Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.
- Don Henley(Just wondering.)
Edit: I don't know if people don't get the reference or think I am merely being flippant. I'm not. I don't like burning bridges either. But sometimes I find it is the only way to put an end to a problem situation where the more I try to be polite and all that, the more neurotic and demanding and blood-sucking they become. If someone here knows how to handle that effectively without "burning the bridge", I would love to hear their take on it.
Or at least that's what my mangled brain recalls from watching it a zillion years ago.
It was the first thing that came to mind in response to "never burn a bridge". I am disinclined to burn bridges myself. But I find sometimes that trying like hell to avoid burning the bridge just gets me into huge messes that have me wondering if so much politeness, manners, respectfulness and what not is really a good thing. It has helped me make my peace with incidents in my life where other people torched the bridge. At least it's been put to rest.
Edit: Link: http://andromeda.wikia.com/wiki/Abridging_the_Devils_Divide
The Magog, the Nietzscheans, the hot chicks. That show could have had it all.