All Bell Hooks Quotes
- There is light in darkness, you just have to find it. Darkness
- I grew up in the midst of poverty but every black kid that I knew could read and write. We have to talk about the… Access
- as females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing-- yearning for a master… Cannot Claim
- Power feminism is just another scam in which women get to play patriarchs and pretend that the power we seek and gain liberates us. Feminism
- Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming that love will… All
- When angels speak of love they tell us it is only by loving that we enter an earthly paradise. They tell us paradise is our… Angel
- No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough. Black
- The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible. Art
- Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love. Connect
- Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue. Dialogue
- When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment. Bonds
- To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds. All
- Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that… Behaviour
- Relationships are treated like Dixie cups. They are the same. They are disposable. If it does not work, drop it, throw it away, get another.… Away Get
- Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust. Care
- Any black person who clings to the misguided notion that white people represent the embodiment of all that is evil and black people all that… All
- One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.. Institutions
- I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring… Believe
- Changing how we see images is clearly one way to change the world. Change
- ..Critically intervene in a way that challenges and changes. Challenges