To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes… - bell hooks

The fear of being alone, or of being unloved, had caused women of all races to passively accept sexism and sexist oppression.

I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.

A distinction must be made between that writing which enables us to hold on to life even as we are clinging to old hurts and wounds and that writing which offers to us a space where we are able to confront reality in such a way that we live more fully. Such writing is not an anchor that we mistakenly cling to so as not to drown. It is writing that truly rescues, that enables us to reach the shore, to recover.