“Sometimes there are no words to help one's courage. Sometimes you just have to jump.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“There is no one a wildish woman loves better than a mate who can be her equal.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“Wild Woman teaches women when not to act "nice" about protecting their soulful lives.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“The only trust required is to know that when there is one ending there will be another beginning.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“Many of us have lived desert lives: very small on the surface, and enormous under the ground.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“We can see that for the deep work to continue, trying to prove one's worth to the chorus of jealous hags is… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“Even in the best of worlds the soul needs refurbishing from time to time.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a woman is afraid to be without security or without certainty, for even a short time. She has more excuses than… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“Practice listening to your intuition, your inner voice; ask questions; be curious; see what you see; hear what you hear; and then… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“All creatures must learn that there exist predators. Without this knowing, a woman will be unable to negotiate safely within her own… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“So, the word wild here is not used in its modern pejorative sense, meaning out of control, but in its original sense,… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“We dismantle the predator by countering its diatribes with our own nurturant truths. Predator: You never finish anything you start. Yourself: I… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“(Young girls) are taught to not see, and instead to "make pretty" all manner of grotesqueries whether they are lovely or not.… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“What does this wildish intuition do for women? Like the wolf, intuition has claws that pry things open and pin things down,… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“Women's curiosity was given a negative connotation, whereas men were called investigative. Women were called nosy, whereas men were called inquiring. In… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“A woman must be able to stand in the face of power, because ultimately some part of that power will become hers.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“That is, to be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
