When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
BELL HOOKSThe people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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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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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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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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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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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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