Ann Brashares Quotes

There is no evil without its compensation.

The universe is completely balanced and in perfect order. You will always be compensated for everything that you do.

The law of heaven and earth is life for life.

I have always believed that what goes around comes around.

Out of all things bad, something good. Out of all things good, something bad.

There is no injustice without justice coming after, just as there is no night not followed by day.

Ask a lot, but take what is offered.

Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term.

Something given, something taken away. Does it always have to work like that?

The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.

That seems to be the way of things. Everyone takes, everyone gives. Life is like that.

There is a remedy for every wrong and a satisfaction for every soul.

The full he empties, and the empty he fills.

God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.

When much is taken, something is returned.

All that is due to us will be paid, although not perhaps by those to whom we have lent.

The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him - it cannot fail

What we give, we will receive, and what we withhold will be withheld from us.

Whatever I have given, I have gained.

Be not too strict - too far east is west. You may lose all by demanding all.

The flow of blessings in our life is directly related to our passing blessings along to someone else.

and I wondered if, in the end, this is how all disputes are settled, with a shared silence as things become equal. You take something from me, I take something from you. We all want balance, one way or another.

Nothing takes root in mind when there is no balance between doing and receiving.

What goes around, comes around.

We may never be able to pay directly for the gifts of true friendship - but pay we must, even though we make our payment to someone who owes us nothing, in some other place and at some other time.