The Testament Quotes

“All of life’s great lessons involve loss,”
― Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament: A Novel

“Because doing the right thing is not the goal, doing the best thing is what you must strive for.”
― Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament: A Novel

“If one person believes a story, it becomes a truth—for him. That’s why history is such a mare’s nest: it’s difficult to determine what happened as opposed to what people thought happened, wanted to happen, felt should have happened. The slant is everything,”
― Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament: A Novel

“history was a living thing with an endless supply of stories, of lessons to apply to the present of one’s own life.”
― Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament: A Novel

“Up until the nineteenth century the Rialto was the only link between the two sides of the city.”
― Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament: A Novel

“Extremism catches hold when all hope is gone, when a human being has been stripped of everything except hatred.”
― Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament: A Novel

“Religion, like philosophy, is a living thing. If it isn’t allowed to change with the times, if it is left to calcify, it will surely become irrelevant”
― Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament: A Novel

“The interior of the Zigana Mosque, a beehivelike geodesic dome composed of pointed arches of honey-colored stone, was based on al-Biruni’s sacred geometry.”
― Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament: A Novel

“faith is a tree, growing new branches even in the face of a storm. And when the time is right, those new branches bear fruit. It’s faith that sustains me, faith that makes sense out of chaos, faith that holds the world together in the face of crisis.” She took another, smaller drag from the cigarette. “I wish I could make you understand. When you have faith, despair is not an option. I grieve for Dad. Inside I’m crushed because a part”
― Eric Van Lustbader, The Testament: A Novel