Women Who Run With The Wolves Quotes

#1. I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.

Bat For Lashes

#2. Sometimes a woman is afraid to be without security or without certainty, for even a short time. She has more excuses than dogs have hairs. She must just simply dive in and stand not knowing what will happen next.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#4. The only trust required is to know that when there is one ending there will be another beginning.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#5. To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#6. All creatures must learn that there exist predators. Without this knowing, a woman will be unable to negotiate safely within her own forest without being devoured. To understand the predator is to become a mature animal who is not vulnerable out of naivete, inexperience, or foolishness.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#7. There is no one a wildish woman loves better than a mate who can be her equal.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#8. Now, through the catalytic interaction with technology, the human species is getting set to redefine itself.

Terence McKenna

#9. When you see commented-out code, delete it!

Robert C. Martin

#10. Even in the best of worlds the soul needs refurbishing from time to time.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#11. Some people are near- or farsighted - I'm thorn-sighted. The thorns on the rose are in really sharp definition for me, the rose petals a little fuzzier.

Danny Meyer

#12. Sometimes there are no words to help one's courage. Sometimes you just have to jump.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#13. Wild Woman teaches women when not to act "nice" about protecting their soulful lives.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#14. Some women run with wolves, but the majority would be much happier with your basic lap dog.

Paula Wall

#15. Many of us have lived desert lives: very small on the surface, and enormous under the ground.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#16. As a woman lives them, she will understand more and more of these interior feminine rhythms, among them the rhythms of creativity, or birthing psychic babies and perhaps also human ones, the rhythms of solitude, of play, of rest, of sexuality, and of the hunt.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#17. Practice listening to your intuition, your inner voice; ask questions; be curious; see what you see; hear what you hear; and then act upon what you know to be true. These intuitive powers were given to your soul at birth.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#18. When the light has sharply faded And you have lost your way Let another's love guide you It can turn blackest night into day.

Kevin Myers

#19. I'm okay with standing in my way and in turn allowing it to impede my progress, but I'm okay with the struggle of overcoming obstacles despite myself.

Josh McDermitt

#20. We can see that for the deep work to continue, trying to prove one's worth to the chorus of jealous hags is pointless.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#21. We settled Mama into the wheelchair and loaded her down with both our pocketbooks and a vase of flowers I had picked to present to our host in hopes of softening the effects of any opinions Mama might vent during the evening.

Bailey White