It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
BELL HOOKSIt’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
BELL HOOKSWhen we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
BELL HOOKSNo black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
BELL HOOKSKnowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
BELL HOOKSThe political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
BELL HOOKSIf we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
BELL HOOKSTo love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
BELL HOOKSLove is an action, never simply a feeling.
BELL HOOKSSince loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
BELL HOOKSThere will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
BELL HOOKSWhat we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
BELL HOOKSI feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
BELL HOOKSAs long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
BELL HOOKSI think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
BELL HOOKSWhen we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
BELL HOOKSDeath is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
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