“Some slight friction threatening in the Balkans, sir.”

“If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.”

“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).”

“Her very difficulty created friction, and friction led to satisfaction...”

“His books commingled democratically, united under the all-inclusive flag of Literature. Some were vertical, some horizontal, and some actually placed behind others. Mine were balkanized by nationality and subject matter.”

“The construct of a new, fictional 'Balkans' [is] a result of linguistic violence beginning with the verb 'to balkanize,' which most of the world's dictionaries define primarily as 'to divide.' Linguistic terrorism is only one part of the larger process of stigmatization that aims to establish social control and the imposition of silence upon the Balkan peoples so as to allow others to speak in their name. Thus, everyone can speak about the Balkans but the Balkanites themselves.”