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" I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy. "

Malala Yousafzai

School

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" Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me. "

Malala Yousafzai

Words

Thank You

" Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up. "

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Will

You

" I want to make this world perfect. "

" I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up. "

Malala Yousafzai

Shot

Remembered

" If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person. "

" I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights; rather, I am focusing on women to be independent to fight for themselves. "

" Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton. "

" The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue. "

" Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality. "

" When God created man and woman, he was thinking, 'Who shall I give the power to, to give birth to the next human being?' And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence that women are powerful. "

" A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn't kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story. "

" We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past. "

" When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak. "

" I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace. "

" All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one. "

Malala Yousafzai

Want

Afraid

" Pakistan is a peace-loving, democratic country. "

" I want to serve the people. "

" I will only miss school for an engagement if it is going to bring real change. "

" If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country. "

" I think I have a right to live my life the way I like. "

" Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless. "

Malala Yousafzai

Engaging

Talk

" For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge. "

Malala Yousafzai

Knowledge

Future

" I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible. "

" It gets quite difficult for me when I listen to pop music. I don't often understand the words, but when someone translates them to me, I think, 'What is this song representing? That women are just there to be treated like objects?' "

" I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated. "

" There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education. "

" At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow. "

" What I get a bit angry about is the image of women. "

" I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard. "

" I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party. "