Resisting the Urge to Say Anything Directly

Despite there being much that needs to be said

Writing the end of a book is always more difficult for me than writing the beginning of it. I have a deep internal resistance to tying up anything with neatness and finality. On a paper I turned in for grad school, our TA replied, “Sometimes I think you know you what you think about something but don’t want to say it directly.” Touche. And also, yes, de…