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title: "1 Diagnosis Healing Quotes By Bebe Moore Campbell"
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> [Once my loved one accepted the diagnosis, healing began for the entire family, but it took too long. It took years. Can't we, as a nation, begin to speed up that process? We need a national campaign to destigmatize mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/once-my-loved-one-accepted-the-diagnosis-healing-began-for-the-entire/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

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## More by Bebe Moore Campbell

> [Race, redemption and healing - that's my thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/race-redemption-and-healing-that-s-my-thing/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [Knowing who you are begins in the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/knowing-who-you-are-begins-in-the-mind/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [“the shame is in not improving when you have the opportunity!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/the-shame-is-in-not-improving-when-you-have-the-opportunity/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/i-have-to-entertain-because-if-i-don-t-entertain-you-you-re-not-going/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/to-me-there-s-no-point-in-writing-merely-to-entertain/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [“In all his imaginings, he had never envisioned her crying. He knew that her son had died, but he'd never expected that her pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/in-all-his-imaginings-he-had-never-envisioned-her-crying-he-knew-that/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [“the important thing is not to point a finger at flaws but to attempt to correct them!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/the-important-thing-is-not-to-point-a-finger-at-flaws-but-to-attempt/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [The music was as much a gift as sunshine, as rain, as any blessing ever prayed for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/the-music-was-as-much-a-gift-as-sunshine-as-rain-as-any-blessing-ever/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [I had an agent who spent eight years - eight years! - trying to sell my stories. She sold other people's work; she just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/i-had-an-agent-who-spent-eight-years-eight-years-trying-to-sell-my/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/as-i-grow-older-part-of-my-emotional-survival-plan-must-be-to/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/when-we-finally-stop-asking-america-to-love-us-and-begin-to-love/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [African-Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/african-americans-know-about-racism-but-i-don-t-think-we-really-know/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [Once my loved one accepted the diagnosis, healing began for the entire family, but it took too long. It took years. Can't we, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/once-my-loved-one-accepted-the-diagnosis-healing-began-for-the-entire/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [“That's what a man is supposed to do for his wife. Listen, if a nigger didn't get lynched every now and then, well, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/that-s-what-a-man-is-supposed-to-do-for-his-wife-listen-if-a-nigger/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

> [Race, redemption and healing - thats my thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/race-redemption-and-healing-thats-my-thing/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

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