Marjane Satrapi

Artist

1969-11-22

Quotes by Marjane Satrapi

• 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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• 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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• Love is the opposite of good sense.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• 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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