Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
BELL HOOKSI 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.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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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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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 political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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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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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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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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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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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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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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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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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