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Clarissa Pinkola Estes Quotes: I have to go to the woods, and I have to meet the wolf, or else my life will never begin.
         

I have to go to the woods, and I have to meet the wolf, or else my life will never begin.


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If you have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman… have faith. There is yet time.

If you have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman… have faith. There is yet time.



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To be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled from ourselves.



Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing.

Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing.



All that you are seeking is also seeking you. If you lie still, sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you a long time.

All that you are seeking is also seeking you. If you lie still, sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you a long time.



When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.

When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.



I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.



Do not lose heart. We were made for these times.....For years we have been learning, practicing, been in training for...and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.

Do not lose heart. We were made for these times.....For years we have been learning, practicing, been in training for...and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.



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

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



Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.

Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.



If you have yet to be called an incorrigable, defiant woman, don't worry, there is still time

If you have yet to be called an incorrigable, defiant woman, don't worry, there is still time





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