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’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.

We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.

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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 like to put sacred texts in flowing waters, so I rolled it up, tied it to a piece of wood, placed a dandelion on top, and floated it in the stream which flows into the Swat River. Surely God would find it there.

There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women’s rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and fight for themselves.