“I reassured my mother that it didn’t matter to me if my face was not symmetrical. Me, who had always cared about my appearance, how my hair looked! But when you see death, things change. “It doesn’t matter if I can’t smile or blink properly,” I told her. “I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.”
― 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
“read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.”
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“When someone takes away your pens you realize quite how important education is.”
― I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
― I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
“We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.”
― I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
― I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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