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.
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.
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Love 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.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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