Medicine Quote by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Stories are medicine. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act anything - we need only listen.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“By telling stories, Jesus isn’t somehow putting sugar in a spoon to make the medicine go down a bit easier. These stories are the…

— Ronnie McBrayer

I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized…

— Lois Lowry

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…

— 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…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.

— Chuck Palahniuk

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.

— Tim Vine

“Stories are the best medicine that exists.”

— A.T. MacDonnacha

The greatest tales, well told, awaken the fears and longings of the listeners. Each man hears a different story. Each is touched by it…

— Juliet Marillier

“She is both the bookends and the stories between.”

— Kirk Diedrich

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

— Trudi Canavan

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.

— John Berger