It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.

— Sarah Kay

It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.

— Sarah Kay

I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.

— Sarah Kay

I will love you with too many commas, but never any asterisks.

— Sarah Kay

Let the statues crumble. You have always been the place.

— Sarah Kay

Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

— Sarah Kay

My first spoken word poem, packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old, was about the injustice of being seen as unfeminine. The poem was very indignant, and mainly exaggerated, but the only spoken word poetry that I had seen up until that point was mainly indignant, so I thought that that's what was expected of me.

— Sarah Kay

My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.

— Sarah Kay

My world was the size of a crayon box, and it took every color to draw her

— Sarah Kay

Once, she fell off of a ladder when I was three. She says all she was worried about was my face as I watched her fall.

— Sarah Kay