To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.― bell hooks,

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Use pain as a stepping stone, not a camp ground.

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All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm's way. ― Bell Hooks

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The process begins with the individual woman’s acceptance that American women, without exception, are socialized to be racist, classist and sexist, in varying degrees, and that labeling ourselves feminists does not change the fact that we must consciously work to rid ourselves of the legacy of negative socialization. ― bell hooks

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I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships. ― Kurt Cobain

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Living simply makes loving simple. ― bell hooks

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During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams. — Tupac Shakur

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

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The route of true happiness, the Buddha argued, was to achieve a visceral understanding of impermanence, which would take you off the emotional roller coaster and allow you to see your dramas and desires through a wider lens. To truly tame the 'monkey mind' and defeat our habitual tendency toward clinging, meditation was the prescription, and sitting and actively facing the 'voice in your head' mindfully for a few minutes a day might be the hardest thing you'll ever do. Accept that challenge and improve your life drastically. It's about mitigation, not alleviation. It's that simple. The only way out is through. ― Dan Harris

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Sometimes I wish there was no alarm clock because that is the only device that wakes me up while I am dreaming of you. — Natalie Jones

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