Women Quotes by Mariella Frostrup

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Mariella Frostrup’s take on women is infused with the keen observation of a seasoned critic. In this short collection, she blends humor, insight, and a celebration of diverse female voices.

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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…

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While we women dilly-dally, making decisions, leaving jobs half done, forgetting where we've put the house keys while we water the Hoover…

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Men want children later, but women can't rely on being able to. So I'm all for scientific advances and the help they…

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For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted…

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Men that aren't threatened by opinionated, faintly aggressive women are in a minority.

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From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women…

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I recognise my old self in a lot of the letters I get from single women who are unrealistic about what they…

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Choosing to mother your kids full-time may seem to some the easy choice, eschewing as it does the stresses and strains of…

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Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!

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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…

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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…

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For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality,…

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I used to go out with someone who was a really great diver, and we used to go to all the great dive spots…

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There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets…

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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends…

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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…

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Finding extracurricular activities with your husband that are unrelated to children, family and work is a priority.

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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'…

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