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.
BELL HOOKSJustice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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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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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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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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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 began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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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