My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.

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.

There is always, always, always something to write about.

Shut your mouth - there's a bus coming.

The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives all else is claimed by death.

Obama had a mandate for change and Trump clearly does not.

If we meet somebody who has never made a mistake, lets help them start a religion. Until then, were just going to meet other humans and help to make each other better.

The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.

What landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly.

He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back.

It's funny that some ideas start with a little "What if?" and then suddenly you're spending a million dollars to shoot the scene and hoping that it works.

It is up to us to cultivate our garden.