Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
BELL HOOKSIf we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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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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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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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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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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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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