I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
BELL HOOKSGiving 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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Feminism is for everybody.
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My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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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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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
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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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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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