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title: "2 Shame Shame Quotes By Marjane Satrapi"
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> [You are putting yourself in serious danger...' I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/you-are-putting-yourself-in-serious-danger-i-think-that-i-preferred/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

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> [“Despite the doctor’s orders, I bought myself several cartons of cigarettes (…) I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/despite-the-doctor-s-orders-i-bought-myself-several-cartons-of/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

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## More by Marjane Satrapi

> [I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-became-the-voice-of-a-generation-in-a-very-surprising-way-because/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [With live-action I think we'd have lost the universal appeal of the Persepolis story. With live-action, it would have turned into a story of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/with-live-action-i-think-we-d-have-lost-the-universal-appeal-of-the/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-don-t-like-the-word-autobiography-i-rather-like-the-term/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [I don't think that I have ever been rebellious. The thing is that I don't believe in people - what people tell me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-don-t-think-that-i-have-ever-been-rebellious-the-thing-is-that-i/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/drawing-is-the-first-language-of-the-human-being-before-writing-it-s/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-was-a-westerner-in-iran-an-iranian-in-the-west-i-had-no-identity-i/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-m-not-a-politician-i-don-t-know-how-to-solve-the-problems-of-the/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/a-cat-can-never-be-well-trained-because-they-re-too-independent/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/it-s-fear-that-makes-us-lose-our-conscience-it-s-also-what-transforms/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-am-absolutely-not-a-feminist-i-am-against-stupidity-and-if-it-comes/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [I was a child who had a life, who had hopes, and I wished that a bomb would not fall on my head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-was-a-child-who-had-a-life-who-had-hopes-and-i-wished-that-a-bomb/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [There are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/there-are-things-that-i-love-in-iranian-cinema-and-things-that-i-don/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/i-had-learned-that-you-should-always-shout-louder-than-your-aggressor/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

> [In the West, people don't have any real problems. It's all based on bad conscience, a very Christian notion. I don't have any bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/in-the-west-people-don-t-have-any-real-problems-it-s-all-based-on-bad/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/when-we-re-afraid-we-lose-all-sense-of-analysis-and-reflection-our/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

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