Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
BELL HOOKSSince loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
BELL HOOKSHonesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
BELL HOOKSAs long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
BELL HOOKSIf 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.
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.
BELL HOOKSThe 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.
BELL HOOKSLove is an action, never simply a feeling.
BELL HOOKSBeing oppressed means the absence of choices.
BELL HOOKSEvery terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
BELL HOOKSLife-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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 HOOKSWhat we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
BELL HOOKSI feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
BELL HOOKSI began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
BELL HOOKSWhat we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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