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Rule number six: Everybody should have a carRule number seven: All maids should eat at the table with the othersRule number eight: No old person should have to sufferGrandmother: In that case, I'll be your first disciple.Persepolis: Really?Grandmother: But tell me how you'll arrange for old people not to suffer?Persepolis: It will simply be forbidden.

Marjane Satrapi

Rule number six: Everybody should have a carRule number seven: All maids should eat at the table with the othersRule number eight: No old person should have to sufferGrandmother: In that case, I'll be your first disciple.Persepolis: Really?Grandmother: But tell me how you'll arrange for old people not to suffer?Persepolis: It will simply be forbidden.

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About Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi (French: [maʁʒan satʁapi]; Persian: مرجان ساتراپی [mæɾˈdʒɒːn(e) sɒːtɾɒːˈpiː]; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel Persepolis and its film adaptation, the graphic novel Chicken with Plums, Woman, Life, Freedom and the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.