Clarissa Pinkola Estes Quotes

Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.

I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.

I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down

Just the perfect touch of rebellion," says Haymitch "Very nice." Rebellion?

Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority.

You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.

my rebelliousness went so deep that, faced with a can of asparagus that instructed me to open at this end, I always, stubbornly, opened it at the other.

Become goddesses of disobedience.

My late mother was very clear to my sister and I that we were to be strong women; that we were to be effective; that we were to be heard.

I like strong women. Physical women.

I grew up surrounded by these tough, ballsy, strong women. They were also adoring women, but they were the kind of women who would argue over what kind of pants you were wearing or the color of your nail polish.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.

I like strong, strong women who don't go down without a fight. I like iconic roles. They don't come around very often, so I have to wait for them. Obviously I'm not the typical blonde who stands by the side, while the man has all the fun.

If there's anything I think that you've seen about me, it's that I'm the rebellious girl.

I've never been a yes man.

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.

Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

There are some men who are frightened by strong women and some men who are nurtured by them and feel nervous, with weak clinging vines. And I am very much of the latter category.

With the strong women I write about, I want to create a sense of strong possibilities.

The older I get, the more impressed I am with women. I have yet to meet a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.

Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.

I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.

I've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before.

Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.