Bersten Quotes & Sayings

most religions adhere to some form of determinism and predestination. Since God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, He knows the future, and hence the future is determined ahead of time. He knows even before you are born whether you will go to Heaven or Hell. The Catholic Church split in half on this precise question during the Protestant revolution. According to Catholic doctrine at that time, one could change one's ultimate fate with an indulgence, usually by making generous financial donations to the Church. In other words, determinism could be altered by the size of your wallet. — Michio Kaku

Adults do not talk to us - they give us directions. They issue orders without providing information. — Toni Morrison

A lot of the guys that I date and my friends are all in bands. — Audrina Patridge

You either did something about it or you didn't, and then you lived with the choice you made. It didn't — Nicholas Sparks

I guess that's natural, but I'm not sure why. — Stephen Chbosky

There are so many ways in which we learn about life and the self. Each day opens paths to this exploration. For many of us, books play a major role in that adventure — Ashley Bryan

Sometimes the hardest person in the world to talk to is your best friend, because it matters so much. — Steph Bowe

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. — Andre Gide

The singular power of literature lies not in its capacity for accurate representation of mass commonalities, but its ability to illuminate the individual life in a way that expands our understanding of some previously unseen or unarticulated aspect of existence. — Nicole Krauss

Writing a novel is the closest thing a male writer will ever get to the experience of childbirth. — Norman Mailer