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Mary Pipher quotes: I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you?

I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you?

Mary Pipher quotes: All geniuses born women are lost to the public good.

All geniuses born women are lost to the public good.

Mary Pipher quotes: She said, Let's face it, the world isn't exactly waiting for girls like me.

She said, Let's face it, the world isn't exactly waiting for girls like me.

Mary Pipher quotes: One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

Mary Pipher quotes: Adolescence is a border between childhood and adulthood. Like all borders, it's teeming with energy and fraught with danger.

Adolescence is a border between childhood and adulthood. Like all borders, it's teeming with energy and fraught with danger.

Mary Pipher quotes: In all the years I've been a therapist, I've yet to meet one girl who likes her body.

In all the years I've been a therapist, I've yet to meet one girl who likes her body.

Mary Pipher quotes: The protected place in space and time that we once called childhood has grown shorter.

The protected place in space and time that we once called childhood has grown shorter.

Mary Pipher quotes: Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

Mary Pipher quotes: All feelings are acceptable, but all behavior isn't.

All feelings are acceptable, but all behavior isn't.

Mary Pipher quotes: We are a small, interconnected world; that we are all safe or none of us are; that we are all well cared for or all at risk.

We are a small, interconnected world; that we are all safe or none of us are; that we are all well cared for or all at risk.

Mary Pipher quotes: It's virtually impossible in America to be heavy and feel good about oneself.

It's virtually impossible in America to be heavy and feel good about oneself.

Mary Pipher quotes: Traditionally parents have wondered what their teens were doing, but now teens are much more likely to be doing things that can get them killed.

Traditionally parents have wondered what their teens were doing, but now teens are much more likely to be doing things that can get them killed.

Mary Pipher quotes: By high school, some girls may be mature enough to be sexually active, but my experience is that the more mature and healthy girls avoid sex.

By high school, some girls may be mature enough to be sexually active, but my experience is that the more mature and healthy girls avoid sex.

Mary Pipher quotes: America today limits girls' development, truncates their wholeness and leaves many of them traumatized.

America today limits girls' development, truncates their wholeness and leaves many of them traumatized.

Mary Pipher quotes: Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.

Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.

Mary Pipher quotes: Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness.

Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness.

Mary Pipher quotes: The battle for popularity is won, but the war for respect as a whole person is lost.

The battle for popularity is won, but the war for respect as a whole person is lost.

Mary Pipher quotes: When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our pain and that of others.

When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our pain and that of others.

Mary Pipher quotes: Intelligent resistance keeps the true self alive

Intelligent resistance keeps the true self alive

Mary Pipher quotes: Telling stories never fails to produce good in the universe.

Telling stories never fails to produce good in the universe.

Mary Pipher quotes: Being fat means being left out, scorned, and vilified.

Being fat means being left out, scorned, and vilified.

Mary Pipher quotes: The two most radical things you can do in America are to slow down, and to talk to each other. If you do these things, you will improve your country.

The two most radical things you can do in America are to slow down, and to talk to each other. If you do these things, you will improve your country.

Mary Pipher quotes: With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts.

With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts.

Mary Pipher quotes: I want to write. I have always wanted to write. I do not care it I am not good at it. I just want to try.

I want to write. I have always wanted to write. I do not care it I am not good at it. I just want to try.

Mary Pipher quotes: Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen.

Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen.

Mary Pipher quotes: Authenticity is an "owning" of all experience, including emotions and thoughts that are not socially acceptable.

Authenticity is an "owning" of all experience, including emotions and thoughts that are not socially acceptable.

Mary Pipher quotes: The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.

The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.