“The optimist sees the future as a rabbit sees the oncoming truck - getting bigger, not closer.”
“The optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist sees the hole.”
“The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.”
“As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you.”
“Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, “is that you?”"Let’s pretend it isn’t,” said Rabbit, “and see what happens.”
“Oncoming death is terrible enough, but worse still is oncoming death with time to spare, time in which all the happiness that was yours and all the happiness that might have been yours becomes clear to you. You see with utter lucidity all that you are losing.”