Katerina Stoykova-Klemer Quotes

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
The Four Stages of Writer’s BlockW.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.
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Now we go in and take over," answered A. "It's our duty to help these people.
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Being safe doesn't mean you won't be sorry.
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Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers.
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Often I Wish I Werea potato.Eyes openedin all directions.Unafraid of the cold earth.The differencebetween life and deathfor somebody.
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Poetry is a connection to a change within you.
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
Unfortunately, nothing can protect you from the thoughts in your own head.
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
So, what did you learn?Curiosity asked the Cat, thenpoked her carcass with a stick.
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Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
Your own guilt is your own fault.
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The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.
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I want to do a good job living today.
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
If you can't feel anything, it doesn't mean it's not hurting.
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If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.
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Mental clarity ain't for the faint of heart.
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I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.
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Every advantage is temporary.
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.
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
Lineation can make your break your poems.
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.
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Impatience kills quickly.
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My Personalityunfolding before youlike a Swiss Army knife.
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
How to Write a PoemCatch the airaround the butterfly.
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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
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
If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.
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Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer