persepolis and razors edge quotes paper 2

martyr quote (mary had a little lamb)

 “To die a martyr is to inject blood into the veins of society” (pg 155)

separated (piña colada)

“We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends” (pg 4).

Educated “sympathy for the devil”

“I wanted to be an educated, liberated woman. … And so another dream went up in smoke” (pg 73).

god (billy jean)

“I wanted to be justice, love and the wrath of god all in one” (pg 9)

Lazy (Africa by toto)

“He’s not trying to [work]. He seems quite satisfied to do nothing” (pg 21).

Region (karma police)

“For men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they were born” (pg 4).

The dead (call me maybe)

“The dead look so terribly dead when they’re dead” (pg 46).

Beauty (rock your body)

“I was ravished with the beauty of the world” (pg 275).