I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
BELL HOOKSTo know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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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The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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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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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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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.
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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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