Quotes about Afghanistan

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I never thought that it would look like this. The October of 2009 was a difficult period, and not just because of the ba — Artur Fidler
When I was drafted into the army in April 1984, I was a nineteen-year-old boy. The club where they took us was a distrib — Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
He was holding his right leg, but the blood soaked through his fingers and flowed over his hand onto his sleeve. Intuiti — Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
There's nothing I can do to erase the shadow of misery and despair from the eyes looking back at me from the photos [tha — Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
[On one of his comrades depicted in the book:]"Sasha was my friend … Like me, he was 19. But he didn't come home. He was — Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree. — Craig Ferguson
‎Lipstick is really magical. It holds more than a waxy bit of color - it holds the promise of a brilliant smile, a brill — Roberta Gately
Afghanistan changed him, but Iraq sculpted him. — Melissa Seligman, The Day After He Left for Iraq: A Story of Love, Family, and Reunion
If freedom is free and none need worry, then what blood drops for thee? — Ryan Goodrich, Starved for Bullets: A Collection of Scars
Dancing falls into the same category as poetry for a woman – it equals dreaming, which may inspire thoughts about such b — Jenny Nordberg, The Underground Girls of Kabul
The chowdry, or burqa -- the Saudi, North African, and Central Asian version of the head, face, and body shroud -- is a — Phyllis Chesler, An American Bride in Kabul
In an age of bombsguzzling blood, skylarks merge peacewith thought and action. — Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
Death wins nothing here,gnawing wings that amputate––then spread, lift up, fly. — Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
Don't wanna ever take your shoes off in coconut land. Never know when you're gonna have to run. — Dianne Harman, Coyote in Provence
Have my moments, Doll, have my moments. — Dianne Harman Coyote in Provence
You found us, and then lied to us so you could get a job? — Dianne Harman Coyote in Provence
She was learning that being with Slade was like riding a roller coaster. Good news one minute and bad news the next. She — Dianne Harman Coyote in Provence
So, Slade, the swearing, the poor english and everything else is just a facade. You're really quite a deep and intellige — Dianne Harman Coyote in Provence
war. Or, rather, wars. Not one, not two, but many wars, both big and small, just and unjust, wars with shifting casts of — Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
Like the Nazis, the cadres of jihad have a death wish that sets the seal on their nihilism. The goal of a world run by a — Christopher Hitchens, The Enemy