Marjane Satrapi Quotes

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

Marjane Satrapi

We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.

Marjane Satrapi

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

Marjane Satrapi

The key to wisdom is doubt!

Marjane Satrapi

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

Marjane Satrapi

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

Marjane Satrapi

You are putting yourself in serious danger...'I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after all the sacrifices they had made for me. The shame of having become a mediocre nihilist.

Marjane Satrapi

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

Marjane Satrapi

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

Marjane Satrapi

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

Marjane Satrapi

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!

Marjane Satrapi