157 Quotes by Sarah Kay

Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.

Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple touching of flesh is taken entirely for granted as a basic human right.

My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.

When I meet you, in that moment, I am no longer a part of your future. I start quickly becoming part of your past. But in that instant, I get to share a part of your present. And you get to share a part of mine. And that is the greatest present of all.

I didn't tell him that even after a crash, a key still fits the ignition. There just isn't anything left to drive.

In New York, when a tree dies, nobody mourns that it was cut down in its prime. Nobody counts the rings, notifies the loved ones. There are other trees. We can always squeeze in one more. Mind the tourists. It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't wanna live there.

Once, she fell off of a ladder when I was three. She says all she was worried about was my face as I watched her fall.

There are so many things I would tell youif I thought that you would listenand so many more you would tell meif you believed I would understand

Practice does not make perfect. Practice makes permanent. Repeat the same mistakes over and over, and you don't get any closer to Carnegie Hall.