Mackenzie Marrow

“My scarves reminded me of home and helped me connect to a world I had lost. No matter what the misogynists or Islamophobes said, I wanted girls in Pakistan to know that I had not forgotten them.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“Trust the water to hold you, trust yourself to float.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“Friendship is the only type of love available to all of us at any point in our lives. It is common, often overlooked, unmarked by major holidays. To me, friends should be embraced with the same magnitude of wonder and care that we feel for lovers and family members.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“That taunt would’ve hurt me a few years earlier, sending me into a spiral of trying to prove to myself and others that there was still a place for me in Pakistan. Now, though, I knew what home meant to me, what it feels like, how to recognize it. It is the first sip of chai at Frida’s House in Lahore and walks along the Birmingham canals with my mom, the mountains in Mingora, the rooftops of Oxford, the gardens of Islamabad, boats gliding along the Thames in London. It is sitting on the couch laughing with my friends. It is falling asleep in my husband’s arms anywhere in the world, and no one can take that away from me.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way