Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.

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.

We should not be followers of traditions that go against human rights...we are human beings and we make traditions.

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

Let us become the first generation to decide to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods and wasted potential

And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.

I reassured my mother that it didn’t matter to me if my face was not symmetrical. Me, who had always cared about my appearance, how my hair looked! But when you see death, things change. “It doesn’t matter if I can’t smile or blink properly,” I told her. “I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.