Freedom is to live with dignity

The rain begins with a single drop

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.

How beautiful it is to live in a world with no walls.

We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that they hadimposed upon us.

You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.

Judo was one of those sports where they give you guidelines but then try to tell you to develop your own style.

Some cities are women and must be loved; others are men and can only be admired or bargained with

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.

I don't act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don't transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.

Keep practicing. Never let someone tell you you're too small or too slow.

Famous designers think nothing of putting their names on your clothing, but would have the servants set the dogs on you if you ever tried to put your name on their clothing.

Buying a bicycle is a momentous event, akin to marriage: you are acquiring a partner.

her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.

Either i've turned stupid, or life's turned hard.