Quotes About Empowerment

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Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men, maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated, Laila. No chance.

And so Mariam raised the shovel high, raised it as high as she could, arching it so it touched the small of her back. She turned it so the sharp edge was vertical, and, as she did, it occurred to her that this was the first time she was deciding the course of her own life. And, with that, Mariam brought down the shovel. This time, she gave it everything she had.

And I also know that when this war is over, Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men, maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated, Laila. No chance.

Mariam SEPTEMBER 1997

Mariam is in Laila's own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns.

Thalia, I want you to know that you don't have to wear that thing in this house anymore. Not on my account. Nor his. Do it only if it suits you. I have no more to say about this business.

Seseorang yang tidak memiliki kesadaran, tidak memiliki kebaikan, tidak akan pernah menderita.

Porque una sociedad no tiene la menor posibilidad de éxito si sus mujeres no reciben educación.

Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the educated Indians—or the Pakistanis.

There are women locked in my womb forever, the memory of their birth. All I can do now is liberate the fruit of their wombs. And it may be too late.

No longer did she look like a shy little maid who was trained to censor her thought before it reached her mouth. These past few days had turned her into a reserved yet intelligent young woman.

I don't have anything to give you, except to show you a way to better yourself.

Come up here. Tell us your story.

Cover: None. I work here, bitches.

It was because of the way you treated me that I learned to be my own person, have my own opinion, stand my ground. It's at least partially because I survived you that I'm the person I am today.

It's my fault too. For a long time, I wanted to be rescued, I realized that. But not anymore. You don't have to protect me all the time now.

Being poor is not an indication of potential or worth. It's a lack of resources.

Come on, Rachel! Jenks shrilled. You're a badass, not a bad witch!

Rose to Rachel: You cry you get angry then you do something about it.

But why allow someone to make a bad choice when a little information might engender a better one? It's hard to wake up and see the sun if the blinds are pulled.

Rachel, you summon demons. You're good at it. Get over it, then find a way to make it work for you. It's not going to go away.

I may be a pawn, but I've been to the other side and survived the trip back and I can move like a queen. Don't piss me off.

Trust your judgment, baby witch. No one else's. You've got good instincts for someone flakier than my mum's pie crust. (Leprechaun to Rachel)