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.
BELL HOOKSWhen we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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