"My mother always told me,"hide your face-people are looking at you".I would reply,"it does not matter;I am also looking at them"

"Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children."

"Life isn't just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide."

"I don't want to be thought of as the "girl who was shot by the Taliban" but the "girl who fought for education." This is the cause to which I want to devote my life."

"He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan’s problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected."

"The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking."

"We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies."

"Read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism."

"One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."