Akhir-akhir ini aku lagi sibuk cari beberapa kutipan untuk dicantumkan di halaman depan skripsi aku. Awalnya aku bingung harus pakai kutipannya siapa, aku pengennya kutipan yang berbau-bau soal life atau feminism. Nah, kemudian aku nemu nih di twitter, salah satu penulis dan penyair asal Kanada yang bernama Rupi Kaur. Dia sudah menghasilkan sejumlah judul buku, tapi aku sendiri baru liat-liat beberapa kutipan dia yang dari buku "Milk and Honey". Aku suka sama kutipan-kutipan dari Rupi Kaur karena maknanya yang sangat feminist. Dia nggak bikin something yang menye atau cheesy, melainkan lebih ke sesuatu yang bisa melihat sebuah situasi dengan cara yang lebih positif. Oke, jadi ini adalah beberapa kutipan dari Rupi Kaur yang aku suka. 

Feminism 

What's the greatest lesson a woman should learn? 

that since day one. she's already had everything she needs within herself. it's the world that convinced her she did not. 

our backs 

tell stories

no books have

the spine to 

carry  

the way they

leave 

tells you 

everything  

if you are broken

and they have left you 

do not question 

whether you were 

enough 

the problem was 

you were so enough

they were not able to carry it

i didn't leave because i
stopped loving you i left cause the
longer i stayed the
left i loved myself

i do not want to have you
to fill the empty parts of me
i want to be full of my own
i want to be so complete
i could light a whole city
and then
i want to have you
cause the two of
us combined
could set it
on fire

Life 

the universe took its time on you
crafted you precisely
so you could offer the world
something distinct from everyone else
so when you doubt
how you were created
you doubt an energy greater than us both

what terrifies
me most is
how we foam
at the mouth
with envy
when others
succeed
but
sigh in relief
when they
are failing
our struggle
to celebrate
each other
is what's proven
most difficult in
being human