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> [“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/)

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## 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/)

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