315 Quotes by Rupi Kaur

For me, the power of the poetry in 'Milk and Honey' is the feeling you get after finished reading the poem. It's the emotion you feel once you've read the last word, and that is only possible when the diction is easy, and you don't get stuck on every other word, you don't know what the word means.

Being that my parents and I were immigrants to Canada, I didn't have the most lavish life growing up.

I want to create a collection, almost like a trilogy of sorts. Whereas 'Milk and Honey' was very much like holding a mirror up to yourself, the second book is turning that mirror around and fixing it on the world. The book is a reflection of the times we are in.

I don't fit into the age, race, or class of a bestselling poet.

When things get better, there's a swing to the pendulum where things get worse for others.

I feel social media can be very distracting, unhealthy, and harmful to one's self-confidence. I don't even log on to it on my phone except when I post something on Instagram.

I used to submit to anthologies and magazines when I was a student - but I knew I was never going to be picked up.

How do you redefine love when your idea of love is something that's so violent? When your idea of passion is anger, how do you fix that?

There was no market for poetry about trauma, abuse, loss, love, and healing through the lens of a Punjabi-Sikh immigrant woman.