--- title: "27 Want Quotes By Bell Hooks" description: "27 Want quotes by Bell Hooks. Plus more from Bell Hooks and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/bell-hooks-464_change_you-can-only-realize-change-if-you-live_886029.jpg" --- > [You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/you-can-only-realize-change-if-you-live-simply-once-people-want/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/bell-hooks-464_change_you-can-only-realize-change-if-you-live_886029.jpg) > [If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/if-we-want-a-beloved-community-we-must-stand-for-justice/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/bell-hooks-464_beloved_if-we-want-a-beloved-community-we-must-s_363531.jpg) > [I do get a little pissed at people who write me and want me to do things, and spell my name wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-do-get-a-little-pissed-at-people-who-write-me-and-want-me-to-do/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/bell-hooks-464_littles_i-do-get-a-little-pissed-at-people-who-w_311438.jpg) > [I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-think-life-experiences-are-different-for-people-who-know-what-they/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/bell-hooks-464_children_i-think-life-experiences-are-different-f_2056479.jpg) > [It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/it-s-in-the-act-of-having-to-do-things-that-you-don-t-want-to-that/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/bell-hooks-464_ego_it-s-in-the-act-of-having-to-do-things-t_1453610.jpg) > [If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/if-we-want-a-beloved-community-we-must-stand-for-justice-have/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/bell-hooks-464_beloved_if-we-want-a-beloved-community-we-must-s_2766677.jpg) > [Using pseudonyms was such a part of the early feminist movement. We didn't want to have this star system. We wanted attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/using-pseudonyms-was-such-a-part-of-the-early-feminist-movement-we/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/bell-hooks-464_attention_using-pseudonyms-was-such-a-part-of-the_1694645.jpg) > [I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-m-tired-of-the-naked-raped-beaten-black-woman-body-i-want-to-see-an/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/bell-hooks-464_beaten_i-m-tired-of-the-naked-raped-beaten-blac_1611279.jpg) > [Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/sometimes-people-try-to-destroy-you-precisely-because-they-recognize/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/bell-hooks-464_badass_sometimes-people-try-to-destroy-you-prec_2665636.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/my-students-tell-me-we-don-t-want-to-love-we-re-tired-of-being-loving/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/bell-hooks-464_havens_my-students-tell-me-we-don-t-want-to-lov_1595250.jpg) > [It is a distortion of the notion of romantic love to want to see obedience as the quintessential expression of respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/it-is-a-distortion-of-the-notion-of-romantic-love-to-want-to-see/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/bell-hooks-464_distortion_it-is-a-distortion-of-the-notion-of-roma_1942505.jpg) > [Love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/love-does-have-the-power-to-redeem-but-only-if-we-are-ready-for/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/bell-hooks-464_doe_love-does-have-the-power-to-redeem-but-o_2764289.jpg) > [It's really important to have life strategies and part of that is sort of knowing where you want to go so you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/it-s-really-important-to-have-life-strategies-and-part-of-that-is/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/bell-hooks-464_advise_it-s-really-important-to-have-life-strat_1748943.jpg) > [In patriarchal culture men are especially inclined to see love as something they should receive without expending effort. More often than not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/in-patriarchal-culture-men-are-especially-inclined-to-see-love-as/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/bell-hooks-464_awakening_in-patriarchal-culture-men-are-especiall_1676462.jpg) > [Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/individuals-who-want-to-believe-that-there-is-no-fulfillment-in-love/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/bell-hooks-464_absent_individuals-who-want-to-believe-that-the_1359775.jpg) > [It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/it-is-obvious-that-many-women-have-appropriated-feminism-to-serve/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/bell-hooks-464_domination_it-is-obvious-that-many-women-have-appro_702905.jpg) > [They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/they-wanted-black-women-to-conform-to-the-gender-norms-set-by-white/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/bell-hooks-464_assuming_they-wanted-black-women-to-conform-to-th_1612468.jpg) > [Part of the racialized sexism wants everyone to think that a 15-year old Mexican is not a girl, she’s a woman. