773 Quotes by Bell Hooks

Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same.

Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.

Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse.

The soul of our politics is the commitment to ending domination.

there is no politically neutral art.

A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I'm committed to loving you, then it's not possible for me to 'fall out of love.'

Writing and performing should deepen the meaning of words, should illuminate, transfix and transform.

The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.

Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger.