Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

I don't want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.

We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies.

I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him.

I dreamt of a country where education would prevail.

My goal is to get peace and my goal is to see education of every child.

If people were silent, nothing would change.