Love Quotes

The force that moves poets, philosophers, and ordinary people to extraordinary acts.

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"The older woman's love is not love of herself, but love of others without regard for herself."
Germaine Greer
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"The greatest revolution would be if women loved themselves as much as they love others."
Germaine Greer
G
"The greatest love a woman can have is love of her authentic self."
Germaine Greer
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"Love cannot flourish where there is inequality."
Germaine Greer
A
"Love, as we know it, is a construct built on lies about women's nature."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Love has been used as a tool to keep women submissive and silent."
Andrea Dworkin
b
"To be in love means to surrender, to open our hearts in ways that terrify and excite us."
bell hooks
b
"Homemade love. That is what I long for. Love that is not about possession or control."
bell hooks
b
"To love someone deeply is to see them as they truly are, not as we wish them to be."
bell hooks
b
"Love requires us to examine our own complicity in systems of harm."
bell hooks
b
"To love across differences requires a willingness to be changed by the encounter."
bell hooks
b
"The greatest gift we can give another is our undivided attention."
bell hooks
B
"Breaking the feminine mystique is an act of liberation and love."
Betty Friedan
B
"Real love requires mutual respect and equal worth between partners."
Betty Friedan
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"Love as we know it is a cultural construct designed to keep women subordinate to men's needs."
Shulamith Firestone
"Love is a practice."
Audre Lorde
"If I could love you half the way you love me, my life would be blessed."
Audre Lorde
"To love oneself is to love those that will come after us."
Audre Lorde
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"Love is not something you find. Love is something that finds you."
Barbara Smith
B
"Love is the answer, no matter what the question is."
Barbara Smith
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"There's such a thing as a soulmate and we were meant to find each other, except when we weren't."
Gloria Steinem
G
"The surest way to make a marriage last is to remain friends first, lovers second."
Gloria Steinem
G
"Love is a feeling where there is passion, genuine care, and mutual respect."
Gloria Steinem
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"Love is a choice we make from moment to moment"
bell hooks
A
"We must love each other or die."
Angela Davis
A
"We must build movements based on love, not fear."
Angela Davis
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"To love the Earth is to fight for it."
Winona LaDuke
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"To love our children is to protect the Earth for them."
Winona LaDuke
W
"To know the Earth is to love it."
Winona LaDuke
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"If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful woman has passed into and out of your life, then you have never really loved."
Germaine Greer