Famous quotes containing the words small and/or van:
“Vulgarity cannot exist in the absence of loftier values. Once it has affected the latter, however, it wants to absorb them. Unless you want to be as weak and small as human beings, you had better stay away from them.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“Yes, it’s hard to write, but it’s harder not to.”
—Carl Van Doren (1885–1950)