Marjane Satrapi Quotes

We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends.

Where are you going on vacation?”
“Nowhere. I’m going to read. I love reading.

The revolution is like a bicycle. When the wheels don't turn, it falls.

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

Oh my!! How you've grown. Soon you'll be catching the Lord's balls.

War always takes you by surprise.

Rule number six: Everybody should have a car
Rule number seven: All maids should eat at the table with the others
Rule number eight: No old person should have to suffer

Grandmother: In that case, I'll be your first disciple.
Persepolis: Really?
Grandmother: But tell me how you'll arrange for old people not to suffer?
Persepolis: It will simply be forbidden.

For a revolution to succeed, the entire population must support it.

I rushed to the living room to protect myself from I don't know what, behind my best friend, a book.

The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea pigs.

The key to wisdom is doubt!

Prosperity consists of two things: tea after a meal, and a cigarette after tea.

Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves.

You must base everything on these three rules: behave well, speak well, act well.

I wanted to be an educated, liberated woman. And if the pursuit of knowledge meant getting cancer, so be it.