Alejandro Velasco

“i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that”
― Rupi Kaur

“you want to keep
the blood and the milk hidden
as if the womb and breast
never fed you”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“when you start loving someone new you laugh at the indecisiveness of love remember when you were sure the last one was the one and now here you are redefining the one all over again - a fresh love is a gift”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“There is no better distraction in this world than losing oneself in books for awhile.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold