I do get a little pissed at people who write me and want me to do things, and spell my name wrong. — 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
You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change. — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It is a distortion of the notion of romantic love to want to see obedience as the quintessential expression of respect. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
My students tell me, we don't want to love! We're tired of being loving! And I say to them, if you're tired… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I feel sad that we have allowed these knee-jerk feminists who want to act like it's a struggle against men...but again that's… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege. — 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
I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society — because once you… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy. Open, honest, truth-telling individuals value privacy. We all need spaces where we can… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her… — 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
In patriarchal culture men are especially inclined to see love as something they should receive without expending effort. More often than not… — 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
Privilege is not in and of itself bad; what matters is what we do with privilege. I want to live in a… — 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
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
Using pseudonyms was such a part of the early feminist movement. We didn't want to have this star system. We wanted attention… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
I want there to be a place in the world where people can engage in one another’s differences in a way that… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Part of the racialized sexism wants everyone to think that a 15-year old Mexican is not a girl, she’s a woman. We… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at… — 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
“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
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it does not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Often emphasis on identity and lifestyle is appealing because it creates a false sense that one is engaged in praxis. However, praxis within any… — bell hooks Copy Share
