To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
BELL HOOKSTo love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
BELL HOOKSWhenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
BELL HOOKSI believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
BELL HOOKSMy idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
BELL HOOKSTo know love we have to invest time and commitment.
BELL HOOKSLove is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
BELL HOOKSOnce you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
BELL HOOKSLove is an action, never simply a feeling.
BELL HOOKSOne of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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 HOOKSThe function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
BELL HOOKSThere is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death.
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 HOOKSThe rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
BELL HOOKSIf we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
BELL HOOKSLiving simply makes loving simple.
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