Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
BELL HOOKSIf we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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If 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.
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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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I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Death 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.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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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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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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