“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”

—  John Lennon

Also found with the alternative spelling: Everything is okay in the end. If it&#x27;s not okay, it&#x27;s not the end<br>Found anonymously on Usenet in 2000 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=alt.support.divorce/gKiyfcAYreo/jjuc6KTu_NAJ. First known attribution to Lennon is from 2011 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=stow-ma-apple-barn/45MNk9KiGsY/vaq6pr8hgI0J. <br class="br">Disputed <br class="br">Variant: Everything is OK in the end. If it&#x27;s not OK, it&#x27;s not the end.

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English singer and songwriter 1940–1980

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