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101 " you’ve touched me without even touching me. "
― Rupi Kaur , Milk and Honey
102 " you are in the habitof co-dependingon people tomake up for whatyou think you lackwho tricked youinto believinganother personwas meant to complete youwhen the most they can do is complement "
103 " the next time hepoints out thehair on your legs isgrowing back remindthat boy your bodyis not his homehe is a guestwarn him tonever outstephis welcome again "
104 " you look just like your mother i guess i do carry her tenderness wellyou both have the same eyes cause we are both exhaustedand the hands we share the same wilting fingersbut that rage your mother doesn't wear that rage you're right this rage is the one thing i get from my father "
105 " i didn't know whyi split myself openfor other knowingsewing myself up hurts this muchafterward "
106 " we all move forward whenwe recognize how resilientand striking the womenaround us are "
107 " you said. if it is meant to be. fate will bring us back together. for a second i wonder if you are really that naive. if you really believe fate works like that. as if it lives in the sky staring down at us. as if it has five fingers and spends its time placing us like pieces of chess. as if it is not the choices we make. who taught you that. tell me. who convinced you. you’ve been given a heart and a mind that isn’t yours to use. that your actions do not define what will become of you. i want to scream and shout it’s us you fool. we’re the only ones that can bring us back together. but instead i sit quietly. smiling softly through quivering lips thinking. isn’t it such a tragic thing. when you can see it so clearly but the other person doesn’t. "
108 " To be soft is to be powerful "
109 " the way theyleavetells youeverything "
110 " losing you was the becoming of myself "
111 " i will not have youbuild me into your lifewhen what i want is tobuild a life with you- the difference "
112 " we are all born/ so beautiful/ the greatest tragedy is/ being convinced we are not "
113 " give to those who have nothing to give to you - "
114 " how is it so easy for youto be kind to people he askedmilk and honey drippedfrom my lips as i answered cause people have notbeen kind to me "
how is it so easy for youto be kind to people he asked
milk and honey drippedfrom my lips as i answered
cause people have notbeen kind to me
115 " if you are not enough for yourself you will never be enough for someone else "
116 " the thing worth holding on to would not have let go "
117 " Like your mouth has the gift of reading and I'm your favorite book. Find your favorite page in the soft spot between my legs and read it carefully. Fluently. Vividly. Don't you dare leave a single word untouched. And I swear my ending will be so good. "
118 " the letting go hasbecome the forgettingwhich is the mostpleasant and saddest thingto have happened "
119 " we beganwith honestylet us endin it too- us "
120 " bloom beautifullydangerouslyloudlybloom softlyhowever you needjust bloom "