Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
BELL HOOKSThe rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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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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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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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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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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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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