Henri Cole quotes

“You see, my mind takes me far, but my heart dreams of return.”
-- Henri Cole

Source : Henri Cole (2014). “Pierce the Skin: Selected Poems, 1982-2007”, p.99, Macmillan

#Dream Quotes #Heart Quotes #Mind Quotes

“How can I defend myself against what I want?”
-- Henri Cole

Source : Henri Cole (2014). “Touch: Poems”, p.60, Macmillan

#Want Quotes

“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 of conflict.”
-- Henri Cole

#War Quotes #Past Quotes #Reality Quotes

“A plague of snow, fluffy and dry before it hardens and grips the trees, the walls, and the cars parked haphazardly everywhere. When I walk to the little market a few blocks away, it feels like a test of endurance.”
-- Henri Cole

Source : "A Plague of Snow" by Henri Cole, www.newyorker.com. February 18, 2015.

#Wall Quotes #Block Quotes #Snow Quotes

“In truth, I'm still slightly embarrassed to say, I am a poet. I'd rather say, I make poems.”
-- Henri Cole

#Poet Quotes #Embarrassed Quotes #Stills Quotes

“All play aspires to the condition of paradise...through play in all its forms...we hope to achieve a state that our larger Greco-Roman, Judeo- Christian culture has always known was lost. Where it exists, we do not know, although we always have envisioned it as a garden...always as removed, as an enclosed green place...Paradise is an ancient dream...It is a dream of ourselves as better than we are, back to what we were.”

“I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil. I pray for such a like-minded mate, who will be ever for me like harmony to music, virtue to the soul, prosperity to the state, and forethought to the universe.”

“The environmentalist's dream is an egalitarian society based on: rejection of economic growth, a smaller population, eating lower on the food chain, consuming a lot less, and sharing a much lower level of resources much more equally.”

“The love she left behind will be the reason dreams are reached. She was the rock in a world that was crumbling. Her strength will remain. It’s in our hearts.”

“Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”

“The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.”

“No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.”

Source : A. C. Green (1994). “Victory”, Creation House

“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.”

“If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he must contemplate the human intellect not only on its heights of genius but in its abysses of ineptitude...”

Source : Marcus Manilius, A. E. Housman (2011). “Astronomicon”, p.19, Cambridge University Press

“And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.”