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I am built close to the ground and of extravagant body.

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Topics: Am Body Built Close Extravagant Ground I Am

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I know people heal by being able to tell the story - the whole story.

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Topics: Able Being Heal Know People Story Tell Whole

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Modern storytellers are the descendants of an immense and ancient community of holy people, troubadours, bards, griots, cantadoras, cantors, traveling poets, bums, hags, and crazy people.

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Topics: Ancient Bums Community Crazy Crazy People Descendants Holy Immense Modern People Poets Storytellers Traveling

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Forget: Refuse to dwell; let go and loosen one's hold, particularly on memory. To forget is an active - not passive - endeavor.

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Topics: Active Dwell Endeavor Forget Go Hold Let Go Loosen Memory Particularly Passive Refuse

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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

Topics: Age Became Daughters Divorced Ends Go Had Make Married Meet Myself Support Two Way Welfare Young Young Age

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Cynicism means the conduit to the soul has a great kink in it, like a garden hose in which nothing flows in either direction.

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Topics: Cynicism Direction Either Flows Garden Great Hose Like Means Nothing Soul Which

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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.

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Topics: Black Charge Everything Hispanic Hispanics People Then Tyrants Were Women Would

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Our own sorrows seem heavy enough, even when lifted by certain long-term joys. But watching others hurt is the breaker of most any heart.

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Topics: Any Certain Enough Even Heart Heavy Hurt Joys Lifted Long-Term Most Others Our Own Seem Sorrows Watching

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When you feel bad, find a person to talk to and cry with, to tell of your anger and other helpless feelings.

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Topics: Anger Bad Cry Feel Feelings Find Helpless Other Person Talk Tell You Your

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People used to grow up in small communities where folk wisdom was passed down. But we don't live there anymore. We can't go next door to your aunt and ask her for the answers.

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Topics: Answers Anymore Ask Aunt Communities Door Down Folk Go Grow Grow Up Her Live Next Next Door Passed People Small Up Used Where Wisdom Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: January 27th, 1945

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