The Pyramid Quotes

“in the first place, Majesty, a pyramid is power. It is repression,force,and wealth. But it is just as much: domination of the rabble; the narrowing of its mind; the weakening of its will; monotony; and waste. O my Pharaoh, it is your most reliable guardian. Your secret police. Your army. Your fleet. Your harem. The higher it is, the tinier your subjects will seem. And the smaller your subjects, the more you rise, o Majesty, to your full height.”
― Ismail Kadare, The Pyramid

“Pyramidal phenomena occurred in cycles, without it ever being possible to determine precisely the timing of their appearance: for no one has ever been able to establish with certainty whather what happens is the future, or just the past moving backwards, like a crab. People ended up acccepting that maybe neither the past nor the future were what they were thought to be, since both could reverse their direction of travel, like trams at a terminus (p.119).”
― Ismail Kadare, The Pyramid

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