Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
BELL HOOKSWhen we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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We 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.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain 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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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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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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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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It’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.
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