Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness. – Malala Yousafzai

And also I didn’t want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn’t want to see my life in that way. – Malala Yousafzai

We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls’ rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past. – Malala Yousafzai

My father always said, ‘Malala will be free as a bird.’ – Malala Yousafzai

I’m not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other. – Malala Yousafzai

I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him. – Malala Yousafzai