When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
BELL HOOKSLove is really more of an interactive process. It’s about what we do not just what we feel. It’s a verb, not a noun.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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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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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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