“To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“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.”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“One isn't born courageous, one becomes it.”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“It's not disgusting, that little skin that hangs?"
"The foreskin? No, it's okay. I think that generally speaking , a dick isn't really photogenic."
"I quite agree.”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“Men's pride is situated in their scrotums.”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“Love is the opposite of good sense.”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“Tu oublies que tout le monde n'a pas ta force, ni ton courage..."
"On ne nait pas courageux, on le devient".”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“Would you like to become my wife?"
"Imbecile! What a question. It's my greatest dream!!!”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“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.”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“Parler derrière le dos des autres est le ventilateur du couer.”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
“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.”
― Marjane Satrapi, quote from Embroideries
Marjane Satrapi
Born place: in Rasht, Iran
Born date November 22, 1969
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“I'm so burned out, the only person I can stand is myself.
I'm the only one I would put through this.
Wheels and wings,
The ride is everything.
I'm all I've got.
I'm all I can take.
Another day has destroyed a part of me.
So far so good.”
― Henry Rollins, quote from See A Grown Man Cry/Now Watch Him Die
“No matter how much I fought him or gave in to him in turns, I couldn’t fuck away my fears.”
― Cassie Alexander, quote from Nightshifted
“I probably should've thought about talking to Uncle Gary a lot earlier. He's been married something like four times already, so he's an EXPERT on relationships.”
― Jeff Kinney, quote from The Third Wheel
“Every time you compromise, something inside your spirit dies a little,”
― Lynn Austin, quote from Gods and Kings
“I know what it's like to look for someone to fill up the whole inside you.”
― Janet Gurtler, quote from I'm Not Her
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