"I am not a lone voice, I am many."

"The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women."

"Peace in every home, every street, every village, every country – this is my dream. Education for every boy and every girl in the world. To sit down on a chair and read my books with all my friends at…"

"When I was in Birmingham, my dad treated our house like an art museum and me like the signature piece in the collection. When I was alone, I unraveled—because the hardest thing to be was myself."

"I want to be known as the girl who fought for education, not the girl who was shot."