I know you're still young, but I want you to understand and learn this now, he said. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl, truly you are. You can be anything you want. Laila, I know this about you, and I also know when this war is over. Afghanistan is going to need just as much as its men, maybe even more Because a Society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated." Pg 114 Ch 16
What this quote is trying to say this that, even though she is a female and she is seen as less important compared to man in her culture, and that even though she is a girl she can still chase her dreams.