Question

I was struck by that quote too. 

Answer 1

اون نقل قول به فکر من هم خطور کرد.

 

THOUGHT/IDEA if something strikes you, you think of it, notice it, or realize that it is important, interesting, true etc 

* A rather worrying thought struck me. 

* The first thing that struck me was the fact that there were no other women present.