Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"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"
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"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"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"how you love yourself ishow you teach othersto love you"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"fall in lovewith your solitude"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"do not bother holding ontothat thing that does not want you-you cannot make it stay"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"I love that about us how capable we are of feeling how unafraid we are of breaking and tend to our wounds with grace just being a womancalling myselfa womanmakes me utterly wholeand complete"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"something about the phrase - something abouthow i have to be unlike the womeni call sisters in order to be wantedmakes me want to spit your tongue out"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"i want to apologize to all the womeni have called prettybefore i've called them intelligent or bravei am sorry i made it sound as thoughsomething as simple as what you're born withis the most you have to be proud of when yourspirit has crushed mountainsfrom now on i will say things likeyou are resilient or you are extraordinarynot because i don't think you're prettybut because you are so much more than that"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"you tell me i am not like most girlsand learn to kiss me with your eyes closedsomething about the phrase - something abouthow i have to be unlike the womeni call sisters in order to be wantedmakes me want to spit your tongue out like i am supposed to be proud you picked meas if i should be relieved you thinki am better than them"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"he placed his hands on my mind before reaching for my waist my hips or my lips"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"a daughter shouldnot have to beg her fatherfor a relationship"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"my heart woke me crying last nighthow can i help i beggedmy heart said write the book"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"most importantly lovelike it's the only thing you knowat the end of the day all this means nothingthis page where you're sitting your degree your jobyour money nothing even matters except love and human connectionwho you lovedand how deeply you loved themhow you touched the people around you and how much you gave them"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"i was musicbut you had your ears cut off"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"what terrifies me most is how wefoam at the mouth with envywhen others succeedbut sigh in reliefwhen they are failingour struggle tocelebrate each other iswhat's proven most difficultin being human"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"i am a museum full of artbut you had your eyes shut"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"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"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"for you to see beauty heredoes not meanthere is beauty in meit means there is beauty rootedso deep within youyou canβt help butsee it everywhere"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"i am watersoft enoughto offer lifetough enoughto drown it away"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"i am not a hotel room. i am homei am not the whiskey you wanti am the water you needdon't come here with expectationsand try to make a vacation out of me"
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
"isn't it such a tragic thing when you can see it so clearly but the other person doesn't"
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