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why is called milk and honey ? what the meaning of milk and honey on this book ?

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Sara "i write a poem about the 1984 genocide of sikhs in india. there is a line about the women who lived through it. their resilience is breathtaking. they are enduring survivors to the murders of their husbands and children. the survivors of betrayal. rape. torture. i write that they come out of that terror as smooth as milk and as thick as honey. this is how the title of 'milk and honey' is born." - Rupi Kaur

As stated by the author herself in the foreword of the 2018 special edition publication; milk and honey refers to the beautiful resilience of all women, but specifically and firstly to those survivors of terror.
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