Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
BELL HOOKSThe people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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If 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.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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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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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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