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“When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.”
“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has...
Bell Hooks
“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the ar...
“Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us fo...
“To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to giv...
“A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never ...
“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside ou...
“Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful...
