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Marjane Satrapi Quotes

39 Famous Quotes By Marjane Satrapi, The Author Of Persepolis

Famous As: Graphic Novelist Known for Her Works 'Persepolis' and 'Chicken with Plums'

Born On: 1969

Born In: Rasht, Iran

Age: 54 Years

Marjane Satrapi is a French graphic novelist, originally from Iran, who specializes in children’s book and comics. Some of the most notable works of Satrapi include ‘Chicken with Plums’, ‘The Voices’, ‘Persepolis’ and ‘Embroideries’. Besides being a writer, she is also a renowned director and filmmaker. She has been honored with severalaccolades such as Angoulême Best Comic Book Award, Cinema for Peace Award and Gat Perich Award. The release of “Persepolis” was the watershed moment in her narrative career. Her work was based on graphic memoir which illustrated the dark times which were prevalent in her native country during the Iranian Revolution. She was regarded much more of an artist than a writer, who painted the words from her imaginations. Satrapi also threw light on the political and religious turmoil which plagued her country. She maintained that she didn’t think of herself as a rebel but an extrovert and the same is revealed in her sayings and thoughts. Here are few notable quotes and thoughts by Marjane Satrapi on humor, adult, memoir, identity, freedom, laughter, oppression, misfortune, repression, hijab, womanhood, religion, fear, dictatorship, revolution and oppression.

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Life is too short to be lived badly.
Life
Marjane Satrapi

To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.

To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.
Heart
Marjane Satrapi

It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.

It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.
Fear
Marjane Satrapi

One can forgive but one should never forget.

One can forgive but one should never forget.
Never
Marjane Satrapi

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.
Fear
Marjane Satrapi

You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful.

You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful.
You Like Beautiful
Marjane Satrapi

Saying goodbye is a little like dying.
Like
Marjane Satrapi

Life is absolutely unbearable. And we're going to die.

Life is absolutely unbearable. And we're going to die.
Life
Marjane Satrapi

In every religion, you find the same extremists.

In every religion, you find the same extremists.
You
Marjane Satrapi

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

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

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.
Culture
Marjane Satrapi

I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.

I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.
Living I
Marjane Satrapi

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Marji: I'll be a prophet.

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.
You
Marjane Satrapi

We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends.

We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends.
Friends
Marjane Satrapi

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

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

I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.

I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.
Books I
Marjane Satrapi

Once again, I arrived at my usual conclusion: one must educate oneself.

Once again, I arrived at my usual conclusion: one must educate oneself.
I
Marjane Satrapi

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

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

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

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

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

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

The revolution is like a bicycle. When the wheels don't turn, it falls.

The revolution is like a bicycle. When the wheels don't turn, it falls.
Like
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!

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!
War Never
Marjane Satrapi