The Bridge Quotes

  • Witness: [after witnessing a suicide] When I talked to the highway patrolman, I asked him "Is this a rare occurrence or does this happen a lot?" And he looked and me and he sort of smiled and he said, "It happens all the time."

  • [Last lines]

    Caroline Pressley - Gene's Friend, South San Francisco, CA: I don't know why people kill themselves. And yet, it's a small step to empathize... to say... well, because I think we all experience moments of despair. That, ah, it would be so much easier not to do this anymore. But for most of us, the sun comes out, and then "Oh well, Tomorrow is another day". Why he chose the Bridge? I don't know. Maybe there was a certain amount of release from pain, by pain. Maybe he just wanted to fly one time.

Extended Reading
  • Toby 2022-04-15 09:01:07

    It's hard to tell whether someone who chooses suicide is cowardly or brave when he has the courage to jump and don't have the courage to live an extra second. The camera angle of the camera crew is somewhat uncomfortable. The suicide of the person involved is not the deliberate murder of bystanders, and the interpretations and speculations of the deceased by many relatives and friends are somewhat weak. If life is worthy of praise, is death the same? It also deserves a minimum of respect.

  • Adonis 2022-04-13 08:01:01

    The person who committed suicide always reminds me of MJ.