It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.
Mariella FrostrupIn romance we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both.
Mariella FrostrupReading 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