Katerina Stoykova Klemer

“As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.”

“Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it”

“Envy won't make you a better poet.”

“Unfortunately, nothing can protect you from the thoughts in your own head.”

“The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.”

“Unforgiveness,splinter in your breastbone, lives there lodged like a small tree.Withers in winter, looms in spring. Its fruit is sweet on first bite, then turns into the taste of your own flesh.”

“Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers.”

“Your own guilt is your own fault.”

“Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.”

“If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.”

“Being safe doesn't mean you won't be sorry.”

“The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.”

“Lineation can make your break your poems.”

“Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.”

“My Personalityunfolding before youlike a Swiss Army knife.”

“Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.”

“Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.”

“In the land of sour grapes, the half-eaten apple is the queen”

“If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it.”

“Mental clarity ain't for the faint of heart.”

“If you can't feel anything, it doesn't mean it's not hurting.”

“If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.”

“Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.”

“Impatience kills quickly.”

“More words DO NOT make a poem bigger!”

“How to Write a PoemCatch the airaround the butterfly.”

“Now we go in and take over," answered A. "It's our duty to help these people.”

“There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.”

“Every advantage is temporary.”