"'You're already a good partner, Asser. Things are great between us, but I still don't know how I feel about being a wife.' 'So…you're saying that I just need to find a way to reverse about five thousa…"

"We realized the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns. The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them."

"We must tell girls their voices are important. Sometimes children think it is not their job… girls are asking for their future."

"There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women."

"We live in a world that talks about innovations, about gender equality. We cannot see a country going back decades and centuries."