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.
BELL HOOKSGenuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.
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Death 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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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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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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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