Marjane Satrapi Quotes

You know, the cynicism that is in the politics, it is not for my soul. It makes me - out of me, an extremely bitter, cynical person that I hate to see in the mirror, really.

Marjane Satrapi

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• You know, the cynicism that is in the politics, it is not for my soul. It makes me - out of me, an extremely bitter, cynical person that I hate to see in the mirror, really.

  

  Marjane Satrapi
  • Soul
  • Hate
  • Mirror