“There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.” ― bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center “When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.” ― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions bell hooks Quotes on Feminism and Bigotry “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.” ― bell hooks, Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life “Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.” ― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.” ― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions “The practice of love offers no place of safety. “Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.” ― bell hooks, Communion: The Female Search for Love In actuality, when we love rightly, we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm’s way.” ― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions “All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” ― bell hooks “Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. They want to do nothing, just passively receive the good feeling.” ― bell hooks ‘dreaming that love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck in wishful fantasy, undermining the real power of the love, which is to transform us.’ Many people want love to function like a drug, giving them an immediate and sustained high. To know love we have to invest time and commitment. “Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. “Living simply makes loving simple.” ― bell hooks “To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.” ― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions Bell hooks Quotes on Love and Relationships
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