Sparknotes Persepolis Quotes & Sayings

Unfortunately, real life doesn't have a remote control. — Simone Elkeles

The world owes the artist nothing. The artist owes the world everything. — Craig A. Hart

It's important to maintain an attractive smile as you age. A lighter, less beige, more white tooth color is key, but no Chiclets. — Evelyn Lauder

Women always find you out when you lie. Always. No matter what, they always find out. They're like detectives. — Usain Bolt

Music is also one of the great heart openers. Sometimes, you hear the lyrics of a song and you dance, laugh, smile, or perhaps even cry. — Michael Franti

That looks like a tree, let's call it a tree,' said Coyote to Earthmaker at the beginning, and they walked around the rootdrinker patting their bellies. — Jack Kerouac

I know how syrupy this sounds, how dull, provincial, and possibly whitewashed, but what can I do? Happy childhoods happen — Marisa De Los Santos

there was no television in the Netherlands during the afternoons! — Robert Ludlum

Obviously I want to support women, and I believe in women, and I think we should support each other, but we shouldn't go into extremes. Some women can get very aggressive towards men, but we need men and love men, so keeping the right balance is the most important thing. — Anja Rubik

I wished sometimes to shake off all thought and feeling, but I learned that there was but one means to overcome the sensation of pain, and that was death - a state which I feared yet did not understand. — Mary Shelley

'The Author' is subtly unflinching in its satirical attack on certain practices in the creation of art and the mediation of violence. — Tim Crouch

Maybe, it takes a brave man to be with a woman like me. In relationships, I don't look the other way, and dim my voice when I have something to say. I learned that I simply don't do well with huge egos, for I always see myself as his equal. — Mirtha Michelle

Are you well?" he asked.
Her smile, which slipped, returned. "I'm ... getting by. And you?"
To his surprise, he found one side of his lips turning up at the corner. "Getting by."
"We're a pair, aren't we?" she asked ... — Donna Grant

Funny, he wasn't handsome, not in a Mr. Perfect kind of way, at least. The guy had a nose that had clearly been busted once or three times, and his hazel eyes were too shrewd and too exhausted to be classified as attractive. But he was like a cocked gun: He has a steely intelligence and a dangerous power about him that you respected. Because the combination was a flat-out killer, literally — J.R. Ward