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melanified · 2 years
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love isn’t some aloof, submissive, disassociative state you are entranced in. love is work, love is building towards righteousness and positivity.
somewhere along the lines, we have reduced love to a weapon against self-consciousness, when it really comes as a result of such. understanding and having compassion for your humanity breeds acts of love.
love is a verb. saying ‘i love you’ means, you value me, you respect me, you support and uplift me. you encourage me to be the best and most fulfilling version of myself. it means you truly see me, and you appreciate my existence.
these acts are most powerful when reciprocated, and most powerful when they are not viewed as a currency but rather a human right.
that being said, beware of those who understand what love means for you, and use you to get a step up in their careers, in social hierarchies. they don’t ‘love’ you. they are using you for personal gain, love is not a selfish thing. love is filling one’s cup, to see a betterment in their existence.
do you see why it is important to love yourself, to love someone else? you must know how love feels and recognise the signs to be able to fulfil those needs for someone else.
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thoughtkick · 6 months
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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
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thehopefulquotes · 2 months
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
bell hooks
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resqectable · 2 months
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
bell hooks
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guulabii · 9 months
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bell hooks, communion: the female search for love
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perfectquote · 3 months
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
bell hooks
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perfeqt · 3 months
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
bell hooks
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“Love is a combination of six ingredients: care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
As you go about your life, you can ask: the action I'm taking, does it have these six ingredients?”
-bell hooks
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quotefeeling · 6 months
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
bell hooks
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stay-close · 2 months
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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
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thoughtkick · 4 months
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
bell hooks
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thehopefulquotes · 5 months
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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
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resqectable · 1 year
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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
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surqrised · 2 months
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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
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perfectquote · 6 months
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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
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