Heart Quotes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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Estes draws from folklore to illuminate the heart’s hidden narratives, each insight a small myth waiting to be heard. Though brief, the collection sparks imagination and self‑exploration.

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“Like night dreams, stores often use symbolic language, therefore bypassing the ego and persona, and traveling straight to the spirit and soul…

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In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that…

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Do not lose heart. We were made for these times…For years we have been learning, practicing, been in training for...and just waiting…

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There is a time in our lives, usually in mid-life, when a woman has to make a decision - possibly the most…

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The body is a multilingual being. It speaks through its color and its temperature, the flush of recognition, the glow of love,…

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A Prayer Refuse to fall down If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down. If you cannot refuse to…

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It is that holy poetry and singing we are after. ... It is the wild singing we are after, our chance to…

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Our own sorrows seem heavy enough, even when lifted by certain long-term joys. But watching others hurt is the breaker of most…

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“Whether you are possessed of a simple heart or the ambitions of an Amazon, whether you are trying to make it to the top…

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The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if…

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Friends who love you and have warmth for your creative life are the very best suns in the world.

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Creativity is not a solitary movement. That is its power. Whatever is touched by it, whoever hears it, sees it, senses it, knows it,…

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A healthy woman is much like a wolf: robust, chock-full, strong life force, life-giving, territorially aware, inventive, loyal, roving.

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Do not cringe and make yourself small if you are called the black sheep, the maverick, the lone wolf. Those with slow seeing say…

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Dogs are the magicians of the universe.

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Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world…

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“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…

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Without art we live under the illusion that there is only time, and not eternity.

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“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…

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