I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
BELL HOOKSLife-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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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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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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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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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.
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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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Living simply makes loving simple.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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