De Indiaas-Canadese schrijfster en dichteres Rupi Kaur was pas 21 toen ze haar eerste dichtbundel Milk and Honey uitbracht, die wereldwijd meer dan 3 miljoen keer is verkocht. Rupi Kaur schrijft over onderwerpen die ons allemaal aangaan zoals Zelfliefde ontwikkelen en opgroeien, maar ook over haar migratieachtergrond en seksueel trauma. Ook op haar Instagram inspireert ze miljoenen met haar pakkende en inspirerende teksten."Loneliness is a sign you are
in desperate need of yourself."
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"Do not look for healing
at the feet of those
who broke you."
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"How you love yourself is
"How you love yourself is
how you teach others to love you."
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"A lot of times we are angry at other people
"A lot of times we are angry at other people
for not doing what we should
have done for ourselves."
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"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."
"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."
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"You do not just wake up
"You do not just wake up
and become the butterfly.
Growth is a process."
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"It takes grace
"It takes grace
to remain kind
in cruel situations."
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"You must want to spend
"You must want to spend
the rest of your life
with yourself first."
"We all move forward when we recognize
"We all move forward when we recognize
how resilient and striking
the women around us are."
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"Trust your body,
"Trust your body,
it reacts to right and wrong better
than your mind does."
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"Borders are man-made,
"Borders are man-made,
they only divide us physically.
Don’t let them make us turn on each other.
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"Let it go, let it leave, let it happen.
"Let it go, let it leave, let it happen.
Nothing in this world
was promised or belonged to you anyway."
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"The right one does not stand in your way,
"The right one does not stand in your way,
they make space for you to step forward."
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"Give to those
"Give to those
who have nothing to give to you."
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"You must want to spend
"You must want to spend
the rest of your life with yourself first."
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"You have so much yet you are always hungry for more. The trick to being well fed is you have to stop looking up at everything you don’t have and look around at everything you do."
"You have so much yet you are always hungry for more. The trick to being well fed is you have to stop looking up at everything you don’t have and look around at everything you do."
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"What is stronger than the human heart
"What is stronger than the human heart
which shatters over and over and still lives."
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"To heal you have to get
"To heal you have to get
to the root of the wound
and kiss it all the way up."
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"Representation is vital.
"Representation is vital.
Otherwise the butterfly
surrounded by a group of moths
unable to see itself
will keep trying to become the moth."
