--- title: "4 Feminine Quotes By Clarissa Pinkola Estes" description: "4 Feminine quotes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Plus more from Clarissa Pinkola Estes and more Feminine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_absolutes_when-women-hear-those-words-an-old-old-m_234800.png" --- > [When women hear those words, an old, old memory is stirred and brought back to life. The memory is of our absolute,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/when-women-hear-those-words-an-old-old-memory-is-stirred-and-brought/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_absolutes_when-women-hear-those-words-an-old-old-m_234800.png) > [As long as a woman is forced into believing she is powerless and/or is trained to not consciously register what she knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/as-long-as-a-woman-is-forced-into-believing-she-is-powerless-and-or/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_being-true_as-long-as-a-woman-is-forced-into-believ_419317.jpg) > [I call her Wild Woman, for those very words, wild and woman, create llamar o tocar a la puerta, the fairy-tale knock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/i-call-her-wild-woman-for-those-very-words-wild-and-woman-create/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_culture_i-call-her-wild-woman-for-those-very-wor_650177.jpg) > [The quintessential feminine Self stands at the center of the psyche and it is wild, meaning natural and free, and utterly wise.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/the-quintessential-feminine-self-stands-at-the-center-of-the-psyche/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_burning_the-quintessential-feminine-self-stands_1978190.png) ## Other authors on Feminine - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/abhijit-naskar/) - [Lebo Grand 21 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/lebo-grand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/rajneesh/) - [Roman Payne 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/roman-payne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gloria-steinem-38879.jpg) Gloria Steinem 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/gloria-steinem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simone-de-beauvoir-85532.jpg) Simone de Beauvoir 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/simone-de-beauvoir/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-deida-27373.jpg) David Deida 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/david-deida/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-betty-friedan-17596.jpg) Betty Friedan 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/betty-friedan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/marianne-williamson/) - [Emma Mildon 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/emma-mildon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sue-monk-kidd-87785.jpg) Sue Monk Kidd 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/sue-monk-kidd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terence-mckenna-89395.jpg) Terence McKenna 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/terence-mckenna/) ## More by Clarissa Pinkola Estes > [Tell the truth about your wound, and then you will get a truthful picture of the remedy to apply to it. Don't pack whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/tell-the-truth-about-your-wound-and-then-you-will-get-a-truthful/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [“Whether you are possessed of a simple heart or the ambitions of an Amazon, whether you are trying to make it to the top…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/whether-you-are-possessed-of-a-simple-heart-or-the-ambitions-of-an/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estés](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/the-doors-to-the-world-of-the-wild-self-are-few-but-precious-if-you/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [Friends who love you and have warmth for your creative life are the very best suns in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/friends-who-love-you-and-have-warmth-for-your-creative-life-are-the/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [Creativity is not a solitary movement. That is its power. Whatever is touched by it, whoever hears it, sees it, senses it, knows it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/creativity-is-not-a-solitary-movement-that-is-its-power-whatever-is/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [A healthy woman is much like a wolf: robust, chock-full, strong life force, life-giving, territorially aware, inventive, loyal, roving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/a-healthy-woman-is-much-like-a-wolf-robust-chock-full-strong-life/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [Do not cringe and make yourself small if you are called the black sheep, the maverick, the lone wolf. Those with slow seeing say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/do-not-cringe-and-make-yourself-small-if-you-are-called-the-black/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [Dogs are the magicians of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/dogs-are-the-magicians-of-the-universe/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/ours-is-not-the-task-of-fixing-the-entire-world-all-at-once-but-of/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [“Being real doesn't mean being reckless, it means allowing La Voz Mitologica, The Mythological Voice, to speak. One does that by shutting off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/being-real-doesn-t-mean-being-reckless-it-means-allowing-la-voz/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estés](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [Without art we live under the illusion that there is only time, and not eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/without-art-we-live-under-the-illusion-that-there-is-only-time-and/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [“Some psychological thinkers, including Freud and Bettelheim, have interpreted episodes such as those found in the Bluebeard tale as psychological punishments for women’s sexual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/some-psychological-thinkers-including-freud-and-bettelheim-have/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estés](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [If you have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman… have faith. There is yet time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/if-you-have-never-been-called-a-defiant-incorrigible-impossible-woman/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [we all begin the process before we are ready, before we are strong enough, before we know enough; we begin a dialogue with thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/we-all-begin-the-process-before-we-are-ready-before-we-are-strong/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [“To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/to-love-a-woman-the-mate-must-also-love-her-wildish-nature/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estés](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/clarissa-pinkola-estes/#itemlist", "name": "4 Feminine Quotes By Clarissa Pinkola Estes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When women hear those words, an old, old memory is stirred and brought back to life. 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