We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, wit…

Tom Stoppard
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We cross our bridges when 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 a presumption that once our eyes watered. ✨ Tom Stoppard (2007). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, p.61, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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We cross our bridges when 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 a presumption that once our eyes watered. ✨ Tom Stoppard (2007). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, p.61, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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