Freedom has a price. I was just beginning to understand that.

Everything in life is a question of drawing a line, and you have to decide for yourself where to draw it.

Every situation has an opportunity for laughs.

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

To die a martyr is to inject blood into the veins of society.

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

The enemy is not capitalism, it's stupidity.

In any case, it's not up to women to fight to change their fate. It's up to men too.

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

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

But I love you, declares the idiot, and that’s all that matters!

His memory was my memory. He was my courage.

I was born with religion, my father said. I preferred dinosaurs

Nothing's worse than bitterness and mockery.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)