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

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

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

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

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

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Every advantage is temporary.

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Forgiveness, 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

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

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

How to Write a Poem Catch the air around the butterfly.

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

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

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

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

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer