Just because there's an end doesn't mean existence has meaning. An end point is simply set up as a temporary marker or perhaps as an indirect metaphor for the fleeting nature of existence.

“Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I …”

“Once again, life had a lesson to teach me: It takes years to build up, it takes…”

“There are times when the understanding does not come until later, when it no lo…”

“Her voice was like a line from an old black-and-white Jean-Luc Godard movie, fi…”