It's hard to say thank you when thank you means goodbye.
From The Anticipation of Loss, one of 296 sayings written by John Sarris over thirty years.
From Alfred’s journal
The woman in the gray coat came back to the bench by the parking lot this morning and did not sit down. She had been feeding the sparrows all through February, and today she brought the last of the seed in a paper bag, emptied it, folded the bag, and stood there with it. I thought for years that gratitude was the easy part, the part you could say any time, the small coin always in the pocket. But she opened her mouth twice and nothing came out, and then she went to her car. It's hard to say thank you when thank you means goodbye. The sparrows ate anyway, and she watched them from behind the windshield for a while before she started the engine.
He reads what you tell him and writes a page of his journal back, with a few of these chosen for you. It costs nothing and asks for nothing.
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More like it
- The first step of the day leaves the largest footprint.
- You can neither lose what is precious to you nor keep the box it came in.
- You can fly with the wind or be carried away by it.
- The early bird gets a moment to itself.
- Many things are given away, but nothing real is ever lost.
- A strawberry uneaten will not long remain a strawberry.