If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
BELL HOOKSIf we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
BELL HOOKSClass is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
BELL HOOKSI began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
BELL HOOKSI think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
BELL HOOKSThere will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
BELL HOOKSLife-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
BELL HOOKSSince loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
BELL HOOKSAll our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
BELL HOOKSWhat we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
BELL HOOKSIf 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.
BELL HOOKSAny society based on domination supports and condones violence.
BELL HOOKSThe practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
BELL HOOKSWhat we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
BELL HOOKSKnowing 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.
BELL HOOKSHonesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
BELL HOOKSLove is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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