love
"I know there is a way to love that frees. I know that there is a way to love that gives life. I know this even though I have not witnessed such love.
When we talk about living together, I try to explain things the way I see them. I try to tell my lover that there is a way to love that opens doors and doesn't close them, that I want to love him in a way that lets him follow where his heart leads. I assure him I will follow my heart, but never in a way that violates the trust between us. The trust is not that we will always be monogamous but that we will always be faithful to the bonds of love between us, that we will protect and cherish those bonds."
-- bell hooks, Wounds of Passion
When we talk about living together, I try to explain things the way I see them. I try to tell my lover that there is a way to love that opens doors and doesn't close them, that I want to love him in a way that lets him follow where his heart leads. I assure him I will follow my heart, but never in a way that violates the trust between us. The trust is not that we will always be monogamous but that we will always be faithful to the bonds of love between us, that we will protect and cherish those bonds."
-- bell hooks, Wounds of Passion