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“So often a woman feels that she lives in an empty place where there is maybe just one cactus with one brilliant red flower on it, and then in every direction, 500 miles of nothing. But for the woman who will go 501 miles, there is something more.”

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Book:Women Who Run With the Wolves

Source: Women Who Run With the Wolves

“A good deal of literature on the subject of women's power states that men are afraid of women's power. I always want to exclaim, "Mother of God! So many women themselves are afraid of women's power.”

Spirituality Psychology Introspection Women S Inspirational

Book:Women Who Run With the Wolves

Source: Women Who Run With the Wolves

“Love costs. It costs bravery. It costs going the distance, as we shall see.”

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Book:Women Who Run With the Wolves

Source: Women Who Run With the Wolves

“If one wishes to love, there is no getting around it. The work of embracing her is a task. Without a task that challenges, there can be no transformation. Without a task there is no real sense of satisfaction. To love pleasure takes little. To love truly takes a hero who can manage his own fear.”

Spirituality Psychology Introspection Women S Inspirational

Book:Women Who Run With the Wolves

Source: Women Who Run With the Wolves

“Like my kith and kin before me, I swagger-staggered in high heels, and I wore a dress and a hat to church. But my fabulous tail often fell below my hemline, and my ears twitched until my hat pitched, at the very least, down over both my eyes, and sometimes clear across the room.”

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Book:Women Who Run With the Wolves

Source: Women Who Run With the Wolves

“The Virgin Mary is a girl gang leader in Heaven. She is a Hell’s Angel and she rides a Harley. This I know for I come from people who think axle grease is holy water. They hold Mass out in the driveway under the hood on Saturdays. The engine is their altar. They genuflect and say prayers all day, and baptize themselves in crankcase oil. The soles of their shoes always smell like gasoline. I come from people who think Confession a necessity only the moment before a head-on collision.”

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Book:Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul

Source: Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul