Migjen

“(In our city spring came from the sky, not from the soil, which was ruled by stone that recognizes no seasonal change. The change of the season could be glimpsed in the thinning of clouds, the appearance of the birds and the occasional rainbow.)”
― Ismail Kadare, Chronicle in Stone

“If an animal has to be sacrificed when a new bridge is built, what will it take to build a whole new world?”
― Ismail Kadare, Chronicle in Stone

“Thick smoke like a herd of black horses was rising over the massive building and being blown around by the wind.”
― Ismail Kadare, Chronicle in Stone

“Who in the world has not yearned for a loved one, has never said, If only he or she could come back just once, just one more time...? Despite the fact that it can never happen, never ever. Surely this is the saddest thing about our mortal world, and its sadness will go on shrouding human life like a blanket of fog until its final extinction.”
― Ismail Kadare, The Ghost Rider