---
title: "1 Lives Blossom Quotes By Clarissa Pinkola Estes"
description: "1 Lives Blossom quotes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Plus more from Clarissa Pinkola Estes and more Lives Blossom sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_creativity_once-women-have-lost-her-and-then-found_2501842.jpg"
---

> [“Once women have lost her and then found her again, they will contend to keep her for good. Once they have regained her, they will fight and fight hard to keep her, for with her their creative lives blossom; their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/once-women-have-lost-her-and-then-found-her-again-they-will-contend/)

[Clarissa Pinkola Estés](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_creativity_once-women-have-lost-her-and-then-found_2501842.jpg)

## 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/lives-blossom/clarissa-pinkola-estes/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Lives Blossom Quotes By Clarissa Pinkola Estes",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Once women have lost her and then found her again, they will contend to keep her for good. Once they have regained her, they will fight and fight hard to keep her, for with her their creative lives blossom; their relationships gain meaning and depth and health; their cycles of sexuality, creativity, work, and play are re-established; they are no longer marks for the predations of others; they are entitled equally under the laws of nature to grow and to thrive.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Clarissa Pinkola Estes"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/once-women-have-lost-her-and-then-found-her-again-they-will-contend/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_creativity_once-women-have-lost-her-and-then-found_2501842.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_creativity_once-women-have-lost-her-and-then-found_2501842.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_creativity_once-women-have-lost-her-and-then-found_2501842.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Once women have lost her and then found her again, they will contend to keep her for good. Once they have…” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lives-blossom/clarissa-pinkola-estes/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lives-blossom/clarissa-pinkola-estes/",
            "name": "Lives Blossom Quotes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lives-blossom/clarissa-pinkola-estes/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/clarissa-pinkola-estes-1461_creativity_once-women-have-lost-her-and-then-found_2501842.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Lives Blossom quotes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Plus more from Clarissa Pinkola Estes and more Lives Blossom sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lives-blossom/clarissa-pinkola-estes/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lives-blossom/clarissa-pinkola-estes/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Lives Blossom",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lives-blossom/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Clarissa Pinkola Estes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lives-blossom/clarissa-pinkola-estes/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```