Oscar Levant

You deserve to give yourself the same love that you give to everyone else.

There is power in forgiveness.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

I’m slipping. I’m made of departed dreams and a stubborn fog that feels nothing like a veil.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Every situation needs a hero. Step up and be that for your child.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

When I am old, weather-worn, and grey, I want to fill my lungs with your perfume and hear your laughter echo through our home as we dance alone in our living room, drunk off wine, still madly in love.

Life is a full-contact sport, and there’s a score up on the board.

You be the clouds above, I’ll be the grass below, and everything in between will be where our love will grow.

Are you doing what you’re doing today because you want to do it or because it’s what you were doing yesterday?

I don’t let go of concepts – I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.

There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.