It's time Pakistani women are able to stand up and hold their oppressors accountable, no matter how strong or influential they are. Don't be scared. They are strong because we are weak - lets change that.
Interpretation
Women must empower themselves and confront their oppressors without fear.
This quote emphasizes the need for Pakistani women to rise against oppression and hold those in power accountable, highlighting that the strength of oppressors is derived from the weakness of the oppressed. It calls for courage and collective action to change the narrative of fear and helplessness.
In practice
In a speech advocating for women's rights.
I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison.
I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished if we don't take any chances at all.
Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall.
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?
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