Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
BELL HOOKSLife-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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Feminism is for everybody.
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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
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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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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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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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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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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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