Woman Quotes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

9 Woman quotes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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Clarissa Pinkola Estés offers nine short lines about women, each a mythic, psychological glimpse from her storytelling tradition. This short selection works as a quick taste of her deep insight.

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Just because a woman is silent does not mean she agrees.

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“To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature.”

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“A woman must be able to stand in the face of power, because ultimately some part of that power will become hers.”

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“If a woman holds on to this gift of being old while she is young and young while she is old, she…

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No Latina woman would be called 'Ms.' - that's an invention of middle-class Anglo women. Latina women are proud to be called…

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“Sometimes a woman is afraid to be without security or without certainty, for even a short time. She has more excuses than…

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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…

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“Fortunately, no matter how many times she is pushed down, she bounds up again. No matter how many times she is forbidden,…

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“So, the word wild here is not used in its modern pejorative sense, meaning out of control, but in its original sense,…

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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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Dogs are the magicians of the universe.

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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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