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Rupi Kaur Quotes

    “most importantly love

    like it’s the only thing you know how

    at the end of the day all this

    means nothing

    this page

    where you’re sitting

    your degree

    your job

    the money

    nothing even matters

    except love and human connection

    who you loved

    and how deeply you loved them

    how you touched the people around you

    and how much you gave them”

    Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 194)

      “some people

      are so bitter

      to them

      you must be kindest”

      Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 190)

        “how you love yourself is

        how you teach others

        to love you”

        Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 186)

          “i want to apologize to all the women

          i have called pretty

          before i’ve called them intelligent or brave

          i am sorry i made it sound as though

          something as simple as what you’re born with

          is the most you have to be proud of when your

          spirit has crushed mountains

          from now on i will say things like

          you are resilient or you are extraordinary

          not because i don’t think you’re pretty

          but because you are so much more than that”

          Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 179)

            “there is a difference between

            someone telling you

            they love you and

            them actually

            loving you”

            Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 162)

              “if you were born with

              the weakness to fall

              you were born with

              the strength to rise”

              Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 156)

                “do not look for healing

                at the feet of those

                who broke you”

                Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 155)

                  “loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself”

                  Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 153)

                    “you must enter a relationship

                    with yourself

                    before anyone else”

                    Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 150)

                    Rupi Kaur Quote on Love and How Love Isn’t Cruel Or A Game

                      “love is not cruel

                      we are cruel

                      love is not a game

                      we have made a game

                      out of love”

                      Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 127)

                      Beyond the Quote (145/365)

                      To all those who suffer from heartbreak, don’t blame love. Love is forever flowing and ever present throughout all that is. Love isn’t one person. Love is what connects us to infinite warmth, gratitude, and grace. Love isn’t temporary. To blame love for being cruel is to blame your entire body when just one cell is at fault. Love is far bigger than any one person. Love is the understructure that provides the foundation for all that is kind, just, and joyous. Love is not cruel.

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                        “what i miss most is how you loved me. but what i didn’t know was how you loved me had so much to do with the person i was. it was a reflection of everything i gave to you. coming back to me. how did i not see that. how. did i sit here soaking in the idea that no one else would love me that way. when it was i that taught you. when it was i that showed you how to fill. the way i needed to be filled. how cruel i was to myself. giving you credit for warmth simply because you had felt it. thinking it was you who gave me strength. wit. beauty. simply because you recognized it. as if i was already not these things before i met you. as if i did not remain all these once you left.”

                        Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 138)

                          “when you are broken

                          and he has left you

                          do not question

                          whether you were

                          enough

                          the problem was

                          you were so enough

                          he was not able to carry it”

                          Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 103)

                            “you mustn’t have to

                            make them want you

                            they must want you themselves”

                            Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 96)

                              “love will come

                              and when love comes

                              love will hold you

                              love will call your name

                              and you will melt

                              sometimes though

                              love will hurt you but

                              love will never mean to

                              love will play no games

                              cause love knows life

                              has been hard enough already”

                              Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 60)

                                “i do not want to have you

                                to fill the empty parts of me

                                i want to be full on my own

                                i want to be so complete

                                i could light a whole city

                                and then

                                i want to have you

                                cause the two of us combined

                                could set it on fire”

                                Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 59)