Rupi Kaur is a Canadian poet, author, and illustrator of Indian descent, who has gained prominent recognition for her distinct style of poetry. Her works primarily center around themes of love, loss, trauma, healing, and femininity. Known for her beautiful words and capturing ideas with precision, Kaur’s quotes are often shared across various media platforms. Here are 20 of the most popular quotes from Rupi Kaur:
Rupi Kaur Quotes
- “I stand on the sacrifices of a million women before me thinking ‘what can I do to make this mountain taller so the women after me can see farther'”
- “If you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise”
- “The world gives you so much pain and here you are making gold out of it”
- “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you”
- “To hate is an easy lazy thing. But to love takes strength everyone has but not all are willing to practice.”
- “Your body is a museum of natural disasters can you grasp how stunning that is”
- “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”
- “Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry”
- “Fall in love with your solitude”
- “Nothing is safer than the sound of you reading out loud to me”
- “The kindest words my father said to me: ‘Women like you drown oceans'”
- “You have sadness living in places sadness shouldn’t live”
- “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”
- “Why is it that when the story ends we begin to feel all of it”
- “You tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful, but I was not made with a fire in my belly so I could be put out”
- “The idea that we are so capable of love but still choose to be toxic”
- “The way they leave tells you everything”
- “It is a trillion dollar industry that would collapse if we believed we were beautiful enough already”
- “How do you turn a forest fire like me so soft I turn into running water”
- “The right one does not stand in your way. They make space for you to step forward”
Rupi Kaur is an embodiment of modern femininity and a powerful voice for women around the world. Her poignant quotes and the deeper insight they proffer charm readers, encouraging them to embrace their feelings, while also resonating with personal experiences.