Rupi Kaur Quotes

every time you tell your daughteryou yell at herout of loveyou teach her to confuseanger with kindnesswhich seems like a good ideatill she grows up totrust men who hurt hercause they look so muchlike you- to fathers with daughters

he saysi am sorry i am not an easy person to wanti look at him surprisedwho said i wanted easyi don’t crave easyi crave goddamn difficult

you look at me and cryeverything hurtsi hold you and whisperbut everything can heal

people say things meant to rip you in half but you hold the power to notturn their words into a knifeand cut yourself

your artis not about how many peoplelike your workyour art is aboutif your heart likes your workif your soul likes your workit's about how honestyou are with yourselfand you must never trade honesty for relatability

i was musicbut you had your ears cut off

If I knew what safety looked like, I would have spent less time falling into arms that were not

it was when I stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decided to be whole.

how you love yourself ishow you teach othersto love you