Public
- Public
- Network
- Groups
- Featured
- Popular
- People

Quote from graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi: “The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.” Photo of a woman looking directly at camera with a very slight smile and holding a lit cigarette

Download link

Quote from graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi: “The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.” Photo of a woman looking directly at camera with a very slight smile and holding a lit cigarette
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/691/739/832/029/511/original/05d5f6582c84d1df.webp

Notices where this attachment appears

Embed this notice
Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jun-2026 21:49:23 JST Sumana Harihareswara

https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20260604-french-iranian-author-marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56 I'm sad that Marjane Satrapi has died.
I have often come across the quote below. Before reposting it, I wanted to verify it. And I found out it's from a 2005 Salon interview https://www.salon.com/2005/04/24/satrapi_2/ -- during the time I worked at Salon! A neat coincidence for me.

In conversation about 10 days ago from social.coop permalink