bell hooks

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.'

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

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

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that that's a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn't that interested in moving from place to place.

The people I love, I'm committed to loving for the rest of my life.

There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.

I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.

I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.

I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.