More quotes by bell hooks

"Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope."
"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."
"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."
"Living simply makes loving simple."
"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 as a means of escape."