Knowing 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 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.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
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A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I’m committed to loving you, then it’s not possible for me to fall out of love.
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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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Love is really more of an interactive process. It’s about what we do not just what we feel. It’s a verb, not a noun.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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