“The Yesees said yes to anythingThat anyone suggested.The Noees said no to everythingUnless it was proven and tested.So the Yesees all died of much too muchAnd the Noees all died of fright,But somehow I think the ThinkforyourselfeesAll came out all right.”
“To repeat, the way you get to the huge, impossible yes is, you start collecting a lot of easy, small yeses.”
“One question," I said. "Did you tell me all that because you think I'm going to die?""No," he said. "It's because you're doing something brave, and I felt I should too.""I'll take that as a yes," I said.”
“Everything is true,' he said. 'Everything anybody has ever thought.''Will you be all right?''I'll be all right,' he said, and thought, And I'm going to die. Both those are true, too.”
“Have you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?" "Yes," I said.”
“‘Someone’s gonna die before this is over,’ I said to Doc McGhee. [...]‘I don’t think someone’s gonna die, Ozzy. I think we’re all gonna die.’”