She was as forthright and simple as the winds that blew over Tara and the yellow river that wound around it.

What is there to see in Europe? I'll bet those foreigners can't show us a thing we haven't got right here in Georgia.

men are so conceited they’ll believe anything that flatters them

In a weak moment, I have written a book.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

I can't make you understand because you don't know the meaning of fear. You have the heart of a lion and an utter lack of imagination and I envy you both of those qualities. You'll never mind facing realities and you'll never want to escape from them as I do.

There'll always be wars because men love wars. Women don't, but men do.