Relationships are treated like Dixie cups. They are the same. They are disposable. If it does not work, drop it, throw it away, get another. Committed bonds (including marriage) cannot last when this is the prevailing logic. Most of us are unclear about what to do to protect and strengthen caring bonds when our self-centered needs are not being met.
Bell HooksI began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
Bell HooksLove does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved.
Bell HooksIt is important for this country to make its people so obsessed with their own liberal individualism that they do not have time to think about a world larger than self.
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