Quotes from Marjane Satrapi

A razão da minha vergonha e da revolução é a mesma: a diferença entre as classes sociais.

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.

Cigarettes are food for the soul

En su casa encontraron discos, cintas de vídeo, un juego de cartas, un ajedrez, en fin, todo lo que estaba prohibido...

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

You don't grow up, you grow old.

But is it her fault that she was born where she was born???

But as far as your virginity is concerned... Now that you are married and divorced, it's normal that you're no longer a virgin! You can make love with whomever you want, without anyone knowing! You know! There's no meter down here!

De todas formas, mientras haya petróleo en oriente medio, no conoceremos la paz.

Marriage, it's like roulette: Sometimes one wins, often one loses. Even if you're very in love, it can still go bad.

J'ai enfin compris pourquoi j'avais honte de m'asseoir dans la Cadillac de mon père! La raison de ma honte et de la révolution est la même: la différence de classe sociale. Mais j'y pense...on a une bonne à la maison!!

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.

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

On ne peut s'apitoyer sur soi que quand nos malheurs sont encore soutenables...une fois cette limite franchie, le seul moyen de supporter l'insupportable, c'est d'en rire.

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

Life hangs from so slender a thread. Life is but a sigh..

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

Bad people are dangerous but forgiving them is too.

That's life! Sometimes you're on the horse's back, and sometimes it's the horse that's on your back.

?nsanlar affetmeyi bilmeli ama asla unutmamal?d?r.

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?

On se calme comme on peut.

I never realized how much they loved me. And I understood how important they were to me.