Murat Akpınar

“Every life is organized around a small number of events that either propel us or bring us to a grinding halt. We spend the years between these episodes benefiting or suffering from their consequences until the arrival of the next forceful moment.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“My job is about being right. Always. If I’m ever wrong, I must make use of all my means and resources to bend and align reality according to my mistake so that it ceases to be a mistake.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“A just called from Z (again), asking for advice. Kolbe, Lenbach, London, NY etc., etc., etc., etc. As always, he mistakes doubt with depth, hesitation with analysis.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits.”
― Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections