When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
BELL HOOKSTo love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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 the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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