Alani

“Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition.”
― Bell Hooks

“The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.”
― bell hooks

“If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.”
― bell hooks, Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics

“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.”
― bell hooks, Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life