The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
BELL HOOKSThe people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
BELL HOOKSThe political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
BELL HOOKSLove is an action, never simply a feeling.
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 HOOKSPatriarchy has no gender.
BELL HOOKSLiving simply makes loving simple.
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 HOOKSI think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
BELL HOOKSWhen we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
BELL HOOKSAll the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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 HOOKSClass is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
BELL HOOKSIt’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
BELL HOOKSIf we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
BELL HOOKSThe practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
BELL HOOKSI began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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