Clarissa Pinkola Estés

A bond as important as that of a husband and wife, is the bond between siblings.

Friendship, ‘the wine of life,’ said Boswell, should, like a well-stocked cellar, be thus continually renewed. And Dr. Johnson added to this A man, Sir, should keep his friendships in constant repair.

The only other person who has a clue about what this is, the good, the bad, is your partner.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Certain guys tell me they want women of substance, not beautiful models. It just means they can’t get beautiful models.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

I probably didn’t handle things as diplomatically as I should.

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one’s relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing, it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of Divine accident.

Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.

I don’t know where to find a good guy. I just think that they’re around and I think you have to be good and at some point you’ll attract that. I really believe that. First, people should stop looking. The looking thing does not work. Just let love find you.

It’s very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they’ve made to my life.

Women talk about stuff on the way to the valet that it takes men 10 years to admit to each other. The depth at which women talk to and about each other is invaluable to me. With your really, really close good friends you do that fast.

She was not for everyone, but she was for me.

No one has done a study on this, as far as I can tell, but I think Facebook might be the first place where a large number of people have come out. We didn’t create that – society was generally ready for that. I think this is just part of the general trend that we talked about, about society being more open, and I think that’s good.

It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.