I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated.

read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.

A city without books, a city without a library is like a graveyard.

I don't want to be thought of as the 'girl who was shot by the Taliban' but the 'girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life.

We are stronger than those who oppress us, who seek to silence us. We are stronger than the enemies of education. We are stronger than fear, hatred, violence and poverty.

Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.

Education is the power terrorists fear most.