Gloria Jean Wаtkinѕ (Bоrn Sерtеmbеr 25, 1952), bеttеr knоwn by her реn nаmе bеll hооkѕ, iѕ аn Amеriсаn author, fеminiѕt, and ѕосiаl асtiviѕt. Thе nаmе "bell hooks" iѕ dеrivеd frоm that of her maternal...
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice. Bell hooks
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
Live simply so that others may simply live. Bell hooks
Live simply so that others may simply live.
The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom... Bell hooks
The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom...
Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. Bell hooks
Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
America is a country that would rather talk about race than class. Bell hooks
America is a country that would rather talk about race than class.
I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love. Bell hooks
I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
You are not going to destroy this imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy by creating your own version of it. Bell hooks
You are not going to destroy this imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy by creating your own version of it.
I think the Women's movement has had a major impact on everybody's lives in our nation and in the world as a whole. Bell hooks
I think the Women's movement has had a major impact on everybody's lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality. Bell hooks
To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the hedonistic pleasures that pull on us. Bell hooks
I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the hedonistic pleasures that pull on us.
Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair. Bell hooks
Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.
The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic. Bell hooks
The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.