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.
BELL HOOKSSometimes 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.
BELL HOOKSTo love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
BELL HOOKSGenuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
BELL HOOKSThe function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
BELL HOOKSIf we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
BELL HOOKSHonesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
BELL HOOKSWhen we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
BELL HOOKSKnowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
BELL HOOKSFeminism is for everybody.
BELL HOOKSThe political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
BELL HOOKSBeing oppressed means the absence of choices.
BELL HOOKSWe 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.
BELL HOOKSAs long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
BELL HOOKSYou can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
BELL HOOKSWhat we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
BELL HOOKSIf we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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