“We should not label people who speak up, because it should not be the ...” — Manal al-Sharif Quote

We should not label people who speak up, because it should not be the exception - it should be the norm. When you see something wrong, you speak up.

The rain begins with a single drop

It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.

In the Saudi system, women are considered inferior. No matter our age, we have male guardians. We must get permission from men to attend school, to work, to marry, to travel overseas - even to have basic medical procedures.

Everything is possible; we just need to be hopeful and think of the world from a human perspective. The world is so small compared to the universe, so we shouldn't fight for petty things.

I am always loath to assign goalkeepers too much importance, but you have to make an exception for the greats.

I think a lot of people secretly wish they were a rock star, and I'm no exception.

I've always believed that humans are good at heart. But there's always the exception.

I was sort of shocked when it all of a sudden turned out that I got all A's through college, with the exception of two B's in the first term. I never envisaged myself as summa cum laude.

Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception to the rule.