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 HOOKSThe rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
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Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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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.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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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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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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