To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
BELL HOOKSThe rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I’m committed to loving you, then it’s not possible for me to fall out of love.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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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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Patriarchy has no gender.
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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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 think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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