“If, along the way, something is gained, then something will also be lost.”
“We've all lost something along the way.”
“With every choice, something is gained and something is lost.'' - John Green”
“Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately, to the notion that something can also be gained.”
“For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt--something is gained but something is lost.”
“We cried because we had lost something and gained something else. And because it hurt both losing and gaining. And because we knew what we had lost but weren't as yet able to put into words what it was we had gained.”