Van Quotes
362 quotes by 265 authors
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I’d learned that my mother was a badass in disguise. She was Van Helsing in an apron and heels, and—at least for the time being—I…
— Rachel Vincent
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I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]
— Irving Stone
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You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]
— Irving Stone
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It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved. [Vincent Van Gogh]
— Irving Stone
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Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
— Irving Stone
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Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]
— Irving Stone
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I saw the gun. I sensed the van as it rushed forward, seconds away and coming faster. I heard the screams of the fight behind…
— Ally Carter
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Good God,†I whispered, sitting on the van’s cot and looking at my legs, horrified. They were hairy—not wolf hairy, but an I-couldn’t-find-my-razor-the-last-six-months hairy. Utterly…
— Kim Harrison
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The minister said, “Let us pray,†but as everyone else bowed their head, I could only stare slack-jawed at the sight of Peter Van Houten.…
— John Green
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Yes, but you are still only human.†I laughed, the sound of it drowned out by the crunch of rocks as the mountain continued to…
— Jeaniene Frost
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
— Bill Watterson
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You could hear the wind in the leaves, and on that wind traveled the screams of the kids on the playground in the distance, the…
— John Green
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Isabelle: All the boys are gay. In this van, anyway. Well, except for you, Simon. Simon: Glad you noticed. Magnus: I prefer to think of…
— Cassandra Clare
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Peter Van Houten was the only person I’d ever come across who seemed to (a) understand what it’s like to be dying, and (b) not…
— John Green
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Wow,†I said. “Are you making this up?†“Hazel Grace, could I, with my meager intellectual capacities, make up a letter from Peter Van Houten…
— John Green
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There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and foremost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius. It invariably goes…
— Kevin Hearne
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The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel, Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphonyâ€,…
— Brennan Manning
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I close my eyes. An image flashes—emerging from the van with Julian after our escape from New York City; believing, in that moment, that we…
— Lauren Oliver
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The dead are visible only in the terrible lidless eye of memory. The living, thank heaven, retain the ability to surprise and to disappoint. -…
— John Green
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The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don't believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after…
— Steven Pressfield
Who Wrote These Van Quotes
265 authors contributed a total of 362 Van Quotes, led by these top contributors: