Linda Eissler

“the closer one is to a source of power, the quieter it gets. Authority and money surround themselves with silence, and one can measure the reach of someone’s influence by the thickness of the hush enveloping them.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“For I’ve come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one’s vows than the person they refer to.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“Because money is all things (or can be all things), something strange happens to the person who has it. As Marx says, it's like someone finding, by pure chance, the philosopher's stone. You know the philosopher's stone?"
"Yes, I know what the philosopher's stone is."
"The philosopher's stone gives you all the knowledge. All of it. All the knowledge of all the sciences. Imagine that someone just finds this stone. By luck. Suddenly he would have all this knowledge, regardless of his individuality. Even if he's a perfect idiot. All of it. All the knowledge.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“I have no country. I don’t want one. The root of all evil, the cause of every war—god and country.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust