“What has that to do with the price of peas in Persopolis?”

“You can’t buy it, but it has a price,” said Oryx. “Everything has a price.”

“The high quality of a company’s customer experience rarely has anything to do with the high price of their product.”

“People always get what they want. But there is a price for everything. Failures are either those who do not know what they want or are not prepared to pay the price asked them. The price varies from individual to individual. Some get things at bargain-sale prices, others only at famine prices. But it is no use grumbling. Whatever price you are asked, you must pay.”

“Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.”

“But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what you want, is getting what you once wanted.”