To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
BELL HOOKSHonesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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 any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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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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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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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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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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