Parenting Quote by Marjane Satrapi Download Open image ““I wanted to die. Where were my parents to take me in their arms, to reassure me?”” — Marjane Satrapi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Arms Reassure Die Parents Parenting Parents Parents Arms Reassure
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“...then went back to showing me how I could help my family most efficiently by dying young.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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“I didn't really want to die; I just wasn't ready to live. I was merely surviving...one reluctant heartbeat at a time.” — Wendi Cassel Copy Share Image
I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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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… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I was a child who had a life, who had hopes, and I wished that a bomb would not fall on my head. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
