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. Clarissa Pinkola Estes bloodbloomburst Change image and share on social
If you've lost focus, just sit down and be still. Take the idea and rock it to and fro. Keep some of it and throw some away, and it will renew itself. You need do no more. Clarissa Pinkola Estes focusfrohave Change image and share on social
If women were in charge of everything, there would be women tyrants. If black people were in charge, there would be black tyrants. If Hispanics were in charge, then Hispanic tyrants. Clarissa Pinkola Estes blackchargehispanic Change image and share on social
Some say that sudden knowledge of mystical matters is accomplished only in complete quietude, or that Creator, in one of God's many forms, appears only in orderly ways that are beauteous and picturesque, or that the mystical appears only in completely silent ways. All are true. Except for the 'only' part. Clarissa Pinkola Estes accomplishappearbeauteous share on social
We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others. Clarissa Pinkola Estes bravedisastereffort Change image and share on social
This kind of forgetting does not erase memory, it lays the emotion surrounding the memory to rest. Clarissa Pinkola Estes emotioneraseforget Change image and share on social
No Latina woman would be called 'Ms.' - that's an invention of middle-class Anglo women. Latina women are proud to be called 'Mrs.' That simply means that we have a family. Clarissa Pinkola Estes anglocallclass Change image and share on social
Any time I find medicine that's helpful, I share it with everyone I know. Clarissa Pinkola Estes findhelpfulmedicine Change image and share on social
How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. Clarissa Pinkola Estes angrycircumstancefeel share on social
I became married at a young age and had two daughters and divorced at 26. I had to go on welfare to make ends meet. I had no way to support myself. Clarissa Pinkola Estes agedaughterdivorce Change image and share on social