“To demystify the meaning of love, the art and practice of loving, we need to use sound definitions of love when talking… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
A central theme of all about love is that from childhood into adulthood we are often taught misguided and false assumptions about… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“A huge majority of parents use some form of physical or verbal aggression against children. Since women remain the primary caretakers of… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood on that she must become something other… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
In an ideal world we would all learn in childhood to love ourselves. We would grow, being secure in our worth and… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If Black women stand strong and our commitment is to ending domination I know that I'm supporting Black males, Black children male… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Often girls feel deeply cared about as small children but then find as we develop willpower and independent thought that the world… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children. — bell hooks Copy Share Image
I have always been a flirt. My mother says whe I was a child, I used to stand outside the house and… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
We don't really live in a culture that loves boys or loves children, and we don't encourage boys to be whole. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
When I began to think deeply about the metaphysics of love I talked with everyone around me about it. I talked to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“the wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by paternal sadism, by… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them. — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Reviewing the literature on love I noticed how few writers, male or female, talk about the impact of patriarchy, the way in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
This rule of silence is upheld when the culture refuses everyone easy access even to the word “patriarchy.” Most children do not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Only grown-ups think that the things children say come out of nowhere. We know they come from the deepest parts of ourselves. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“In a culture which holds the two-parent patriarchal family in higher esteem than any other arrangement, all children feel emotionally insecure when… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
