""...choose to deal with inhumane situations in a humane way, we can turn the world around and create positive lessons for ourselves and for others.""
— Zlata Filipovic (The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them)

"My diary became more than a place to record daily events. It became a friend, the paper that it was made of was ready and willing to accept anything and everything I had to say."
— Zlata Filipovic