Marjane Satrapi Quotes

Si certains lieux publics avaient survécu aux répressions du régime, soit c'était pour nous laisser un espace de liberté, soit c'était de l'ignorance.

La libertà ha sempre un prezzo.

Get real up to a certain age, you need your parents, then later, they need you.

"I've never seen or touched anything."
"Can you explain then how you had children?"
"You're right. It's true I have four kids. Four! But still I have never seen the male organ. He came into the bedroom, he turned off the light, and then Bam! Bam! Bam! and voila I was pregnant! What's more, I was granted four girls. So I have never seen penises."

My natural optimism just leads me to be skeptical.

You don't grow up, you grow old.

Cigarettes are food for the soul

Preferiría que estuviera vivo y encarcelado que muerto como un héroe

When I went back to her room she was crying. We were not in the same social class but at least we were in the same bed.

Si je n'étais pas intégré à moi-même, je ne pourrais jamais m'intégrer.

Where was my mother to stroke my hair?
Where was my grandmother to tell me that lovers, I would have them by the dozen?
Where was my father to punish this boy who dared hurt his daughter?
Where?

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

Dans ta vie tu rencontreras beaucoup de cons. S'ils te blessent, dis-toi que c'est la bêtise qui les pousse à te faire du mal. Ça t'évitera de répondre à leur méchanceté. Car il n'y a rien de pire au monde que l'amertume et la vengeance. .. Reste toujours digne et intègre à toi même.

Bagaimanapun, selama ada minyak di Timur Tengah kita takkan pernah damai.

Nothing’s worse than saying goodbye. It’s a little like dying.