Milk and Honey PDF by Rupi Kaur

Author Biography – Rupi Kaur

Rupi Kaur is a world-famous poet and artist who started her journey on Instagram. She was born in India and moved to Canada when she was very young. She writes about her experiences as a woman and an immigrant. What makes her special is that she writes in all lowercase letters and uses only periods. This is a tribute to her native language, Punjabi. She also draws all the illustrations in her books herself. Milk and Honey was her first book, and it stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year. She has traveled all over the world to perform her poetry for thousands of fans. Rupi has changed how modern poetry is written and shared today.

Book Summary – Milk and Honey

Babar Raja’s Personal Review

Reading this on a flight from Stockholm to London

I read this book while traveling on a short flight from Stockholm to London. The plane was quiet, and the clouds outside looked like white mountains. Let me share how it felt. I usually like long stories, but these short poems really spoke to me. I felt like the author was talking directly to my soul.

When I was looking down at the North Sea, the section on ‘the healing’ really got to me. It made me think about all the times I had to be strong during my travels. It took me 3 nights to finish it properly because I wanted to think about every poem. I would read about 70 pages every night before sleeping at my hotel. This book connected with me because it reminds us that even after the worst pain, we can find sweetness again. My honest rating: 4.5/5.

What I Learned From This Book

I learned that you don’t need a lot of words to say something very important. Rupi Kaur taught me that healing is not a straight line. Sometimes you have to hurt before you can love again. The most powerful lesson for me was that we have to be our own best friends. We cannot wait for someone else to fix us. We have the “milk and honey” inside ourselves to heal our own wounds. It made me feel very peaceful and strong during my trip.

Famous Quotes from Milk and Honey

“how you love yourself is / how you teach others / to love you”
— the healing

“loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself”
— the healing

“you were a dragon long before he came around and said you could fly. you will remain a dragon long after he’s left.”
— the breaking

“our backs / tell stories / no books / have the spine / to carry”
— the hurting

“i am water / soft enough / to offer life / tough enough / to drown it away”
— the healing

“if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise”
— the healing

“love is not cruel / we are cruel / love is not a game / we have made a game / out of love”
— the loving

“it takes grace / to remain kind / in cruel situations”
— the healing

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