Persepolis Marjane Quotes

Marji tells herself this in the mirror at age fourteen, and she grapples with this for the rest of the book… and probably for the rest of her life. We say this a lot, but maybe this is what growing up is about: learning who you are, and staying true to that. That's what it's like for Marjane, at least.

This is the first thing Marjane does after she finds herself in the boarding school in Vienna. Does buying groceries on one's own make you a woman? She also starts going by Marjane instead of Marji at this time, so there's that to factor in, too.

This statement is accompanied by an image of Marjane looking like the hulk, ripping through clothing. It's an appropriate comparison, seeing how she grows seven inches in a year and totally changes. Maybe the Hulk was secretly designed by a hormone-addled teenage girl. You wouldn't like them when they're angry, either.