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title: "1 Afghan People Quotes By Henri Cole"
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> [Over the past 30 years, hand grenades, tanks, fighter jets, missiles, helicopters and assault rifles have replaced traditional floral patterns in rug making and other textiles. Depicting these realities of war has helped the Afghan people to survive during times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/over-the-past-30-years-hand-grenades-tanks-fighter-jets-missiles/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

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## More by Henri Cole

> [“We all came from our mothers' bellies. We all have hope in our veins. We don't want history to forget us, but the dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/we-all-came-from-our-mothers-bellies-we-all-have-hope-in-our-veins-we/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [Over the past 30 years, hand grenades, tanks, fighter jets, missiles, helicopters and assault rifles have replaced traditional floral patterns in rug making and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/over-the-past-30-years-hand-grenades-tanks-fighter-jets-missiles/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [You see, my mind takes me far, but my heart dreams of return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/you-see-my-mind-takes-me-far-but-my-heart-dreams-of-return/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [“Proximity to this death makes me nostalgic for the French language.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/proximity-to-this-death-makes-me-nostalgic-for-the-french-language/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [“Experience seems to come from a distance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/experience-seems-to-come-from-a-distance/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [“Introducing the idea of beauty as a salve and of aesthetics making something difficult accessible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/introducing-the-idea-of-beauty-as-a-salve-and-of-aesthetics-making/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [In French, one can say I am alone or I feel alone but nothing as baldly distressing as I am lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/in-french-one-can-say-i-am-alone-or-i-feel-alone-but-nothing-as/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [“My soft voice and demeanor were useless. In a pint jar, I carried a cremated friend, like flesh scraped from a cistern.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/my-soft-voice-and-demeanor-were-useless-in-a-pint-jar-i-carried-a/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [“I'm standing in the lake, forming a whirlpool with my arms, letting the force of atonement pull me into its center until I cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/i-m-standing-in-the-lake-forming-a-whirlpool-with-my-arms-letting-the/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [“There's no animal that sleep-deprives itself like the human.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/there-s-no-animal-that-sleep-deprives-itself-like-the-human/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [In truth, I'm still slightly embarrassed to say, I am a poet. I'd rather say, I make poems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/in-truth-i-m-still-slightly-embarrassed-to-say-i-am-a-poet-i-d-rather/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [“I feel like a jug in which wine is poured until it overflows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/i-feel-like-a-jug-in-which-wine-is-poured-until-it-overflows/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [How can I defend myself against what I want?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/how-can-i-defend-myself-against-what-i-want/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [“the art of life, mostly, the art of avoiding pain”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/the-art-of-life-mostly-the-art-of-avoiding-pain/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

> [“Words and phrases grew only slowly”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-cole/words-and-phrases-grew-only-slowly/)

[Henri Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-cole/)

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