The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
BELL HOOKSLife-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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I 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.
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If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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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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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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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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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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