• i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
  before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
  i am sorry i made it sound as though
  something as simple as what you’re born with
  is all you have to be proud of
  when you have broken mountains with your wit
  from now on i will say things like
  you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
  not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
  but because i need you to know
  you are more than that.

– Rupi Kaur

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