“i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautifulbefore i’ve called them intelligent or bravei am sorry i made it sound as thoughsomething as simple as what you’re born withis all you have to be proud ofwhen you have broken mountains with your wit from now on i will say things likeyou are resilient, or you are extraordinarynot because i don’t think you’re beautifulbut because i need you to knowyou are more than that”
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Rupi Kaur
“Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“i am a museum full of artbut you had your eyes shut” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“I didn't leave because I stopped loving you, I left because the longer I stayed the less I loved myself.” ― Rupi Kaur
“do not look for healingat the feet of thosewho broke you” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“how you love yourself ishow you teach othersto love you” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise” ― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
“you tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful but i was not made with a fire in my belly so i could be put out i was not made with a lightness on my tongue so i could be easy to swallow i was made heavy half blade and half silk difficult to forget and not easy for the mind to follow” ― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
“The kindest words my father said to meWomen like you drown oceans.” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“i am watersoft enoughto offer lifetough enoughto drown it away” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“Every time you tell your daughter you yell at her out of love you teach her to confuse anger with kindnesswhich seems like a good ideatill she grows up to trust men who hurt her cause they look so much like you.” ― Rupi Kaur
“people go but how they left always stays” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“stay strong through your paingrow flowers from ityou have helped me grow flowers out of mine sobloom beautifullydangerouslyloudlybloom softlyhowever you needjust bloom” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“i do not want to have youto fill the empty parts of mei want to be full on my owni want to feel so completei could light a whole cityand theni want to have youcause the two ofus combinedcould setit on fire” ― Rupi Kaur
“he placed his handson my mindbefore reachingfor my waistmy hipsor my lipshe didn't call mebeautiful firsthe called meexquisite - how he touches me” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry” ― Rupi Kaur
“for you to see beauty heredoes not meanthere is beauty in meit means there is beauty rootedso deep within youyou can't help butsee it everywhere” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“most importantly lovelike it's the only thing you know howat the end of the day all thismeans nothingthis pagewhere you're sittingyour degreeyour jobthe moneynothing even mattersexcept love and human connectionwho you lovedand how deeply you loved themhow you touched the people around youand how much you gave them” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“i don’t know what living a balanced life feels likewhen i am sadi don’t cry i pourwhen i am happyi don’t smile i glowwhen i am angryi don’t yell i burnthe good thing about feeling in extremes is when i love i give them wings but perhaps that isn't such a good thing cause they always tend to leave and you should see me when my heart is broken i don't grievei shatter” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“i am a museum full of artbut you had your eyes shut” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“I didn't leave because I stopped loving you, I left because the longer I stayed the less I loved myself.” ― Rupi Kaur
“do not look for healingat the feet of thosewho broke you” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“how you love yourself ishow you teach othersto love you” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise” ― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
“you tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful but i was not made with a fire in my belly so i could be put out i was not made with a lightness on my tongue so i could be easy to swallow i was made heavy half blade and half silk difficult to forget and not easy for the mind to follow” ― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
“The kindest words my father said to meWomen like you drown oceans.” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“i am watersoft enoughto offer lifetough enoughto drown it away” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“Every time you tell your daughter you yell at her out of love you teach her to confuse anger with kindnesswhich seems like a good ideatill she grows up to trust men who hurt her cause they look so much like you.” ― Rupi Kaur
“people go but how they left always stays” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“stay strong through your paingrow flowers from ityou have helped me grow flowers out of mine sobloom beautifullydangerouslyloudlybloom softlyhowever you needjust bloom” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“i do not want to have youto fill the empty parts of mei want to be full on my owni want to feel so completei could light a whole cityand theni want to have youcause the two ofus combinedcould setit on fire” ― Rupi Kaur
“he placed his handson my mindbefore reachingfor my waistmy hipsor my lipshe didn't call mebeautiful firsthe called meexquisite - how he touches me” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry” ― Rupi Kaur
“for you to see beauty heredoes not meanthere is beauty in meit means there is beauty rootedso deep within youyou can't help butsee it everywhere” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“most importantly lovelike it's the only thing you know howat the end of the day all thismeans nothingthis pagewhere you're sittingyour degreeyour jobthe moneynothing even mattersexcept love and human connectionwho you lovedand how deeply you loved themhow you touched the people around youand how much you gave them” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
“i don’t know what living a balanced life feels likewhen i am sadi don’t cry i pourwhen i am happyi don’t smile i glowwhen i am angryi don’t yell i burnthe good thing about feeling in extremes is when i love i give them wings but perhaps that isn't such a good thing cause they always tend to leave and you should see me when my heart is broken i don't grievei shatter” ― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
