Women have endeavored to guide men to love because patriarchal thinking has sanctioned this work even as it has undermined it by… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Only love can heal the wounds of the past. However, the intensity of our woundedness often leads to a closing of the… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I think the invitation offered the non-black reader is to join us in this expression of our familiarity and via that joining,… — 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
