315 Quotes by Rupi Kaur

emptying out of my mother's bellywas my first act of disappearance learning to shrink for a familywho likes their daughters invisiblewas the secondthe art of being emptyis simplebelieve them when they sayyou are nothingrepeat it to yourselflike a wishi am nothingi am nothingi am nothingso oftenthe only reason you knowyou're still alive is from theheaving of your chest

i used to crybecause i could not finda good man to love menow i have one andhe isn’t enoughthe others were alwayshalfway out the door- that’s what made them alluring

i am not the whiskey you want i am the water you need

se avessi saputocom'è fatta una cosa sicuraavrei passatomeno tempo a cadere trabraccia che non lo erano

so how dare you mock your mother when she opens her mouth and broken english spills out / don't be ashamed of the fact that she split through countries to be here so you wouldn't have to cross a shoreline

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i can't tell if my mother isterrified or in love withmy father it alllooks the samei flinch when you touch mei fear it is him

the idea that we areso capable of lovebut still chooseto be toxic

love is not cruelwe are cruellove is not a gamewe have made a gameout of love