--- title: "1 Albania Quotes By Ismail Kadaré" description: "1 Albania quotes by Ismail Kadaré. Plus more from Ismail Kadaré and more Albania sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/ismail-kadar-13224_albania_poetry-poetry-how-did-you-find-your-way_2038437.jpg" --- > [“Poetry Poetry, How did you find your way to me? My mother does not know Albanian well, She writes letters like Aragon, without commas and periods, My father roamed the seas in his youth, But you have come, Walking down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/poetry-poetry-how-did-you-find-your-way-to-me-my-mother-does-not-know/) [Ismail Kadare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/ismail-kadar-13224_albania_poetry-poetry-how-did-you-find-your-way_2038437.jpg) ## Other authors on Albania - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-fatos-nano-34756.jpg) Fatos Nano 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/albania/fatos-nano/) ## More by Ismail Kadaré > [And everything would be different, different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/and-everything-would-be-different-different/) [Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“This is how things come to pass in the world,' one of the princes is supposed to have said. 'Blood flows one way in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/this-is-how-things-come-to-pass-in-the-world-one-of-the-princes-is/) [Ismail Kadare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“Thick smoke like a herd of black horses was rising over the massive building and being blown around by the wind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/thick-smoke-like-a-herd-of-black-horses-was-rising-over-the-massive/) [Ismail Kadare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“Divizije, pukovnije, batoljoni, čete, jedinice svih vrsta pomiješat će se u gomili lijesova. Potom će ih ukrcati u veliki brod koji će tromo isploviti…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/divizije-pukovnije-batoljoni-ete-jedinice-svih-vrsta-pomije-at-e-se-u/) [Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“At street corners, where walls join, I thought I could see some familiar features, like outlines of human faces, the shadows of cheekbones and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/at-street-corners-where-walls-join-i-thought-i-could-see-some/) [Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“E ke menduar se po te largohesh kaq shume nga jeta njerezore, nga ajo qe ti me perbuzje e quan "malli i jetes", mund…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/e-ke-menduar-se-po-te-largohesh-kaq-shume-nga-jeta-njerezore-nga-ajo/) [Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“The pyramid is the pillar that holds power aloft. If it wavers,everything collapses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/the-pyramid-is-the-pillar-that-holds-power-aloft-if-it-wavers/) [Ismail Kadare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“My streets, my cistern. My old house. Its beams, floorboards and staircase creaked slightly, almost imperceptibly, with a dry, uniform, almost constant cracking sound.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/my-streets-my-cistern-my-old-house-its-beams-floorboards-and/) [Ismail Kadare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“Some people,” the Vizier went on, “think it’s the world of anxieties and dreams – your world, in short – that governs this one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/some-people-the-vizier-went-on-think-it-s-the-world-of-anxieties-and/) [Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [Who in the world has not yearned for a loved one, has never said, If only he or she could come back just once,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/who-in-the-world-has-not-yearned-for-a-loved-one-has-never-said-if/) [Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“Who can say it’s not what we see with our eyes open that is distorted, and that what’s described here isn’t the true essence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/who-can-say-it-s-not-what-we-see-with-our-eyes-open-that-is-distorted/) [Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“Sunday had spread all over the city. It looked as if the sun had smacked into the earth and broken into pieces and chunks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/sunday-had-spread-all-over-the-city-it-looked-as-if-the-sun-had/) [Ismail Kadare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/dictatorship-and-authentic-literature-are-incompatible-the-writer-is/) [Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [I could not understand how people could not like something as beautiful as the aerodrome. But I had lately become convinced that in general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/i-could-not-understand-how-people-could-not-like-something-as/) [Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) > [“I couldn't get to sleep. The book lay nearby. A thin object on the divan. So strange. Between two cardboard covers were noises, doors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/i-couldn-t-get-to-sleep-the-book-lay-nearby-a-thin-object-on-the/) [Ismail Kadare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/albania/ismail-kadar/#itemlist", "name": "1 Albania Quotes By Ismail Kadaré", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Poetry Poetry, How did you find your way to me? My mother does not know Albanian well, She writes letters like Aragon, without commas and periods, My father roamed the seas in his youth, But you have come, Walking down the pavement of my quiet city of stone, And knocked timidly at the door of my three-storey house, At Number 16. There are many things I have loved and hated in life, For many a problem I have been an 'open city', But anyway... 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