Quote by Ismail Kadaré

And everything would be different, different.

— Ismail Kadaré

“This is how things come to pass in the world,' one of the princes is supposed to have said. 'Blood flows one way in…

— Ismail Kadare

“Thick smoke like a herd of black horses was rising over the massive building and being blown around by the wind.”

— Ismail Kadare

“At street corners, where walls join, I thought I could see some familiar features, like outlines of human faces, the shadows of cheekbones and…

— Ismail Kadaré

“E ke menduar se po te largohesh kaq shume nga jeta njerezore, nga ajo qe ti me perbuzje e quan "malli i jetes", mund…

— Ismail Kadaré

“The pyramid is the pillar that holds power aloft. If it wavers,everything collapses.”

— Ismail Kadare

“My streets, my cistern. My old house. Its beams, floorboards and staircase creaked slightly, almost imperceptibly, with a dry, uniform, almost constant cracking sound.…

— Ismail Kadare

“Some people,” the Vizier went on, “think it’s the world of anxieties and dreams – your world, in short – that governs this one.…

— Ismail Kadaré

Who in the world has not yearned for a loved one, has never said, If only he or she could come back just once,…

— Ismail Kadaré

“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…

— Ismail Kadaré

“Sunday had spread all over the city. It looked as if the sun had smacked into the earth and broken into pieces and chunks…

— Ismail Kadare

Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship.

— Ismail Kadaré