„Let me be straightforward… If anyone loves Georgia, that must be me. I used to be enthusiastic and patriotic in everything but my son’s death has embittered me so much that I always say I’d rather have a coward son who is alive. I am
„No book that I’ve ever written had a reason and a purpose as specific as the one I would like to talk about now. My book is a collection of drawings and fairy-tales. The illustrations are by my 6-year-old son Giorgi, with autistic spectrum disorder, interesting
"It is still prevalent today to view texts differently depending on whether they have been written by a woman or a man. I have had to face it too many a time. My texts have been evaluated as “written by a woman” too. Female writers
„I had an innate sense of protest against prohibitions ever since I can remember but I gave it the name “gender based discrimination” only later, when I became a majoritarian MP candidate. Even as a little girl, I realized that my brother was in a
„My mother was the eldest child in the family. They told us myths about our grandparent’s love, yet, when grandma gave birth to a girl, grandfather did not talk to her for two days. Apparently, he, like every Georgian man, wanted a boy. Maybe this,
„Since my school age, I have been forced to choose between my behavior and my aspirations. I have been asked all the time how one can be into studies and fun at the same time. I faced this stereotype later, in my student years too,
"A special child”, “I don’t know what to do” – these are the questions or concerns that I, as a mother of an autistic child, have often come across and I understand the fear and confusion that drags down the parents and gives them the
„Growing up, I was surrounded by women; I was actually brought up by women. The people who have influenced the way I matured were all women. These are the individuals, who stand out in my memory: my mother, grandmother, aunt – my second mother who
„My childhood was rather difficult. When I was 15, my 20-year-old brother was killed in a car accident. I was the only child left in the family. Not that we put up with his loss, no, but we actually learned to live with a diseased