Author: bell hooks

Quotes

Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.

Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.

- bell hooks

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.

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.

- bell hooks

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.

- bell hooks

I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.

I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.

- bell hooks

I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.

I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.

- bell hooks

But 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.

But 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.

- bell hooks

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.'

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.'

- bell hooks

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

- bell hooks

Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that's feminism.

Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that's feminism.

- bell hooks

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