# Quote — R. A. Lafferty, The Flame Is Green

> We ourselves become the bridges out over the interval that is the world and time. It is a daring thing to fling ourselves out over that void that is black and scarlet below and green and gold above. A bridge does not abandon its first shore when it grows out in spans towards the further one.

- Author: [R. A. Lafferty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty.md)
- Book: [The Flame Is Green](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty/the-flame-is-green.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/R._A._Lafferty#The_Flame_is_Green_(1971)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-a-lafferty/the-flame-is-green/we-ourselves-become