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Knowing Quotes by Bell Hooks
- Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would make real knowing possible cannot…
- How different things might be if, rather than saying "I think I'm in love," we were saying "I've connected with someone in a way that…
- We are rarely able to interact only with folks like ourselves, who think as we do. No matter how much some of us deny this…
- Knowing love or the hope of knowing love is the anchor that keeps us from falling into that sea of despair.
- Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
- We fear that evaluating our needs and then carefully choosing partners will reveal that there is no one for us to love. Most of us…
- Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them…
- A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment.…
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