“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
— Bell HooksSexual desire is a whisper of the body’s deep need to connect, a hunger not for food but for touch.
— Bell Hooks“feminism is for everybody”
— bell hooks“Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.”
— bell hooksViolence is not only taught but often learned, embedded in the very fabric of our lives.
— bell hooksLove is an action, never simply a feeling.
— bell hooksLife-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
— bell hooksThe most profound love relationships are the ones we have with ourselves.
— bell hooksTo love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic ones.
— bell hooksDaring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.
— bell hooksWhat we do to others, we do to ourselves.
— bell hooksYou are your best thing.
— bell hooksTo be truly visionary, we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality.
— bell hooksFeminism is for everybody.
— bell hooksThe practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.
— bell hooksLife is not about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.
— bell hooksThe function of art is to do more than tell it like it is – it’s to imagine what is possible.
— bell hooksLove is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect, and trust.
— bell hooksTrue love is not about perfection, it is about acceptance.
— bell hooksWe are all born with the ability to love, but we need to be taught how to do it well.
— bell hooksThere can be no love without justice.
— bell hooksSelf-recovery is not a solo project; we are all in it together.
— bell hooksThere is no love without justice.
— bell hooksThe will to be free is the most fundamental human desire.
— bell hooksLife is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through.
— bell hooks