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> [I know we should aspire to be higher philosophical beings, contemplating the universe and becoming more refined humans, but if all we did was think, then arguably we'd never have invented the wheel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/i-know-we-should-aspire-to-be-higher-philosophical-beings/)

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

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## 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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