Clarissa Pinkola Estés: The Doors to the World of the Wild Self

The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. 

If you have a deep scar, that is a door, 

if you have an old, old story, that is a door. 

If you love the sky and the water so much 

you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. 

If you yearn for a deeper life, 

a full life, a sane life, 

that is a door.

― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype