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23 quotes from Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls: ‘Another vital skill is managing pain. All the craziness in the world comes from ...
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- “When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they could of their land and valuables, and respecting almost nothing about the native cultures.
- “I'm a perfectly good carrot that everyone is trying to turn into a rose. As a carrot, I have good color and a nice leafy top. When I'm carved into a rose, I turn brown and wither.”
- “I think anorexia is a metaphor. It is a young woman's statement that she will become what the culture asks of its women, which is that they be thin and nonthreatening.
- “Many strong girls have similar stories: They were socially isolated and lonely in adolescence. Smart girls are often the girls most rejected by peers.
Quotes from Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. 293 pages. Rating: (23.7K votes) Get the book. “Another vital skill is managing pain. All the craziness in the world comes from people trying to escape suffering. All mixed up behaviour comes from unprocessed pain.
Reviving Ophelia provides practical advice and strategies for parents, educators, and professionals to help support and guide adolescent girls. It explores the importance of open communication, setting boundaries, fostering resilience, and cultivating healthy relationships.
Collection of sourced quotations from Reviving Ophelia (1994) by Mary Pipher. Share with your friends the best quotes from Reviving Ophelia.
Important Quotes. “To the rebels and the shy girls, the activists and the poets, the big sisters and the little sisters, the daughters and dreamers. We believe in you.”. (Dedication, Page 10) Pipher worked with adolescent girls and women for three decades in therapy.
"Reviving Ophelia: Helping You to Understand and Cope With Your Teenage Daughter". Book by Mary Pipher, 1994.
