I 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 HOOKSIf you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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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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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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