Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
BELL HOOKSTo love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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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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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 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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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and 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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