I always wrote stories, but I do remember a particular moment in middle school where I became passionate about essay writing. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I wasn't entitled to dream so big. The idea of me being a writer wasn't even possible in my mind. Even when… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I would give anything to sing like Beyonce or Adele. I've said many times to my friends that if I could sing… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I write from the various experiences I live. Not every poem comes from my personal experience, though. It could be something that… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I'm a brown girl from a Punjabi pind raised in Toronto. I don't expect literary critics and purists to understand the nuances… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I was always writing for myself. I wrote what I needed to write and hear - that's what makes it powerful. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I think social media is... really cool in the sense that I don't think that a writer like me would've found a… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
Before I begin to write, I listen to music that inspires me. I listen to folk Punjabi music, sufi music. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
My writing is a product of how I would interact with things that have happened to me or things that have not… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I wasn't trying to write a book; it wasn't even in my vision. I was posting stuff online just because it made… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I realize I'm blessed to have the luxury of being a full-time writer. Not many people have that. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
The way a small child might dream of visiting Disneyland, I dreamed of writing books. Never did I think my poems would… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“i learned love is about giving. everything. and letting it hurt. i learned vulnerability is always the right choice because it is easy to… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“you look just like your mother i guess i do carry her tenderness well you both have the same eyes cause we are both… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“when my mother was pregnant with her second child i was four i pointed at her swollen belly confused at how my mother had… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“i had to leave i was tired of allowing you to make me feel anything less than whole” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“Sua arte Não é a quantidade de pessoas Que gostam do seu trabalho Sua arte É O que seu coração acha do seu trabalho… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“i tried to find it but there was no answer at the end of the last conversation - closure” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“Acima de tudo ame Como se fosse a única coisa que você sabe fazer No fim do dia isso tudo Não significa nada Esta… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“the right one does not stand in your way they make space for you to step forward” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“let it go let it leave let it happen nothing in this world was promised or belonged to you anyway - all you own… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“i woke up thinking the work was done i would not have to practise today how naive to think healing was that easy when… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“I don't know why I split myself open for others knowing sewing myself up hurts this much afterward.” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
