I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health. – Bell Hooks
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. – Bell Hooks
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. – Bell Hooks
I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a world thats becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism. – Bell Hooks
Swedes are such a civilised, perfect society – at least on the surface. Theres a great safety net, a huge middle class, free education, free health care. People are very polite, they wait their turn. Theyre not too loud, theyre not too quiet, but sometimes its a little too perfect. – Alexander Skarsgard