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Marjane Satrapi

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01Undated

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

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02Undated

In life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance... Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

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03Undated

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

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04Undated

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

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05Undated

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

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06Undated

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

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07Undated

The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough?Is my veil in place?Can my make-up be seen?Are they going to whip me?No longer asks herself: Where is my freedom of thought?Where is my freedom of speech?My life, is it liveable?What's going on in the political prisons?

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08Undated

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

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09Undated

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

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10Undated

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

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11Undated

I asked him what his work was. He answered that he devoted all his time to his political activities... He was undoubtedly busy with the diplomatic relations between his testicles and women's breast.

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12Undated

Love is the opposite of good sense.

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13Undated

To be the mistress of a married man is to have the better role. Do you realize? His dirty shirt, his disgusting underwear, his daily ironing, his bad breath, his hemorrhoid attacks, his fuss, not to mention his bad moods, and his tantrums. Well all that is for his wife. When a married man comes to his mistress... he's always bleached and ironed, his teeth sparkle, his breath is like perfume, he's in a good mood, he's full of conversation, he is there to have a good time with you.

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14Undated

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.

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15Undated

Men's pride is situated in their scrotums.

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16Undated

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!

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17Undated

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

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18Undated

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

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19Undated

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

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20Undated

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

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21Undated

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.

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22Undated

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

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23Undated

The key to wisdom is doubt!

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24Undated

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

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