Terry Pratchett Quotes

And what will you give me in return, Severus?' 'In - in return?' Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, 'Anything.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.

For everything you gain, you lose something.

Every time you get something, give something away.

Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.

It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.

Give up as much as you're willing to receive back and give yourself, if that makes any sense. Whatever that is, don't expect more from a person than what you're willing to give, but give it knowing that you're giving it - it's been given, so don't expect anything else.

No matter what we want of life we have to give up something in order to get it.

A world where nothing is had for nothing.

Nothing comes without a price.

You never gain something but that you lose something.

To get something you must give something away. To hold something you must give something away. To love something you must give something away.

Life can be so good if you let it. But you must trade with life. You give something and you get something, then you give something of yourself again and you receive something again. Life goes bad when people try to take from it without giving. Then they came away empty-handed, and they grab harder and more often, growing more disappointed and disillusioned each time.

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.

Hide them all, then. Keep her – them – safe. Please.' And what will you give me in return, Severus?' In – in return? Anything.

Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.

When life takes away, something of greater value is always given in return.

Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "Taking," you are not getting it.

If, along the way, something is gained, then something will also be lost.

Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.

If we take, we lose. If we give, we get. It cannot be otherwise.

Everything has its price - and if that price is not paid, not that thing but something else is obtained... it is impossible to get anything without this price.

You cannot compensate by sacrifice what you lose through disobedience