"We must empower women and girls to become agents of change."

"I used to think that the Taliban would come and they would just kill me. But then I said, 'If they come, what will you do, Malala?' Then I would reply to myself, 'Malala, just take a shoe and hit them…"

"The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they could not stop our minds from thinking."

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

"In Pakistan when women say they want independence, people think this means we don't want to obey our fathers, brothers, or husbands. But it does not mean that. It means we want to make decisions for o…"