I will tell you what I miss: I miss watching a movie and at the end end end end , huge scrolled words come on the screen and say: The End The End The End The End . I miss finishing a novel and there on the last page last page last page last page , at a discrete distance from the last words last words last words last words of the last sentence last sentence last sentence last sentence , are the dark letters spelling The End The End The End The End .

It was its own thrill. I didn’t ignore them, I read them, even if only silently, with a deep sense of feeling: both the feeling of being replete, a feeling of satisfaction, and the feeling of loss, the sadness of having finished the book.