“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”

“This is what happens when the state intervenes in a persons private life; it creates two separate personas. It compels you either to lead two separate lives, or to violate whats imposed on youwhen ...”

“I was lonely, desperate, and angry. At that moment, I truly understood what it meant to be a Saudi woman. It meant being confronted with every possible kind ofobstacle and discrimination. It meant ...”

“How odd it is that we judge a woman by her clothes and the place she eats lunch and the subjects she talks about with her colleagueson her coffee break, yet we dont judge a man if he doesnt grow hi...”

“So youre the infamous Manal al-Sharif, he said, eyeing me from behind his desk. Arent you ashamed of what you did?Is driving a car something shameful? I answered back.”

“Freedom is to live with dignity”

“Madness is freedom and some may only perceive its Insanity.”

“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, runningthat's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the b...”

“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.”