragraph ends this section with Darl's announcement to Jewel that Addie is dead.

The paragraph ended with a brief reference to Mr. Ingles' long and distinguished service in China.

The paragraph ends with a mission statement: "Consumer engineering does not end until we can consume all we can make."

The paragraph ends with the narrator in pain.

This is a play on the joke that all the "adult" things happen after a paragraph ends in an ellipsis.

It is also proposed that the same paragraph should end with 'the parties' economic and trade relations'.