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Richard Peck Quotes: The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.
         

The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.


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This page presents the quote "The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.". Author of this quote is Richard Peck. This quote is about writing-life, writing-from-the-heart, writing,.