Rupi Kaur Quotes

“the idea that we are
so capable of love
but still choose
to be toxic”
― rupi kaur, Milk and honey

“emptying out of my mother's belly
was my first act of disappearance
learning to shrink for a family
who likes their daughters invisible
was the second
the art of being empty
is simple
believe them when they say
you are nothing
repeat it to yourself
like a wish
i am nothing
i am nothing
i am nothing
so often
the only reason you know
you're still alive is from the
heaving of your chest”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“i can't tell if my mother is
terrified or in love with
my father it all
looks the same

i flinch when you touch me
i fear it is him”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“It is a blessing to be the color of earth
do you know how often flowers confuse me for home”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“to do list (after the breakup)
1. take refuge in your bed
2. cry. till the tears stop (this will take a few days).
3. don’t listen to slow songs.
4. delete their number from your phone even though it is memorized on your fingertips.
5. don’t look at old photos.
6. find the closest ice cream shop and treat yourself to two scoops of mint chocolate chip. the mint will calm your heart. you deserve the chocolate.
7. buy new bed sheets.
8. collect all the gifts, t-shirts, and everything with their smell on it and drop it off at a donation center.
9. plan a trip.
10. perfect the art of smiling and nodding when someone brings their name up in conversation.
11. start a new project.
12. whatever you do. do not call.
13. do not beg for what does not want to stay.
14. stop crying at some point.
15. allow yourself to feel foolish for believing you could’ve built the rest of your life in someone else’s stomach.
16. breathe.”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“love is not cruel
we are cruel
love is not a game
we have made a game
out of love”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“i hardened under the last loss. it took something human out of me. i used to be so deeply emotional i'd crumble on demand. but now the water has made its exit. of course i care about the ones around me. i'm just struggling to show it. a wall is getting in the way. i used to dream of being so strong nothing could shake me. now. i am. so strong. that nothing shakes me. and all i dream is to soften.
- numbness”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“no was a bad word in my hone
no was met with the lash
erased from our vocabulary
beaten out of our backs
till we became well-behaved kids
who obediently nodded to yes to everything
when he climbed on top of me
every part of my body wanted to reject it
but i couldn't say no to save my life
when i tried to scream
all that escaped me was silence
i heard no pounding her fist
on the roof of my mouth
begging to let her out
but i had not put up the exit sign
never built the emergency staircase
there was no trapdoor for no to escape from
i want to ask all the
parents and guardians a question
what use was obedience then
when there were hands
that were not mine inside me

- how can i verbalize consent as an adult if i was never taught to as a child”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“you are one person, but when you move, an entire community walks through you
- you go nowhere alone”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“i'd be lying if i said
you make me speechless
the truth is you make my
tongue so weak it forgets
what language to speak in”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“trying to convince myself
i am allowed
to take up space
is like writing with
my left hand
when i was born
to use my right”
― Rupi Kaur

“i am not a hotel room i am home
i am not the whiskey you want
i am the water you need”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“i am not the whiskey you want
i am the water you need”
― Rupi Kaur

“Love speaks to
The soul
In a language
The brain
Can’t comprehend.”
― Chris Mc Geown, Dead of Night

“my mind said i can’t take it anymore. i told my mind you better get yourself together. we came here for joy. and we are going to feel all of it.”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“Aquello a lo que hemos sobrevivido, vive dentro de nosotros.”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“por qué todo
parece menos hermoso
cuando nos pertenece”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“me pierdo tanto
en los sitios a los que quiero ir
que olvido que el sitio en el que estoy
es ya muy mágico”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“Act your age not your shoe size!”
― Lord R. Nelson

“Você não acorda um belo dia e se transforma em borboleta

- crescer é um processo”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“She's unafraid to reveal her broken parts, because she's learned that's where her freedom starts.”
― Louisa Jolanda

“now that you are free ,
and the only obligation you are under is your own dreams
what will you do with your time”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“si lo intentaste
y no llegaste
al sitio al que querías ir
también avanzaste”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“even if they've been separated
they'll end up together
you can't keep lovers apart
no matter how much
i pluck and pull them
my eyebrows always
find their way
back to each other”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“i do not want to have you
to fill the empty parts of me
i want to be full on my own
i want to be so complete
i could light a whole city
and then
i want to have you
cause the two of us combined
could set it on fire”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey