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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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Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so. ― Naomi Wolf
If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there. ― Sojourner Truth
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. ― Bell Hooks
Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment. ― bell hooks
Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming that love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck in wishful fantasy, undermining the real power of the love -- which is to transform us.' Many people want love to function like a drug, giving them an immediate and sustained high. They want to do nothing, just passively receive the good feeling. ― bell hooks
I'm a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that's never healthy. -J. Cole
You must feed your mind even as you feed your body, and to make your mind healthy, you must feed it nourishing, wholesome thoughts.
You'd be amazed...at how few men have any women they can call upon to speak up for them, no matter how grave the consequences of remaining silent. ― Pearl Cleage
A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement ― Jess C Scott
