Katerina Stoykova Klemer Quotes & Sayings

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. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Lineation can make your break your poems. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

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. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

I want to do a good job living today. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

The Four Stages of Writer's Block
W.B. Stage I: I want to write but I can't.
W.B. Stage II: I have to write but I can't.
W.B. Stage I: I don't want to write but I have to.
W.B. Stage I: I don't have time for writing ... and, honestly, I don't feel like writing. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

So, what did you learn?
Curiosity asked the Cat, then
poked her carcass with a stick. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Now we go in and take over," answered A. "It's our duty to help these people. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

I've never heard anyone say I wish I hadn't forgiven. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Often I Wish I Were
a potato.
Eyes opened
in all directions.
Unafraid
of the cold earth.
The difference
between life and death
for somebody. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Your own guilt is your own fault. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Unfortunately, nothing can protect you from the thoughts in your own head. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Impatience kills quickly. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Poetry is a connection to a change within you. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Every advantage is temporary. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

How to Write a Poem
Catch the air
around the butterfly. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

More words DO NOT make a poem bigger! — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Envy won't make you a better poet. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

In the land of sour grapes, the half-eaten apple is the queen — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Being safe doesn't mean you won't be sorry. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

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. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

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. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

manuscript
meanuscript
moanuscript
manurescript
and so on — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

If you can't feel anything, it doesn't mean it's not hurting. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Writing to impress others is the surest path to pretentious mediocrity. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Mental clarity ain't for the faint of heart. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

My Personality
unfolding before you
like a Swiss Army knife. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer