Knowing love or the hope of knowing love is the anchor that keeps us from falling into that sea of despair.
Bell HooksYoung people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.
Bell HooksThere 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.
Bell HooksI think inequality is in our minds. I think this is what we learn through practice... The bridge of illusion must be shattered in order for a real bridge to be constructed. One of the things we learn is that inequality is an illusion.
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