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 alwa… - Marjane Satrapi

If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.

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

You don't grow up, you grow old.