Original artwork, not a still
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead · 1967
We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us; leaving nothing but a memory of the smell of smoke and a presumption that our eyes once watered.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker says people move forward, crossing each bridge only when reached and then burning it behind them. What remains is a faint recollection of smoke and an assumption that tears once stung the eyes. The line wryly describes leaving the past behind, with only vague, uncertain memory of what it cost.
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