I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“they have the right to fall when life comes to an end to move in harmony with fate” — bell hooks Copy Share Image
All my life I have longed to have a loving relationship that would last a lifetime. — 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
Feminism has never emerged from the women who are most victimized by sexist oppression; women who are daily beaten down, mentally, physically,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Is it more important that you, as a white male, read my work and learn from it, or what you call me?… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The most basic activism we can have in our lives is to live consciously in a nation living in fantasies. Living consciously… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
One of the greatest difficulties the left faces in reaching out to masses of people in America is its profound disrespect of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Moving from silence into speech is for the oppressed, the colonized, the exploited, and those who stand and struggle side by side… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It's interesting--the way in which one has to balance life--because you have to know when to let go and when to pull… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“We need to theorize the meaning of beauty in our lives so that we can educate for critical consciousness, talking through the… — 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
Like many white liberals, Ken sees the whiteness of his social life as more an accident of circumstance than a choice. He… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I think we are obsessed in the U.S. with the personal, in ways that blind us to more important issues of life.… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It's really important to have life strategies and part of that is sort of knowing where you want to go so you… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I write these words to bear witness to the primacy of resistance struggle in any situation of domination (even within family life);… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time black male “cool” was defined by the ways in which black men confronted hardships of life without allowing… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“Writing is my passion. Words are the way to know ecstasy. Without them life is barren. The poet insists, language is a… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If we move away from either/or thinking, and if we think, okay, every day of my life that I walk out of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“…there is not a day of my life that I am not critiquing myself to see if my politics are borne out… — 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
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
My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“The widespread assumption that ethical behavior takes the fun out of life is false. In actuality, living ethically ensures that relationships in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Whether or not any of us become racists is a choice we make. And we are called to choose again and again… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
I was teasing my brother that he was penniless, homeless, jobless. Right now in his life, racism isn't the central highlighting force:… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
We live in a world with serious class complexes. It is one thing to be a college student with loan debts and… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Fame is fun, money is useful, celebrity can be exciting, but finally life is about optimal well-being and how we achieve that… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Women are often belittled for trying to resurrect these men and bring them back to life and to love. They are in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“A shift in class values occurs in black life when integration comes and with it the idea that money is the primary… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
A distinction must be made between that writing which enables us to hold on to life even as we are clinging to… — 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
