Had Elizabeth Bennet known how wildly Darcy's heart beat for her, 'Pride and Prejudice' would barely have made it into a short… — Mariella Frostrup Barely 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 Ahead Copy Share Image
It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood… — Mariella Frostrup Acknowledge Copy Share Image
Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the… — Mariella Frostrup Book Copy Share Image
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… — Mariella Frostrup Because Copy Share Image
The point of the feminist movement wasn't simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated… — Mariella Frostrup Both Copy Share Image
For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became… — Mariella Frostrup Allure Copy Share Image
I used to go out with someone who was a really great diver, and we used to go to all the great… — Mariella Frostrup Although Copy Share Image
There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks… — Mariella Frostrup Couches Copy Share Image
I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I… — Mariella Frostrup Advise Copy Share Image
As for tweeting and texting: impassioned discussions, particularly when they're intimate, don't work in abbreviated script messages. No relationship should begin or… — Mariella Frostrup Begin Copy Share Image
Finding extracurricular activities with your husband that are unrelated to children, family and work is a priority. — Mariella Frostrup Activities Copy Share Image
One of my few childhood memories is as an eight-year-old, refused permission to watch the Hitchcock season on Irish television, sneakily viewing… — Mariella Frostrup Birds Copy Share Image
Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it. — Mariella Frostrup Joy Copy Share Image
I don't want my daughter to think she has to dress like Beyonce! — Mariella Frostrup Beyonce Copy Share Image
Coming from a broken home, I wanted to be as sure as I could be that my kids would have two parents… — Mariella Frostrup Bring Copy Share Image
Quite honestly, if we do manage to destroy the planet with our devil-may-care attitude to natural resources, I'd suggest we leave, as… — Mariella Frostrup Agony Copy Share Image
Far too many girls' and women's romantic relationships are formed around a negation of their own worth and attributes rather than a… — Mariella Frostrup Attributes Copy Share Image
I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro. — Mariella Frostrup Alice Copy Share Image
I wasn't allowed to be clever when I was young and blonde, but now I am 50 and an old blonde, I… — Mariella Frostrup Blonde Copy Share Image
I have had demanding jobs since I was 18 years old. I have had two sick days in all my working life. — Mariella Frostrup Days Copy Share Image
There are two ways of approaching your time on this planet: one is to sit around waiting for something to happen that… — Mariella Frostrup Existence Copy Share Image
I have a producer friend who despairs that I come across as rather frosty and never show the real me, and she… — Mariella Frostrup Across Copy Share Image
The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews… — Mariella Frostrup Books 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 Any Copy Share Image
