Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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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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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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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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