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Topic·Burning bridges✕clear
Burning bridges1 quote
We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered. — Tom Stoppard · 1966
Cynicism1 quote
We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered. — Tom Stoppard · 1966
The human condition1 quote
We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered. — Tom Stoppard · 1966