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/part-of-the-racialized-sexism-wants-everyone-to-think-that-a-15-year/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/bell-hooks-464_childhood_part-of-the-racialized-sexism-wants-ever_800970.jpg) > [I want there to be a place in the world where people can engage in one another’s differences in a way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-want-there-to-be-a-place-in-the-world-where-people-can-engage-in/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/bell-hooks-464_age_i-want-there-to-be-a-place-in-the-world_1244601.jpg) > [Privilege is not in and of itself bad; what matters is what we do with privilege. I want to live in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/privilege-is-not-in-and-of-itself-bad-what-matters-is-what-we-do-with/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/bell-hooks-464_access-to-education_privilege-is-not-in-and-of-itself-bad-wh_2371771.jpg) > [I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-mostly-want-to-remind-her-of-the-recipes-of-healing-and-give-her-my/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/bell-hooks-464_arms_i-mostly-want-to-remind-her-of-the-recip_1081913.jpg) > [Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/genuine-love-is-rarely-an-emotional-space-where-needs-are-instantly/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/bell-hooks-464_bliss_genuine-love-is-rarely-an-emotional-spac_2225061.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-feel-sad-that-we-have-allowed-these-knee-jerk-feminists-who-want-to/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/bell-hooks-464_feels_i-feel-sad-that-we-have-allowed-these-kn_1102418.jpg) > [To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/to-return-to-love-to-get-the-love-we-always-wanted-but-never-had-to/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/bell-hooks-464_african-american_to-return-to-love-to-get-the-love-we-alw_2455717.jpg) > [Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/any-woman-who-wishes-to-be-an-intellectual-to-write-non-fiction-to/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/bell-hooks-464_clear_any-woman-who-wishes-to-be-an-intellectu_2424027.jpg) > [In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy. Open, honest, truth-telling individuals value privacy. We all need spaces where we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/in-our-culture-privacy-is-often-confused-with-secrecy-open-honest/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/bell-hooks-464_autonomy_in-our-culture-privacy-is-often-confused_1058883.jpg) > [I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society — because once you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-still-think-it-s-important-for-people-to-have-a-sharp-ongoing/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/bell-hooks-464_alternatives_i-still-think-it-s-important-for-people_1887443.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Bell Hooks > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/right-now-for-many-americans-class-is-being-foregrounded-like-never/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/most-folks-believe-we-are-hardwired-biologically-to-long-for-sex-but/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/we-need-to-interrogate-reverence-for-idolization-can-be-another-way/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/couples-who-rarely-or-never-have-sex-can-know-lifelong-love/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/the-power-of-patriarchy-has-been-to-make-maleness-feared-and-to-make/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-feel-enormously-blessed-to-be-a-successful-black-woman-writer-in/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [Language is also a place of struggle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/language-is-also-a-place-of-struggle/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/in-this-culture-the-phrase-black-woman-is-not-synonymous-with-tender/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/it-s-interesting-to-look-at-all-the-aspects-where-everyday-americans/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/the-true-teacher-is-within-us-a-good-teacher-is-someone-who-can-help/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/advancing-the-notion-that-there-can-be-many-feminisms-has-served-the/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [I love my family, even as I critique their dysfunctionalities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-love-my-family-even-as-i-critique-their-dysfunctionalities/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/you-must-have-courage-to-love-you-have-to-have-a-profound-will-to-do/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/to-truly-love-we-must-learn-to-mix-various-ingredients-care-affection/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [“Often emphasis on identity and lifestyle is appealing because it creates a false sense that one is engaged in praxis. However, praxis within any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/often-emphasis-on-identity-and-lifestyle-is-appealing-because-it/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/bell-hooks/#itemlist", "name": "27 Want Quotes By Bell Hooks", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can only realize change if you live simply. 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