Albanians Quotes

“He sat down with a dour face. “Ah, Shqipëria!” he said dropping his head. “Albania will never become Albania with Albanians in it!” He glanced at Jude. “Don’t ask.”
― Paul Alkazraji, The Silencer

“They were always Albanians. You know what that means. Some Catholics, some Orthodox. And some, in time, were Muslims, too. But the first religion of the Albanian, as they say, is Albania.”
― Jason Goodwin, The Snake Stone

“For as long as anyone can remember, the history of Kosovo has been a battlefield pitting Serbs against Albanians. Each believes different things because each has been taught different things, and as they reach further back into time it becomes easier to argue whatever they want in order to find support for their view of the present.”
― Tim Judah, Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know

“Nga shqiptarë të sunduar u gdhinë në mysliman të çliruar?”
― Ismail Kadare, Mëngjeset në Kafe Rostand

“Albania’s future is towards Christianity, since it is connected with it culturally, old memories, and its pre-Turkish nostalgia. With the passing of time, the late Islamic religion that came with the Ottomans should evaporate (at first in Albania and then in Kosova), until it will be replaced by Christianity or, to be more exact, Christian culture. Thus from one evil (the prohibition of religion in 1967) goodness will come. The Albanian nation will make a great historical correction that will accelerate its unity with its mother continent: Europe”
― Ismail Kadare, Mëngjeset në Kafe Rostand

“I had always pictured the Albanian
peasants as a very fine picturesque race of men wearing spotless native costume, and slung about with fascinating looking daggers and curious weapons of all kinds, but the great majority of those I saw, more especially in the small towns, were
a very degenerate looking race indeed.”
― Flora Sandes, An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army

“Kur në Mesjetën e vonë Europa rizbuloi klasikët e Greqisë dhe të Romës, Shqipëria ishte një vend i pushtuar, ku vihej në rrezik jo vetëm vijimi dhe i kulturës autoktone, por vetë jeta e kombit. Rrezikoheshin vlerat historike të një populli, i cili, deri pak kohë më parë, kishte qenë pjesë organike e qytetërimit europian. Pushtimi turk, jo vetëm që e mbajti këtë popull larg zhvillimit të pjesës tjetër të Europës, por këmbënguli me keqdashje në qëllimin e vet për ta detyruar të humbiste origjinalitet dhe origjinë, mbi të gjitha duke favorizuar kthimin e pjesës më të madhe të popullit në fenë islamike.”
― Amik Kasoruho