Ina

“To be a choicemaker in the third phase means that what you choose to do or be must correspond with what is true for you at a soul level.”
― Jean Shinoda Bolen, Goddesses in Older Women:: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty

“there is no word in Hebrew for “goddess,” so the word cannot appear in the Old Testament.”
― Jean Shinoda Bolen, Goddesses in Older Women:: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty

“It occurred to her that mercy was the ability to stop, if only for a moment. There was no mercy where there could be no stopping.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“To be a green and juicy crone comes from having lived long enough to be deeply rooted in wholehearted involvements, of living a personally meaningful life, however unique, feminist, or traditional it may appear to others. It has to do with knowing who we are inside and believing that what we are doing is a true reflection or expression of our genuine self. It is having what Margaret Mead called PMZ, or postmenopausal zest for the life you have.”
― Jean Shinoda Bolen, Goddesses in Older Women:: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty