"We must empower girls through education."

"Life isn't just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide. You can stay there accepting everything from the Taliban, or you can make a stand against them."

"If we lived together without getting married, my parents would stop speaking to me, at least for a while. People would inevitably find out about us, and all my work in Pakistan would go up in flames. …"

"Education is the key to a better future."

"Ignorance and illiteracy are the biggest threats to peace."