And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.

Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.

Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.

With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.

Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.

I had 2 choices, be silent and get killed, or speak up and be killed, I chose the second option.

Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.

We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.

And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.

I hated him for making me stop hating him

During difficult times, it's best to cut down on sweets like cookies, cake and candy. Satisfy your sweet tooth with fruit to help prevent blood sugar dips and spikes.

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.

Compassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort.

The most important thing about quests, he decided, was not in finding what you went looking for, but in finding what you never could have imagined before you ventured forth.

About humility we speak with an analogy: When the branches are full of fruit, they just bow down.

A photograph has picked up a fact of life, and that fact will live forever.

Climb onto my shoulders. I will not let you fall.

I like exploring both the light parts and the dark parts of a single person. And all of those shades tend to come out most acutely in stories about families.

I think there's a gradient that goes from science to art and magic is the middle ground. I think that we're all trying to understand and define the world around us but often it's experimental.