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Bell Hooks Quotes

Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

And I was already on my way to being a true freak because I knew I would always choose to go where my blood beats, in any and all directions Picture Quote #1

For me, 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? Picture Quote #1

What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force Picture Quote #1

Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger Picture Quote #1

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Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same Picture Quote #1

Imagine living in a world where there is no domination, where females and males are not alike or even always equal, but where a vision of mutuality is the ethos shaping our interaction Picture Quote #1

What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe Picture Quote #1

Assumptions that racism is more oppressive to black men than black women, then and now... based on acceptance of patriarchal notions of masculinity Picture Quote #1

The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created Picture Quote #1

Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other Picture Quote #1

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I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words Picture Quote #1

I get so tired of people acting like, you know, black men and women never help each other, never support each other Picture Quote #1

To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds Picture Quote #1

Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men Picture Quote #1

Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Sadly, children’s passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only Picture Quote #1

Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice Picture Quote #1

The challenge these days, is to be somewhere, to belong to some particular place, invest oneself in it, draw strength and courage from it, to dwell in a community Picture Quote #1

Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would make real knowing possible cannot be taken or are not allowed Picture Quote #1

Loving friendships provide us with a space to experience the joy of community in a relationship where we learn to process all our issues, to cope with differences and conflict while staying connected Picture Quote #1

The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to move out of yourself and be with someone else in a manner that is not about your desire to possess them, but to be with them, to be in union and communion Picture Quote #1

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When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better Picture Quote #1

To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility Picture Quote #1

As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized Picture Quote #1

The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood on that she must become something other than herself, deny her true feelings, in order to attract and please others Picture Quote #1

If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model remains in place and the relationship just becomes a site for continuous power struggle Picture Quote #1

Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once the choice has been made to be honest, then the next step on love’s path is communication Picture Quote #1

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Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) And I was already on my way to being a true freak because I knew I would always choose to go where my blood beats, in any and all directions (Bell Hooks Quotes) For me, 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? (Bell Hooks Quotes) What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force (Bell Hooks Quotes) Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger (Bell Hooks Quotes) Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same (Bell Hooks Quotes) Imagine living in a world where there is no domination, where females and males are not alike or even always equal, but where a vision of mutuality is the ethos shaping our interaction (Bell Hooks Quotes) What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe (Bell Hooks Quotes) Assumptions that racism is more oppressive to black men than black women, then and now... based on acceptance of patriarchal notions of masculinity (Bell Hooks Quotes) The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 Hooks Quotes) I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words (Bell Hooks Quotes) I get so tired of people acting like, you know, black men and women never help each other, never support each other (Bell Hooks Quotes) To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds (Bell Hooks Quotes) Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men (Bell Hooks Quotes) Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands (Bell Hooks Quotes) 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 (Bell Hooks Quotes) Sadly, children’s passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only (Bell Hooks Quotes) Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice (Bell Hooks Quotes) The challenge these days, is to be somewhere, to belong to some particular place, invest oneself in it, draw strength and courage from it, to dwell in a community (Bell Hooks Quotes) Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would make real knowing possible cannot be taken or are not allowed (Bell Hooks Quotes) Loving friendships provide us with a space to experience the joy of community in a relationship where we learn to process all our issues, to cope with differences and conflict while staying connected (Bell Hooks Quotes) The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to move out of yourself and be with someone else in a manner that is not about your desire to possess them, but to be with them, to be in union and communion (Bell Hooks Quotes) When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better (Bell Hooks Quotes) To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility (Bell Hooks Quotes) As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized (Bell Hooks Quotes) The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood on that she must become something other than herself, deny her true feelings, in order to attract and please others (Bell Hooks Quotes) If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model remains in place and the relationship just becomes a site for continuous power struggle (Bell Hooks Quotes) Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once the choice has been made to be honest, then the next step on love’s path is communication (Bell Hooks Quotes)

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