Petra

“Substance abuse is a very real trap. Drugs and alcohol are very much like an abusive lover who treats you well at first and then beats you up, apologizes, gives you nice treatment for a while, and then beats you up again. The trap is in trying to hang in there for the good while trying to overlook the bad. Wrong. This can never work.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“It is not the failure that holds us back but the reluctance to begin over again that causes us to stagnate.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

“If you have attempted to fit whatever mold and failed to do so, you are probably lucky. You may be an exile of some sort, but you have sheltered your soul.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves