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1 " We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.Cross it? I'm making plans to destroy the bridge from orbit.-Colonel Ceeta & Captain Tagon "
― Howard Tayler , Under New Management (Schlock Mercenary, #3)
2 " The day I let all that fear and worry consume me was the day it all changed. I slipped off that bridge and fell into the void I’d always dreamt about. The thing was, that was also that day I started to live. "
― Brynn Myers , Falling Out of Focus
3 " Connect with people who are going where you are going. Don’t hate people. The person you may need later may be likened to the bridge you have destroyed after crossing it. You’ll need that bridge when returning. "
― Israelmore Ayivor , Shaping the dream
4 " Don't fear the unknown for it may be the change you're looking for. And, once you've crossed that bridge be prepared to change once again for the only for sure in life is change. "
5 " I keep having this fantasy about some wide river or channel I'm on the bank of. I can look up, and on the far side is another, better self, holding hands with Mercer—that's his name, my ex—and both of them are watching me flail over here, watching me from the life I'm supposed to have had. When did it become impossible to get there from here? When did that bridge get burned? "
― Garth Risk Hallberg , City on Fire
6 " Let's get going. I don't like being alone out here. The sooner we can blend in with the Imperial population the safer we'll be. It's not hard to cross here," Mari added as they waded through the stream. " We are fortunate," Alain told her. " It is more difficult downstream." She felt a shadow cross her mind. " Where that bridge was? Where you almost died?" " Yes." " I'm really proud of you for that, but don't do it again. I'm being selfish. I need you." Mari waved one finger at Alain. " Don't be a hero?" He regarded her impassively. " Even if you need a hero? "
7 " What are we going to do, Ayden?" she whispered, glaring up at me." I don't know," I confessed. " But how about we burn that bridge when we get there?" " I thought it was 'cross' that bridge?" I lightly poked her in the eye and she laughed. " No. We're burning bridges. Crossing is so overrated." I smiled and touched the corner of her eyes, captivated by the iridescent blues." I think I like the sound of that," she whispered." Yeah?" " Yeah. "
8 " Every life is inexplicable, I kept telling myself. No matter how many facts are told, no matter how many details are given, the essential thing resists telling. To say that so and so was born here and went there, that he did this and did that, that he married this woman and had these children, that he lived, that he died, that he left behind these books or this battle or that bridge – none of that tells us very much. "
― Paul Auster , The New York Trilogy
