“Religion mattered at a deep level, which must help to explain why none of these people went over to Islam; but in most cases it did not direct their lives, nor did it prevent some of them from cultivating their connection with a powerful relative who was a Muslim convert. Whilst the fact that they were Catholics from one of Christendom’s frontier zones may have given them an enhanced sense of their Catholicism, the fact that they were Albanians, connected by language, blood and history to Ottoman subjects and Ottoman territory, gave them an ability to see things also from something more like an Ottoman perspective”
Source: Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World
“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.”
Source: Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950
“Shumë thonë se vetë jeta është luftë. Hëh, jo, ore jo; luftë e njëmend është ajo e panjohur që gjendet brenda njeriut (...)”
Source: Egjra
“We are all equal at nature, but we are distinguished by education.”
Source: Shqipëria ç'ka qenë, ç'është e ç'do të bëhetë?
“I wish people didn’t call them that. Trolls… They aren’t mythical creatures. You can’t look up how to defeat them in the Monster Manual. There are no critical hits, no saving rolls. They aren’t make-believe. They’re real. And they’re assholes.”
Source: Chaotic Good
“How are you still standing?" "Am I? I feel like I'm falling.”
Source: Chaotic Good
“Well, lucky for you, I like impossible problems.”
Source: Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth
“I know all their costumes by heart, and one day I'll be making-" "Costumes?! That's what you're into, their outfits? Oh God... you're not one of those cosplay chicks, are you?”
Source: Chaotic Good
“I’ll do what is right no matter what I have to do to accomplish it. I’ll break every law out there if it makes the world a better place.”
Source: The October Amaryllis
“The Eternal was not defeated. The evil was not winning against him. He was still in control. ‘Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further.’ Like the master creator that he was, he knew how this tale would unroll. The perfect ending was not only thought of; it was coming. Nothing could change it. The villains could not surprise him by destroying a hero or putting up a greater fight than he expected. The story would draw to a close at the right time, and the climax was already a guaranteed victory.
The Eternal was not crushed or even slightly inconvenienced. He was winning. The evil might think it was successful, but its downfall was already irreversible.
The Almighty had already won the victory.”
Source: A Noble Comfort: A Blue Bird Retelling