Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
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“I decided not to cross any bridges I had burned behind me.”
— Robert A. Heinlein, book Time for the Stars
Source: Time for the Stars (1956), Chapter 7, “19,900 Ways” (p. 69)
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Playing with fire,
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But time is the space,
Between me and you.
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Variant: The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Context: I am not alone in my fear, nor alone in my hope, nor alone in my shouting. A tremendous host, an onrush of the Universe fears, hopes, and shouts with me.
I am an improvised bridge, and when Someone passes over me, I crumble away behind Him.