Normally, the thin-skinned have an endless array of excuses for why their workaday interactions are so much harder to bear for them than for the rest of us. In the eyes of the self-suffering, they are being victimised, used and… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Had Elizabeth Bennet known how wildly Darcy's heart beat for her, 'Pride and Prejudice' would barely have made it into a short story. Their… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
While we women dilly-dally, making decisions, leaving jobs half done, forgetting where we've put the house keys while we water the Hoover and leave… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood almost invariably… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too! — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
Writers want to talk. They can't wait to tell you what they've been thinking. And because they've been in solitude, they've had some fairly… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
The point of the feminist movement wasn't simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated workplace, but… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
I used to go out with someone who was a really great diver, and we used to go to all the great dive spots… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
As for tweeting and texting: impassioned discussions, particularly when they're intimate, don't work in abbreviated script messages. No relationship should begin or end in… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
Finding extracurricular activities with your husband that are unrelated to children, family and work is a priority. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
One of my few childhood memories is as an eight-year-old, refused permission to watch the Hitchcock season on Irish television, sneakily viewing 'The Birds'… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share
