This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.

Education had been a great gift for him [Ziauddin]. He believed that lack of education was the root of all the Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be reelected. He believed schooling should be available for all, rich and poor, boys and girls.

Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon.

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.

I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up.

I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.