Rupi Kaur “Milk & Honey” Quotes

Rupi Kaur is a Canadian poet who wrote several poetry books including the famous Milk and Honey. She writes about experiences of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. Her poetry always touches my heart and makes me cry. They are very relatable to women. Here are some of my favorite poetry quotes by Rupi Kaur.

• “Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.” 
• “I didn’t leave because 
  I stopped loving you, 
  I left because the longer 
  I stayed the less I loved myself.” 
• “i am a museum full of art
  but you had your eyes shut” 
• “do not look for healing
  at the feet of those
  who broke you” 
• “how you love yourself is
  how you teach others
  to love you” 
• “for you to see beauty here
  does not mean
  there is beauty in me
  it means there is beauty rooted
  so deep within you
  you can’t help but
  see it everywhere” 
• “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” 
• “i don’t know what living a balanced life feels like
  when i am sad
  i don’t cry i pour
  when i am happy
  i don’t smile i glow
  when i am angry
  i don’t yell i burn
  the good thing about 
  feeling in extremes 
  is when i love 
  i give them wings 
  but perhaps 
  that isn’t 
  such a good thing 
  cause they always 
  tend to leave and 
  you should see me 
  when my heart is broken 
  i don’t grieve” 
• “how is it so easy for you to be kind to people he asked milk and honey dripped from my lips as i answered cause people have not been kind to me” 
• “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” 
• “you cannot leave
  and have me too
  i cannot exist in
  two places at once
• “it was when I stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decided to be whole.” 
• “she was a rose 
  in the hands of those
  who had no intention 
  of keeping her” 
• “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” 
• “i am not a hotel room. i am home
  i am not the whiskey you want
  i am the water you need
  don’t come here with expectations
  and try to make a vacation out of me” 
• “that is the thing about selfish people. they gamble entire beings. entire souls to please their own.” 
• “it takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations” 
• “i always get myself into this mess.
  i always let him tell me i am beautiful and half believe it. i always jump thinking he will catch me at the fall. i am hopelessly a lover, and a dreamer, and that will be the death of me” 
• “you left 
  and i wanted you still 
  yet i deserved someone 
  who was willing to stay” 
• “don’t mistake
  salt for sugar
  if he wants to
  be with you
  he will
  it’s that simple” 
• “If I knew what safety looked like, I would have spent less time falling into arms that were not” 
• “Let it go, let it leave, let it happen. Nothing in this world was promised or belonged to you anyway.” 
• “people say things 
  meant to rip you in half 
  but you hold the power to not
  turn their words into a knife
  and cut yourself” 
• “you ask
  if we can still be friends
  i explain how a honeybee
  does not dream kissing
  the mouth of a flower
  and then settle for its leaves” 
• “the next time he
  points out the
  hair on your legs is
  growing back remind
  that boy your body
  is not his home
  he is a guest
  warn him to
  never outstep
  his welcome again” 
• “i am
  made of water
  of course i am emotional” 
• “give to those who have nothing to give to you -” 
• “To be soft is to be powerful” 
• “the thing worth holding on to would not have let go” 
• “we are all born/ so beautiful/ the greatest tragedy is/ being convinced we are not” 
• “if you are not enough for yourself you will never be enough for someone else”