A clear glass sphere sitting on folded grey cloth.

Original artwork, not a still

Waiting for Godot • 1952

Samuel Beckett

There’s no lack of void.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The line gives emptiness the form of something plentiful. Saying there is no shortage of a void makes absence sound like an abundant resource. That verbal reversal provides the paradox, using the language of supply to describe a condition defined by what is missing.

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