I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
BELL HOOKSTo love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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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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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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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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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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