Marjane Satrapi Quotes

If hair is as stimulating as you say then you need to shave your mustache

Preferiría que estuviera vivo y encarcelado que muerto como un héroe

Certainly, they'd had to endure the war, but they had each other close by. They had never known the confusion of being a third-worlder, they had always a home!

En la vida encontrarás muchos imbéciles. Si te hieren, piensa que es su estupidez la que les empuja a hacerte daño. Así evitarás responder a su maldad. Porque no hay nada peor en el mundo que el rencor y la venganza... Mantén siempre tu dignidad, tu integridad y la fidelidad a ti misma (p.159)

"Tu oublies que tout le monde n'a pas ta force, ni ton courage..."
"On ne nait pas courageux, on le devient".

You know men!! As soon as you give in to them, they ignore you.

One must educate oneself

Well depressive, I don't know. If you have a little sensibility or a heart you have all the reason to be depressed once in a while. But the depression is like a motor for creation. I need a little bit of depression, a bit of acid in my stomach, to be able to create. When I'm happy I just want to dance."

Marriage, it's like roulette: Sometimes one wins, often one loses. Even if you're very in love, it can still go bad.

I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.

Guns may shoot and knives may carve, but we won't wear your silly scarves!

In every religion, you find the same extremists.

"It's not disgusting, that little skin that hangs?"
"The foreskin? No, it's okay. I think that generally speaking , a dick isn't really photogenic."
"I quite agree."

I'm going to die and my son farts in my face... what a waste!

The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself:
Are my trousers long enough?
Is my veil in place?
Can my make-up be seen?
Are they going to whip me?

No longer asks herself:
Where is my freedom of thought?
Where is my freedom of speech?
My life, is it liveable?
What's going on in the political prisons?