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John Geddes

(1936–2026) Sport Cyclist United States

301 quotes in 713 categories

John Geddes writes as if he’s whispering from a windowsill, turning ordinary moments into tender observations. This collection of 301 lines offers a steady stream of quiet insight, perfect for when you need a gentle reminder that poetry can live in the mundane.

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John Geddes was a sport cyclist from the United States, best known for Psychiatry.

Quick Facts About John Geddes

Born: August 13, 1936
Died: May 16, 2026
Nationality: United States
Profession: Sport Cyclist
Notable works: Psychiatry

About John Geddes

British cyclist.

Quotes by John Geddes

“...the heart's not an organ but a whisper in your head ...”

Head

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... God is not a Sunday plumber - he's always available...

Available

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...you can't be intimate unless you're sensitive...

Intimacy

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“...you don't need a calling to minister love...”

Calling

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“...time begins when we awaken and ends when we fall asleep...”

Asleep

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...when everything changes, I need a bookmark - I need you...

Anchor

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“...true love is my religion...”

Love

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“...I remember your profile in darkness outlined by stars ...”

Adoration

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“...the magic of love runs at cross purposes with the rhythm of living...”

Life

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“...once I saw you in moonlight and I can tell you - the silvery dust of the stars doesn't shimmer like you...”

Love

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...when someone is honest and vulnerable, they wring my heart - I want to hug them for being real...

Authentic

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“...allowing yourself to be vulnerable makes you weak but also opens you to the nuances of beauty...”

Beauty

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“...how are you sacred to me? your lines are golden threads - your patter, my patten - I explore the liturgy of…

Adoration

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“...a passing face together with his grief turned you into a weeping Madonna...”

Dark

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“...I always thought youth were idealists - now, I'm not so sure - I'm more idealistic now then at 17...”

Idealistic

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“...I guess you're right - I am a priest - I offer sacrifices - so take this line, I want you to…

Poet

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“...you fantasize about me reading my poems to you - it doesn't work that way - I write down everything later -…

Fantasize

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“...the monk beat me to break my spirit, incensed I knew Acquinas - angry, I knew his riddle - beauty is what…

Beatings

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“...I live with regrets - the bittersweet loss of innocence - the red track of the moon upon the lake - the…

Bittersweet

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“...at dawn, the grains of sleep turn to floating black spots, then out of focus the world tilts, and the cat scratches…

Cat

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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…

Elizabethan

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“...I deliberately spilled the black ink of despair because my perfect soul was a stained glass illusion - can you understand that?...”

Despair

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“...the answer is not in the damn blank page - it's in the days or years before and you have to dredge…

Blank page

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“...wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse to submit...”

Authority

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“He heard her in his heart - whispering from the mist”

Heart

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

Happiness

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“...I look out at the world through your transparent face...”

Clarity

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“...if you're an artist, you've submitted to authority...”

Art

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“...our monsters walk the dark pathways of secret motives...”

Monsters

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“...cities are murky places - hatching grounds for monsters...”

Cities

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“...people demonize certain types of crime - it's a way of distancing ourselves from the monsters...”

Crime

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“...I looked in the window, wanting to stay - it rained, yet I remained...because you were so lovely...”

Beauty

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...we've let go of so many things, but never each other's hand ..

Hand

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“...I want to live doubly - first with you and then afterwards in memory ...”

Doubly

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

Deep-feelings

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...when your heart is broken, don't go silent - speak to God in his own language...

Brokenhearted

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“...and you thought beauty was the outward show - but now you know the truth, my Love - it's always been the…

Beauty

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...you knew I was confused, tormented, but you enticed me - led me on...

Confusion

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“...don't tell me I should only talk to people with a high influence score, or I'll Klout you...”

Humour

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“...and here's a secret for you - everything beautiful is sad...gilded with impermanence...”

Beauty

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John Geddes by topic

Love (117) Poetry (42) Beauty (26) Writing (24) Writer (18) Words (18) Poetry quotes (18) Heart (15) Time (14) Life (14) Wisdom (13) Writing process (12) Memories (12) Writing advice (11) Truth (11) Soul (11) Priest (11) Art (11) Adoration (11) Moon (10) Worship (9) Wise words (9) Suffering (9) Stars (9) Rain (9)