Writing an MA thesis

The other day I spent five hours on one paragraph.

I am not sure it is any good.

A mentor of mine recently said "Sometimes it takes you all day to write a sentence."

I now believe it.

If I could cut off an appendage and turn the blood-soaked pages into a few paragraphs of coherent writing, I might have to consider it. Are we talking just one digit? First knuckle? Tempting...