"I want to be a politician, not because I want power, but because I want to bring change."

"With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism."

"We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies."

"When I was in Birmingham, my dad treated our house like an art museum and me like the signature piece in the collection. When I was alone, I unraveled—because the hardest thing to be was myself."

"My voice is for those who cannot speak."