All the Devils Quotes

“There were a lot of variations, but social engineering always came down to giving the person something to hope for, something to believe in. The impression that what was happening was just a transaction, a kind of contract with an acceptable price and a reasonable expectation of performance by the other party. Sure, the other party was offering terms at gunpoint, but under stress most people clung to their everyday beliefs, including the belief that their fellow humans could generally be counted on to carry out promises.”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“If there was one thing Snake knew about people, it was that once they got attached to a theory, it was hard to get them detached. They’d screen out unhelpful facts, invent favorable ones, and ignore contradictions in their own claims. Look at those Sandy Hook truthers, babbling about false flags and crisis actors and all the rest. When people were motivated enough to believe something, they were going to believe it no matter what.”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“life was a wheel and you had to roll with it.”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“If there was one thing Snake knew about people, it was that once they got attached to a theory, it was hard to get them detached. They’d screen out unhelpful facts, invent favorable ones, and ignore contradictions in their own claims. Look at those Sandy Hook truthers, babbling about false flags and crisis actors and all the rest. When people were motivated enough to believe something, they were going to believe it no matter what. There was no such thing as a bridge too far.”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“Hell is empty And all the devils are here. —William Shakespeare, The Tempest”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“ambit”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“Saturn Devouring His Son,”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“quashing”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“recrudesce,”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“peccadilloes.”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils

“reticence”
― Barry Eisler, All the Devils