I always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Cos the best is yet to come.

1. It assumes continuity

Those phrases presume life isn’t a series of isolated hustles or crises. They assume:

• time has arc

• people change

• help can arrive unexpectedly

Modern language avoids this because it’s risky — it requires trust.

2. It’s non-transactional

Nothing is being demanded:

• no call to action

• no identity claim

• no moral pressure

In a transactional culture, non-transactional language feels disarming — even destabilizing.

3. It places the speaker inside the world, not above it

“I depended on the kindness of strangers” places the speaker as:

• permeable

• helped

• not self-made

“The best is yet to come” places them as:

• unfinished

• patient

• not grasping

Together, that grammar says:

“I’m part of the flow, not trying to dominate it.”

That’s rare now.