30 phrases by Rupi Kaur for those who love modern poetry

But what is stronger than the human heart, which breaks many times and lives on?

I don’t want you to fill my empty parts. I want to be whole alone. I want to be so complete that I could light up the city. And only then do I want to have you, because the two of us together set everything on fire.

When you’re hurt and he’s far away, don’t ask yourself if you’ve done enough. Problem is, you went more than enough and it couldn’t load.

Other women’s bodies are not our battleground.

If you are not enough for yourself, you will never be enough for someone else.

If you were born with the weakness to fall, you were born with the strength to get up.

We were all born so beautiful. The great tragedy is that they convince us that we are not.

I don’t know why I tear myself up for others even though I know that sewing myself hurts just as bad afterwards.

I’m learning to love him, loving myself.

You have pain living in places where pain shouldn’t live.

People go, but as they were, it always stays.

I had to leave. I was tired of letting you make me feel anything but whole.

When we connect with each other, we feel less alone.

I dive into the source of my body and reach another world. I have everything I need in here. There’s no reason to look elsewhere.

The woman who comes after me is going to be a pirated version of who I am.

I don’t need the kind of love that weakens me, I want someone who energizes me.

We all move on when we realize how strong and admirable the women around us are.

That’s what love does. He marinates his lips until the only word his mouth utters is his name.

The world gives you so much pain and here you are, turning it all to gold.

You may not have been my first love, but it was love that made all other loves irrelevant.

I think the labels bothered me at first, but once you have a clear vision of who you are, you can escape them.

He was supposed to be the first man she ever loved. You still look for him everywhere.

I’m ready for you, I’ve always been ready for you.

When you’re hurt and he’s far away, don’t ask yourself if you’ve done enough. Problem is, you went more than enough and it couldn’t load.

I had to learn how to take care of myself because no one ever explained to me how to do that.

You give more and more until they take away everything you have and leave you empty.

She was a rose, but whoever took her in her hand had no intention of keeping her.

“Stay,” I whispered as you closed the door.

Don’t confuse salt with sugar. If he wants to be with you, he will. It’s that simple.

Love doesn’t play games, because love knows that life is hard enough.