Suffering Quotes by John Geddes

9 Suffering quotes by John Geddes

John Geddes presents nine short reflections on suffering, each bearing his thoughtful, measured tone. Though brief, the collection offers a clear window into how he navigates the complexities of pain.

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...everything I treasure is broken - it's of no use to anybody but me...

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“...love is suffering - that's the happy ending...”

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“...beneath torrents of spring rain, buds come to life - and we do too, beneath torments of tears...”

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“...the real absurdity is that to love is to suffer, but the reverse isn't always true...”

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“...you can't rationalize suffering - it's indeterminate - the real unknowable variable God substitutes in...”

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“...it's always somebody's fault - I blame you for my helpless love - do you think I chose this? Your beauty compelled…

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...it was inevitable I loved you - we were soul mates - for the same reason, we were fated to suffer...

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“...there's the suffering from love and the suffering from grief - either pain permanently scars the soul...”

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“...you go back to liberate the captives and sadly realize, some want to remain tied down in the cave...”

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“...those others - they're looking for trends - subjects to catch a spark - but I have you - a coal from God's altar…

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“...careful the morning lest it wake from slumber the city half-encumbered by the morning mist ...”

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“...I've decided ... love is an eternity of slow motion replays ...”

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“... my early writing was a silent fury - at what or whom, I had no idea - but I shut it in until…

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“...little children adore me - I'm a Troll Tamer and they know it!...”

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“...all this time I've been worshiping you - when other men wanted to kiss you, I've been offering the praise of my lips...”

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“... the scarlet thread,the red clay from which we were made, runs in tiny streams through all our veins, reminding us of where we…

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“...you are not what you seem - you're a Sylph - you leave and the air retains your image - you haunt me...”

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“...God daubs stars into galaxies with fiery paint - the same lacquer he uses upon your lips...”

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“...language always occurs in a context - you can speak Elizabethan words, but to speak the language you have to put on the mindset...”

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“...the feelings that pass between us are deeper than fleshly touches...”

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“...open the access to your heart and write down what your voice is whispering...”

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...true love is an irrevocable act - you can only give your heart away once - after that, you give as much as you…

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“...the strands that connect us are frail, so don't hang great weights on slender wires...”

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...not even the wind can bring a tear to my eye the way you do...

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