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I have always thought that if women's hair posed so many problems, God would certainly have made us ...

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The Complete Persepolis

We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is ...

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The Complete Persepolis

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

The Sigh

I want to be justice, love and the wrath of God all in one.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

If people are given the chance to experience life in more than one country, they will hate a little ...

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Ouch! What are you doing, Karl, you broke my skull!

If it's a good work of adaptation, the book should remain a book and the film should remain a film, ...

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I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.

I believe that am entire nation should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremists.

Anything that has a relationship with pleasure, we reject it. Eating, they talk about cholesterol; m...

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The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid pe...

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When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going wrong. I'...

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When you make a book or you make a movie, it is almost like hitting on somebody. It's not because yo...

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Certainly, they'd had to endure the war, but they had each other close by. They had never known the ...

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Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic...

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The key to wisdom is doubt!

Chicken with Plums

Would you like to become my wife?""Imbecile! What a question. It's my greatest dream!!!

To be the mistress of a married man is to have the better role. Do you realize? His dirty shirt, his...

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Embroideries

Men's pride is situated in their scrotums.

I've never seen or touched anything.""Can you explain then how you had children?""You're right. It's...

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Love is the opposite of good sense.

Embroideries

I asked him what his work was. He answered that he devoted all his time to his political activities....

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I finally understood what my grandmother meant. If I wasn't comfortable with myself, I would never b...

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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel,...

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Cinema is a world of imagination.

Is religion defending our physical integrity or is it just opposed to fashion?

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselv...

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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

You are putting yourself in serious danger...'I think that I preferred to put myself in serious dang...

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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

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

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

I wanted to be JUSTICE, LOVE, and the WRATH OF GOD all in one.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

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

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

In life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid...

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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fea...

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They found records and video-cassettes at their place, a deck of cards, a chess set. In other words,...

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The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers lo...

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The Complete Persepolis

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

The Complete Persepolis

It's not like since I make comics I only read comics and since I make movies I will only go out and ...

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I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email.

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Marjane Satrapi

Novelist

Born: 1969-11-22

Died: N/A

Marjane Satrapi (born November 22, 1969) is an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director and children's book author.More