Harleen Kaur Dulai Quotes

of course i want to be successful
but i don't crave success for me
i need to be successful to gain
enough milk and honey
to help those around
me succeed ~ Rupi Kaur

Let there be a child, who should,
not be taught.
Let there be a child, who should,
be refrained from books.
Let him not hear,
don't preach him, dear.
Don't let him read the quotations,
on internet and make them his passion.
Don't tell him stories of successful,
and make them his anthem.
Allow him to grow unto what,
he is to know. ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

some people are so bitter to them you must be kindest ~ Rupi Kaur

borders
are man-made
they only divide us physically
don't let them make us
turn on each other

- we are not enemies ~ Rupi Kaur

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 I was not made with a lightness on my tongue so I could be easy to swallow I was made heavy half blade and half silk difficult to forget and not easy for the mind to follow. ~ Rupi Kaur

i want to honeymoon myself ~ Rupi Kaur

sex takes the consent of two
if one person is lying there not doing anything
cause they are not ready
or not in the mood
or simply don't want to
yet the other is having sex
with their body it's not love
it is rape ~ Rupi Kaur

Why are we ignoring the rest of the world? We need to have a fair and global response to migration. ~ Harsimrat Kaur Badal

when snow falls
i long for grass
when grass grows
i walk all over it
when leaves change colour
i beg for flowers
when flowers bloom
i pick them
- unappreciative ~ Rupi Kaur

when you are broken
and he has left you
do not question
whether you were
enough
the problem was
you were so enough
he was not able to carry it ~ Rupi Kaur

if you are not enough for yourself you will never be enough for someone else ~ Rupi Kaur

Their Love said, "Made for Each Other"
Our Love says, "Made from Each Other ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

i am
made of water
of course i am emotional ~ Rupi Kaur

I understand this world broke you. It has been so hard on your feet. I don't blame you for not knowing how to remain soft with me. Sometimes I stay up thinking of all the places you are hurting which you'll never care to mention. I come from the same aching blood. From the same bone so desperate for attention I collapse in on myself. I am your daughter. I know the small talk is the only way you know how to tell me you love me. Cause it's the only way I know how to tell you. ~ Rupi Kaur

Forgotten Stars. Time in the Flame.
Missing Shard. The Only Rain.
Door of the Memory. Waves in the Silk.
Silent Birch. Thoughts of Lunatics.
Secret of the Flowers. Soaring of the Souls.
Heart in the Night. And a Kiss Unfolds.
Forgotten Voyager. Voyage in the Words.
Nothing of the World. Someone of the Hemisphere.
Trembling Stones. Sucking Tears.
The Next Gift. The World in the Kisses.
Missing Angels. The Woman of the Girl.
Guardian of the Rings. Thorn in the Pearl.
Whispering Sword. Touching exclaim.
Soul in the Truth. Heat in the Flame.
Thy name, my name, Thy name!
Came. Became. To Remain. ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

on the first day of love
you wrapped me in the word special ~ Rupi Kaur

the very thought of you
has my legs spread apart
like an easel with a canvas
begging for art ~ Rupi Kaur

every time you tell your daughter you yell at her out of love you teach her to confuse anger with kindness which seems like a good idea till she grows up to trust men who hurt her cause they look so much like you - to fathers with daughters ~ Rupi Kaur

you whisper
i love you
what you mean is
i don't want you to leave ~ Rupi Kaur

i don't blame you for not knowing how to remain soft with me. sometimes i stay up thinking of all the places you are hurting which you'll never care to mention. i come from the same aching blood. from the same bone so desperate for attention i collapse in on myself. i am your daughter. i know the small talk is the only way you know how to tell me you love me. cause it is the only way i know how to tell you. ~ Rupi Kaur

Narinder Kaur had been told the story so often she believed it must be her earliest memory: that she was four years old when she'd sprinted out of their Croydon semi and straight into the road. The car braked just in time. But the funny thing was that the car belonged to a reverend, on his way to open the church, and the reason Narinder had run out of the house in the first place was because her mother had said they needed to hurry, that God was waiting for them. In other words, God, sick of waiting, had come directly to Narinder. ~ Sunjeev Sahota

