Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
BELL HOOKSTo be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Knowing 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.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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Patriarchy has no gender.
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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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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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Sometimes 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.
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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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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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