315 Quotes by Rupi Kaur

you can imitate a light like mine but you cannot become it

You must remember it toohow the rest of the city slept while we sat awakened for the first timewe hadn't touched yetbut we managed to travel in and outof each other with our wordsour limbs dizzying with enough electricityto form half a sunwe drank nothing that nightbut I was intoxicatedI went home and thoughtare we soulmates

the thing about having an alcoholic parent is an alcoholic parentdoes not existsimplyan alcoholicwho could not stay soberlong enough to raise their kids

Really, at the end of the day, the only thing you can control is yourself; the only person you can truly educate is yourself. You have to redefine what beauty is to you so you can't be affected by what people are saying.

I did not start out thinking I'm going to become a feminist poet. It was a tag I was given.

Poetry and art are key influences in changing how we look at taboos.

Before I begin to write, I listen to music that inspires me. I listen to folk Punjabi music, sufi music.

Just because someone tells you they love you, it doesn't mean they actually do.

My heart is beating, and I'm breathing, and nothing anybody has ever done has changed that.