

“Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.”
― I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
― I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.”
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“read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.”
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“We did that often, asking each other questions whose answers we already knew. Perhaps it was so that we would not ask the other questions, the ones whose answers we did not want to know.”
― Purple Hibiscus
― Purple Hibiscus

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
― I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
― I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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