Thought for the Day

I am empowered by the idea of love as the will
to extend oneself to nurture one's own or another's spiritual
growth because it affirms that love is an action, 
that is is akin to work. . . .

~ bell hooks

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Quoted from "Living to Love" (1993), Reproduced in Women's Health, Chaper 5, page 236

bell hooks, Poet and Author, Feminist, Social Activist

"The Best of bell hooks: Life, Writings, Quotes, and Books", Lion's Roar, June 15, 2017

See, in particular these books by bell hooks: All About Love: New Visions (Perennial/Wm. Morrow Paperbacks 865th Ed., 2018), Salvation: Black People and Love (Harper Perennial, Reprint, 2001), and Communion: The Female Search for Love (Wm. Morrow Paperbacks, 33,539th Ed., 2002).

bell hooks Institute (Berea College)