Tavleen Kaur Quotes

when death
takes my hand
i will hold you with the other
and promise to find you
in every lifetime ~ Rupi Kaur

so how dare you mock your mother when she opens her mouth and broken english spills out / don't be ashamed of the fact that she split through countries to be here so you wouldn't have to cross a shoreline ~ Rupi Kaur

She is that maze,
the one you would love to chase.
She is the faith,
quite missing nowadays.
And her heart is a rave,
with hopeless barricades.
She is the one,
whose tears flow,
just as lavishly,
as her laughter roars! ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

i have
what i have
and i am happy

i've lost
what i've lost
and i am
still
happy

- outlook ~ Rupi Kaur

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

you're everywhere
except right here
and it hurts ~ Rupi Kaur

bloom beautifully
dangerously
loudly
bloom softly
however you need
just bloom ~ Rupi Kaur

you were a dragon long before
he came around and said
you could fly

you will remain a dragon
long after he's left ~ Rupi Kaur

you tell me
i am not like most girls
and learn to kiss me with your eyes closed
something about the phrase - something about
how i have to be unlike the women
i call sisters in order to be wanted
makes me want to spit your tongue out
like i am supposed to be proud you picked me
as if i should be relieved you think
i am better than them ~ Rupi Kaur

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

if you were born with
the weakness to fall
you were born with
the strength to rise ~ Rupi Kaur

Follow the ideal doing,
grind the beans just before brewing.
Use spring water,
for softened water,
makes a horror.
A parley perfect,
between the coffee,
and the milk,
with some,
brown sugar thick."
(Poem: An apology of a coffee lunatic, Book: Ginger and Honey) ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

i even tried to bury myself alive
but the dirt recoiled
you have already rotted it said
there is nothing left for me to do ~ Rupi Kaur

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

i am sending my love to your eyes. may they always see goodness in people. and may you always practice kindness. may we see each other as one. may we be nothing short of in love with everything the universe has to offer. and may we always stay grounded. rooted. our feet planted firmly onto the earth. ~ Rupi Kaur

it isn't blood that makes you my sister
it's how you understand my heart
as though you carry it
in your body ~ Rupi Kaur

my voice
is the offspring
of two countries colliding
what is there to be ashamed of
if english
and my mother tongue
made love
my voice
is her father's words
and mother's accent
what does it matter if
my mouth carries two worlds

- accent ~ Rupi Kaur

Takes birth in me,
also, dies in debris.
I am a Potpourri.

A mix of dead petals,
effusing divine fragrance.
Walking on the journey,
of controversy.

I am a Potpourri. ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

my mother sacrificed her dreams
so i could dream ~ Rupi Kaur

I don't have any fancy story,
about the way we fell in love.
It was that one awkward move,
and the next I remember,
I was looking at you. ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

The year is done. I spread the past three hundred sixty-five days before me on the living room carpet. Here is the month I decided to shed everything not deeply committed to my dreams. The day I refused to be a victim to the self-pity. Here is the week I slept in the garden. The spring I wrung the self-doubt by its neck. Hung your kindness up. Took down the calendar. The week I danced so hard my heart learned to float above water again. The summer I unscrewed all the mirrors from their walls. No longer needed to see myself to feel seen. Combed the weight out of my hair. I fold the good days up and place them in my back pocket for safekeeping. Draw the match. Cremate the unnecessary. The light of the fire warms my toes. I pour myself a glass of warm water to cleanse myself for january. Here I go. Stronger and wiser into the new. ~ Rupi Kaur

you are not a cannibal
your actions are not my responsibility
you will control yourself

"The Art of Growing ~ Rupi Kaur

you have to stop searching for why at some point you have to leave it alone ~ Rupi Kaur

when my mother opens her mouth to have a conversation at dinner my father shoves the word hush between her lips and tells her to never speak with her mouth full this is how the women in my family learned to live with their mouths closed ~ Rupi Kaur

love does not look like a person
love is our actions
love is giving all we can
even if it's just the bigger slice of cake
love is understanding
we have the power to hurt one another
but we are going to do everything in our power to make sure we don't
love is fighting out all the kind sweetness we deserve
and when someone shows up
saying they will provide it as you do
but their actions seem to break you
rather than build you
love is knowing whom to choose ~ Rupi Kaur

what if you split the world into pieces
and called them countries
declared ownership on what never belonged to you
and left the rest with nothing ~ Rupi Kaur

my god
is not as unreachable as
they'd like you to think
my god is beating inside us infinitely ~ Rupi Kaur

she is not a porn category
or the type you look for
on a friday night
she is not needy or easy or weak
-daddy issues is not a punch line ~ Rupi Kaur

What makes more sense in today's world?
Thinking about future, she ruined her present?
Or
Thinking about present, she ruined her future? ~ Japneet Kaur

i hardened under the last loss. it took something human out of me. i used to be so deeply emotional i'd crumble on demand. but now the water has made its exit. of course i care about the ones around me. i'm just struggling to show it. a wall is getting in the way. i used to dream of being so strong nothing could shake me. now. i am. so strong. that nothing shakes me. and all i dream is to soften.
- numbness ~ Rupi Kaur

Your dreams become your destiny when your plans become your actions! ~ Manprit Kaur

Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India. ~ Preneet Kaur

you've touched me
without even
touching me. ~ Rupi Kaur

perhaps the saddest of all
are those who live waiting
for someone they're not
sure exists ~ Rupi Kaur

If you fall over, you fall over. If you have to stop, you stop. But you start again. Just like life itself, you start again. ~ Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa

In the world we live, we don't create or destroy- we just convert entities from one form to another. Loss and Sorrow too. If these are growing in your life- remember you are feeding them. ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

there is a list of questions
i want to ask but never will
there is a list of questions
i go through in my head
every time i'm alone
and my mind can't stop itself from searching for you
there is a list of questions i want to ask
so if you're listening somewhere
here i am asking them

what do you think happens
to the love that's left behind
when two lovers leave
how blue do you think it gets
before it passes away
does it pass away
or does it still exist somewhere
waiting for us to come back
when we lied to ourselves by
calling this unconditional and left
which one of us hurt more
i shattered into a million little pieces
and those pieces shattered into a million more
crumbled into dust till
there was nothing left of me but the silence

tell me how love
how did the grieving feel for you
how did the mourning hurt
how did you peel your eyes open after every blink
knowing i'd never be there staring back

it must be hard to live with what ifs
there must always be this constant dull aching
in the pit of your stomach
trust me
i feel it too
how in the world did we get here
how did we live through it
and how are we still living

how many months did it take
before you stopped thinking of me
or are you still thinking of me
cause if you are
then maybe i am too
thin ~ Rupi Kaur

While U.K. is one of India's most important trade and investment partners, India has become one of the largest investors in the U.K. ~ Preneet Kaur

I want to learn how to boil milk. I somehow manage to over-boil and waste it consistently. ~ Nimrat Kaur

In this,
journey,
of reaching,
to myself,
I have had,
many a,
thoroughfares,
goodbye affairs,
reality checks,
and,
lovely overwhelms. ~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber