Mariella Frostrup Quotes

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

To my mind, it is better to have regrets about the good aspects of your former marriage because you were able to work past some of your accumulated resentments than to have no regrets because you had to ratchet up the hostility to get out in the first place.

I always tell people you can't make peace half way: to make peace with somebody, you have to make peace and bury the hatchet, or you just keep fighting forever.

As a child, I remember seeing what a struggle it was for both my parents to accommodate and adjust to the idea of not being together. They cared for each other deeply; they loved each other. They just couldn't stay together because they wanted different things from life and sometimes, it happens.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change.

Everyone knows that when you go through a divorce, it's a really difficult time for both parties and you've all - you believe, you both believe, individually, that you've put your best into it.

We want peace, but not at any price.

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.

Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!

I've never understood why the end of a relationship - especially one involving children - has to immediately signal a descent into hatred and toxicity.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

We'll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.

I think we might well ask: How does one destroy his enemy by becoming like him?

The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war

Peace is something that unfortunately cannot be made unilaterally.

Conciliation is the enemy.

If after negotiations there are still some differences outstanding between us, the differences will be adjusted by arms.

On both sides, all should be forever forgotten and forgiven—what has from the beginning of the unrest, no matter how or where, from one side or the other, happened in terms of hostility

We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.

I would adore to make up with the United States of America... Oh, America, what is the matter with you? Why couldn't you have been my friend?