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bell hooks on Love

June 9, 2020May 31, 2026 Neriman Kuyucu

“When we choose to love we choose to move against fear-against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect-to find ourselves in the other.” Continue reading bell hooks on Love

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