How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Panel)
Quote #1
The revolution is like a bicycle. When the wheels don't turn, it falls. (2.4)
This is a good quote from a very young Marji, and it's true. We'd like to add that a revolution is like a really long tandem bicycle. It takes a lot of riders to keep it going, and they have to be in sync. If one person stops, the whole thing is going to tip over.
Quote #2
"Marji, run to the basement! We're being bombed!" (9.60)
It would be easy to say that the war begins with the sound of bombs dropping, but there was a slow boil building up to it. The bombs are more like popping the zit of war. Things have been festering under the surface for a long time before they explode.
Quote #3
"The Iranian fundamentalists tried to stir up their Iraqi Shiite allies against Saddam. […] He's always wanted to invade Iran. And here's the pretext. It's the second Arab invasion." (10.50)
Iran seems to be living in a time warp, dealing with invasions every thousand years or so. Why are they perpetually at war? Could it be because of every regime's insistence on cultural ignorance? By ignoring the mistakes of the past, they might be doomed to repeat them.