There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
BELL HOOKSLiving simply makes loving simple.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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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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Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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When 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.
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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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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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