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

"I want to live in a world where education is considered a human right, not a luxury."

"My father always says, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'"

"Don't ask me what I want to be when I grow up. Ask me what I want to change."

"I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right."