The Traitor's Niche Quotes

“The memories of events and statesmen paled as the years passed. Dust covered them, mud stained them, until they were finally erased as if they had never been. But recently people had come to understand that forgetting was more difficult and complicated than remembering.”
― Ismail Kadare, The Traitor's Niche

“It was previously thought that states had so many memorials and monuments in order that nothing should be forgotten. But it was discovered later that a major state had as much need to forget as to remember, if not more.”
― Ismail Kadare, The Traitor's Niche