"I wasn't sad. I wasn't scared. I just thought: it doesn't matter what I look like. I am alive I was thankful." -
"I was like a scientist studying a specimen. I wanted to understand exactly what happened, where the bullet had went. I was fascinated by what I saw." -page 145
"I glanced at Dr.Fiona. She positioned a box of tissues between us, and I realized she expected me to cry. Maybe the old Malala would have cried. But then when your nearly lost a life, a funny face in the mirror is simply proof that you are still on this earth." -