and they both said ...

what I wish people would get...

"The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it" - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

... meaning, when I say I've got a new hat, I do NOT want to hear about YOUR hat.

and for the pair of the day -
Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.
- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Only those who have worn the crown of suffering can look upon that
wondrous light; and they, when they return, may not speak of it, or tell
the mystery they know.
- Jerome K Jerome, Three men in a boat