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.
BELL HOOKSDeath is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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 began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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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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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
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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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Living simply makes loving simple.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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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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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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