Salonica, City of Ghosts Quotes

“When the discussion threatened to overheat, Palamas calmed it down by saying politely: “Had we been able to agree in debate we might as well have been of one faith.” To which he received the revealing reply: “There will be a time when we shall all agree.”11”
― Mark Mazower, Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950

“being, of living, and of dressing, the pleasures and the wants of yesterday are to him the pleasures and wants of tomorrow. Rich or poor, he puts on every morning the same woollen cloth, and lays it aside only when he has worn it entirely out, in order to purchase another”
― Mark Mazower, Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950

“Hasan Pasha also gave the green light for Turks and Greeks to take whatever action they pleased against any Albanians they found: killing them was not a crime. Continuing his march, he executed all the Albanians he encountered, setting fire to a monastery where other were hiding and offering five sequins for every Albanian head brought him.”
― Mark Mazower, Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950