We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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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When 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.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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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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Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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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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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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