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Marjane Satrapi Quotes

1969–2026 France

Marjane Satrapi (22 November 1969 – 4 June 2026) was an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel Persepolis and its film adaptation.

France
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This is past, and it really comes from a very dark moment of my life. Dying is...When people say there is no alternative, there is always an alternative - to die, for example. It's a choice. You always have this choice.

If the majority of people were right, we'd be living in paradise. But we are not living in paradise, we are living in hell. What does it mean? That means the majority of people are wrong. So I never believed what people told me.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marjane Satrapi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.