Sarah Kay Quotes

31 quotes in 592 categories

• Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away. Beautiful
• If I should have a daughter…“Instead of “Mom”, she’s gonna call me “Point B. Call
• Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But… Air
• You can only fit so many words in a postcard, only so many in a phone call, only so many into space before you forget… Call
• My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth. Always Tastes
• Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple… Basic
• It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly. Always Meant
• It is equally important to listen as it is to speak. Equally
• Some people read palms to tell your future, but I read hands to tell your past. Each scar makes a story worth telling. Each callused… Callused
• If I should have a daughter… I’m gonna paint the solar system on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire… Backs
• Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night Call
• Is there a word for the moment you win tug-of-war? When the weight gives, and all that extra rope comes hurtling towards you, how even… All
• It’s not just the adage ‘write what you know,’ it’s about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience you’ve collected up to now to… Adage
• I use poetry to help me work through what I don’t understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full of… Backpack
• This world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it. Afraid
• There is hurt that cannot be fixed by band aids or poetrybecause no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be… Aids
• Hands learn more than minds do, hands learn how to hold other hands... Hands
• Hiroshima”, I find a few of the lines to be very poignant yet hopeful. These lines are: “But in Hiroshima, some people were wiped clean… All
• Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer Accordion
• I want [my daughter] to look at the world through the underside of a glass-bottom boat, to look through a microscope at the galaxies that… Boat

Browse Sarah Kay Quotes by Category