I recognise my old self in a lot of the letters I get from single women who are unrealistic about what they… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Saturday and Sunday mornings are the only time the children are allowed to turn on the television. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
In my child's-eye view, whenever I was exposed to pain, it meant that my mother had let me down. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
When a father of a daughter dies, you elevate them. And you sort of deify them. — Mariella Frostrup Children Copy Share Image
If I was a man, I don't know if I'd settle down long before I was 50. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
In person, George Clooney lives up to all your expectations. — Mariella Frostrup Clooney Copy Share Image
Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I can't sleep in an isolated place without pills, earplugs, and both my children in bed with me for fear of scary,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
As we mature, there are people with whom we run out of steam, but there are also those with whom a little… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of… — Mariella Frostrup Depression Copy Share Image
Every adult has the right to choose who they wish to spend their lives with, and we're all capable of making mistakes,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Life is rife with frustrations, jealousies and, on occasion, an overwhelming sense of its injustices, but it's a big mistake to let… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn't escape the city. I like to… — Mariella Frostrup Birds Copy Share Image
What an unappealing responsibility that is to lumber any prospective lover with: the need to be a saviour, not simply an equal… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I used to routinely turn down things that might compound the impression that I was some kind of vacuous blonde. But now,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
With the Internet, we can communicate instantly across the globe, but the net also makes it possible for us to shrink ever… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Normally, the thin-skinned have an endless array of excuses for why their workaday interactions are so much harder to bear for them… — Mariella Frostrup Abuse Copy Share Image
The more brutal it gets in the working world, the more appealing the prospect of having someone at home creating a sanctuary… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Choosing to mother your kids full-time may seem to some the easy choice, eschewing as it does the stresses and strains of… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
While we women dilly-dally, making decisions, leaving jobs half done, forgetting where we've put the house keys while we water the Hoover… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I love my children, but I don't really want to talk about them. I'm not that much of a freakish middle-aged mother,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Often, those who bruise easily spend too much time thinking about themselves. I'd go so far as to say that oversensitivity is… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
It's an absolute disgrace that there isn't a books programme on the BBC. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I was told that when you hit forty men stop looking at you. It's true, until you slip on a mini-skirt. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
It's perfectly possible to love your toddler but struggle to like them when times are hard. — Mariella Frostrup Child Copy Share Image
As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I have a very childish attitude to books - a very non-analytic enthusiasm... like Alice falling down the chute. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Men that aren't threatened by opinionated, faintly aggressive women are in a minority. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances. — Mariella Frostrup Advantage Copy Share Image
Whenever the party-girl tag gets attached to my name, it makes me want to snort with derision. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow. — Mariella Frostrup Adulthood Copy Share Image
I would go out with people who really didn't like me very much and then wonder why we weren't getting married! — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for. — Mariella Frostrup Challenges Copy Share Image
The idea of exposing the British public to the full breadth of my personality isn't a good one. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I'm a control freak. And more so now that I have children. — Mariella Frostrup Children Copy Share Image
