Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it. Margaret Drabble
Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT." Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them. Terry Pratchett
A distant destination austerely reached rarely compensates for a loved starting-point forever lost. Henry S. Haskins