TheInspired Sage
Protea acaulos, Proteaceae, flowerheads; Sir Lowry's Pass, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.
bell hooks
— bell hooks
Author and social critic

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bell hooks
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“I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignora…” — bell hooks · The Inspired Sage