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> [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 torturously slow-burning romance is a classic example of how men and women still struggle to communicate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/had-elizabeth-bennet-known-how-wildly-darcy-s-heart-beat-for-her/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

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> [You only need to look at Jane Austen to see how crossed wires can become a defining aspect of romantic life. Then again, if the course of true love ran more smoothly, it would have a terribly detrimental effect on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/you-only-need-to-look-at-jane-austen-to-see-how-crossed-wires-can/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

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## Other authors on Austen

## More by Mariella Frostrup

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/had-elizabeth-bennet-known-how-wildly-darcy-s-heart-beat-for-her/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/while-we-women-dilly-dally-making-decisions-leaving-jobs-half-done/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/it-s-a-universal-truth-that-no-parent-wishes-to-acknowledge-that-the/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/reading-a-book-you-are-not-enjoying-is-a-torture-not-to-be-undertaken/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/writers-want-to-talk-they-can-t-wait-to-tell-you-what-they-ve-been/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/the-point-of-the-feminist-movement-wasn-t-simply-to-set-our-underwear/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/for-most-of-us-when-our-dreams-i-use-the-word-with-reservations-came/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [I used to go out with someone who was a really great diver, and we used to go to all the great dive spots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/i-used-to-go-out-with-someone-who-was-a-really-great-diver-and-we/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/there-are-more-than-enough-people-with-serious-mental-issues-who/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/i-feel-lucky-that-i-had-my-children-late-not-that-i-would-advise-it/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/as-for-tweeting-and-texting-impassioned-discussions-particularly-when/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [Finding extracurricular activities with your husband that are unrelated to children, family and work is a priority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/finding-extracurricular-activities-with-your-husband-that-are/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [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'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/one-of-my-few-childhood-memories-is-as-an-eight-year-old-refused/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/joy-acts-like-a-trampoline-everything-that-touches-it-bouncing-right/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

> [I don't want my daughter to think she has to dress like Beyonce!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/i-don-t-want-my-daughter-to-think-she-has-to-dress-like-beyonce/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

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