The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.

I don't want awards, I want my daughter. I wouldn't exchange a single eyelash of my daughter for the whole world.

I don't mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I'm afraid of no one.

Education is the only solution. Education first.

I don't cover my face because I want to show my identity.

For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge.

We realize the importance of light when we see darkness. We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced. In the same way when we were in Swat, we realized the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns.