I discovered Deborah Ellis’s books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy. – Malala Yousafzai

When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban – that’s my definition for her – I don’t think she’s me. Now I don’t even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live. – Malala Yousafzai

I believe it’s a woman’s right to decide what she wants to wear and if a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can’t she also wear everything? – Malala Yousafzai

All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one. – Malala Yousafzai

Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality. – Malala Yousafzai

It’s good to fight with your brothers, and it’s good to tease them to give them advice. – Malala Yousafzai