When fear overwhelms truth and love, we call it pain. Our spirit as women has all the knowledge and power we need to give birth and to nurture our babies. It is in our genetic coding. It has been there since the beginning of time. You can trust its wisdom. ~ Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa

he only whispers i love you as he slips his hands down the waistband of your pants. this is where you must understand the difference between want and need - you may want that boy but you certainly don't need him ~ Rupi Kaur

accept yourself as you were designed ~ Rupi Kaur

there are mountains growing
beneath our feet
that cannot be contained
all we've endured
has prepared us for this
bring your hammer and fists
we have a glass ceiling to shatter ~ Rupi Kaur

Love makes you do,
the best of things.
Love makes you do,
the worst of things,
It's a feeling extreme,
that doesn't exist in between. ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

learning to not envy
someone else's blessings
is what grace looks like ~ Rupi Kaur

you leave
but you don't stay gone
why do you do that
why do you
abandon the thing you want to keep
why do you linger
in a place you do not want to stay
why do you think it's okay to do both
go and return all at once ~ Rupi Kaur

You waste everything because you've always had everything. ~ Balli Kaur Jaswal

You'll get, with faith and hope what you think can be yours. ~ Jaspreet Kaur

God is constantly Creating, Experiencing, Witnessing, De-constructing, and Expanding. God is everything and everyone – that's the realm where we don't exist at all. That's the realm where there's none, but One ~ Manprit Kaur

The Indian community in the U.K. has a unique place in our diaspora. U.K. is the first country which has an Indian community truly representative of its diversity. ~ Preneet Kaur

Certain voices heard
are heard
not because
they
are phonetic...

But,
from one soul
they head,
to another,
in the form of magic.
(Poem: When, When a not, Book: Ginger and Honey) ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

baby lick me. like your mouth has the gift of reading and i'm your favorite book. ~ Rupi Kaur

if I am the longest relationship
of my life
isn't it time to
nurture intimacy
and love
with the person
I lie in bed with each night ~ Rupi Kaur

I'd be lying if I said
you make me speechless
the truth is you make my
tongue so weak it forgets
what language to speak in. ~ Rupi Kaur

the night after you left
i woke up so broken
the only place to put the pieces
were the bags under my eyes ~ Rupi Kaur

I opt for clothes that complement my body type. I am not someone who will go for something just because it is trendy and not look good on me. I would choose clothes which are comfortable and accentuate my body type. ~ Nimrat Kaur

How I look to you is the reflection of how you look at me. ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Disturb my sleep but darling don't dare disturb my dreams! ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

the next time you
have your coffee black
you'll taste the bitter state he left you in
it will make you weep
but you'll never
stop drinking
you'd rather have the
darkest parts of him
than have nothing ~ Rupi Kaur

when it came to listening
my mother taught me silence
if you are drowning their voice with yours
how will you hear them she asked
when it came to speaking
she said do it with commitment
every word you say
is your own responsibility
when it came to being
she said be tender and tough at once
you need to be vulnerable to live fully
but rough enough to survive it all
when it came to choosing
she asked me to be thankful
for the choices i had that
she never had the privilege of making
- lessons from mumma ~ Rupi Kaur

She stampeed. "I am making him run late."
She gave a resolution of exact 60 seconds to herself to see if she can find her diamond necklace or else she would attend the party with out it.

She suddenly turned, as if her memory shouted out loud- Its on the chest right there!
To her bewilderment, he was standing just a few inches away holding a big mirror in hand.

That perplexed her. Not Adam. Not even the fact that her neck was already hosting the necklace.
But seeing herself that way, her very own self. As if, she was unapprehended she existed.

Adam was expecting a smile on her face, and that she would touch the necklace and say- "Oh my foolish self" but she touched her face and said- "Oh my self..."

That was foolish! ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

what if
there isn't enough time
to give her what she deserves
do you think
if i begged the sky hard enough
my mother's soul would
return to me as my daughter
so i can give her
the comfort she gave me
my whole life ~ Rupi Kaur

Only good liers can be good at depicting whether the other person is lying or not. A truthful person often remains subdued from the harsh realities of the society. ~ Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal

More often than not- Life moves really fast! It's only for you to pause and breathe! Sadly, none else can do that for you! ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber