Henry: I usen't to need anyone, just to myself, stories, there was a great one about an old fellow called Bolton, I never finished it, I never finished any of them, I never finished anything, everything always went on for ever. {Pause.}
In Samuel Beckett's "Embers," the character Henry reflects on his past and the solitude he once valued. He reminisces about a time when he didn’t rely on anyone but immersed himself in stories. Despite this solitary existence, he acknowledges a sense of incompleteness, expressing that he never finished any of the stories he engaged with or any aspect of his life. This admission speaks to a larger theme of perpetual incompleteness...