A child cannot be free if his/her mother is not free. A husband cannot be free if his wife is not free. The society is nothing if women are nothing.

Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies?

The rain begins with a single drop.

We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.

The rain begins with a single drop

Freedom is to live with dignity

So you’re the infamous Manal al-Sharif, ” he said, eyeing me from behind his desk. “Aren’t you ashamed of what you did?”“Is driving a car something shameful?” I answered back.

I got a text from my husband. “Manal, you are divorced, ” it read. “Your papers are in the court of Khobar.” I was divorced in my absence, just as I had been married.

My scars teach me that I am stronger than what caused them.

Gradually, I realized that the ideas I had embraced and defended blindly all my life represented a singular, and highly radical, point of view. I began to question everything.

Because my mother couldn't change my present, I decided to change my daughter's future

Start every day by making a list of all the experiences you will fill your day with and make an effort.

To rely solely on logic is in essence to operate within a structure of limited knowledge and understanding

I don't set out to do something weird, but if you see something a certain way and it's a little left of center, and you can realize it, that's a real thrill.

Uh oh, it's beer o'clock, I think I'm sober. How about we think this over, over a can of King Cobra?

Many things in your life matter, but only one thing matters absolutely.. It is finding the essence of who you are.

Let us green the earth, restore the earth, heal the earth.

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation.

Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to get laid.

This is your dividing line, by the way, between child and nonchild - when the first trouble happens that Mama can't fix.

I might not be famous one day. But I'd still be happy.