“Take what you want, says God, but pay for it”

“Take what you want and pay for it, says God. You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a price and you will have to pay it.”

“There's a Spanish proverb," he said, "that's always fascinated me. "Take what you want and pay for it, says God.'" "I don't believe in God," Daniel said, "but that principle seems, to me, to have a divinity of its own; a kind of blazing purity. What could be simpler, or more crucial? You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a price and that you will have to pay it.”

“Take what you want, and pay for it.”

“What will you have? quoth God; pay for it, and take it.”

“If you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you don't raise your voice but lower it: this is what really commands attention.”