We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.

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.

Then they told me about the call from home and that they were taking the threats seriously. I don't know why, but hearing I was being targeted did not worry me. It seemed to me that everyone knows they will die one day. My feeling was nobody can stop death; it doesn't matter if it comes from a Talib or cancer. So I should do whatever I want to do.

The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.

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.

I would tell him that shoot me but first listen to me. And I would tell him that education is my right and education is the right of your daughter and son a well. And I'm speaking up for them. I'm speaking up for peace.

I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.