I got a text from my husband. “Manal, you are divorced, ” it read. “Your papers are in the court of Khobar.” I was divorced in my absence, just as I had been married.

The rain begins with a single drop

Freedom is to live with dignity

So you’re the infamous Manal al-Sharif, ” he said, eyeing me from behind his desk. “Aren’t you ashamed of what you did?”“Is driving a car something shameful?” I answered back.

My scars teach me that I am stronger than what caused them.

Gradually, I realized that the ideas I had embraced and defended blindly all my life represented a singular, and highly radical, point of view. I began to question everything.

How beautiful it is to live in a world with no walls.

We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that they hadimposed upon us.

Where does your soul walk?

God can use you. You must be willing to follow His leading.

Stop thinking like Alice in Wonderland, Celia told herself sternly. You're a grown-up, it's no use shutting your eyes, wishing things would happen

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Union of hearts, not hands, does a marriage make, and sympathy of mind keeps love awake.

I make movies. I'm not in politics.

I was just in London - there is a 6 hour time difference. I'm still confused. When I go to dinner, I feel sexy. When I go to bed, I feel hungry.

The nation that has the schools has the future.

You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.

Speak me fair in death.