Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. (Bell hooks)

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? View quote
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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. View quote
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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us. View quote
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It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego. View quote
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No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women. View quote
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