“...they say a reformed roue makes the best husband, but, Oh! Didn't they tell you? Monsters can't be reformed...” — John Geddes Change Copy Share Image
“...how many writers still dare compare a woman to Nature, like Campion? - there is a garden in her face - how… — John Geddes Garden Copy Share Image
“...it's good to know wave and particle alpha code, but more than that, the writer must go to the heart of life ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...does it seem strange in the loneliness of the present time, that I run to you?...” — John Geddes Loneliness Copy Share Image
“...I can think of other forms of worship than loving you, but none that make me feel so fulfilled...” — John Geddes Adoration Copy Share Image
“...when I chose you, I didn't want the commonplace - I didn't want a 'partner' - I wanted a shrine...” — John Geddes Adoration Copy Share Image
“...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...” — John Geddes Fairy tale Copy Share Image
“...you lifted the veil when you admitted you had no memory of that day - it was so special and your lack… — John Geddes Memory Copy Share Image
“...all winter the acorns and red Maple leaf moldered in silence - in the same way grief is gnawing at me -… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...I didn't want you flawless - I have a bare wall at home that's flawless - I wanted your character trapped in… — John Geddes Beauty Copy Share Image
“Deb and I were married on a snowy night - wind cross-wove a veil of snow for her then threw confetti at… — John Geddes Church Copy Share Image
“...When people lose their way and lack a real purpose for living they often fall back on certain forms of escapism as… — John Geddes Escapism Copy Share Image
“...consider yourself a functional character in someone else's novel - a background character - a person on the street - that's the… — John Geddes Books Copy Share Image
“... the scarlet thread,the red clay from which we were made, runs in tiny streams through all our veins, reminding us of… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...some nights I'd sneak out and listen to the radio in my Dad's old Chevy - children need solitude - they don't… — John Geddes Childhood memories Copy Share Image
...not even the wind can bring a tear to my eye the way you do... — John Geddes Love Copy Share Image
“...you have changed everything for me- you rearranged the furniture and now you've changed the view from my window!...” — John Geddes Change Copy Share Image
“...what else would a poet priest do on an endless night, but write of love?...” — John Geddes Love Copy Share Image
“...the wet brush of snowflakes was like your kisses everywhere ...” — John Geddes Kisses Copy Share Image
“...what is sacred is the other person -we forget that sometimes - and fail to honor who they are ...” — John Geddes Honor Copy Share Image
“...You say you don't mistrust me, yet you quote Chrysostom - Hell is paved with priests' skulls…” — John Geddes Hell Copy Share Image
“...How terrible, those dreams before sleep were—the worse kind, mixing hope with despair...” — John Geddes Despair Copy Share Image
...true love is an irrevocable act - you can only give your heart away once - after that, you give as much… — John Geddes Heart Copy Share Image
“...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep...” — John Geddes Beautiful Copy Share Image
“...futility is being sorry while doing nothing to remove the cause ...” — John Geddes Apology Copy Share Image
“...your memory is a warm stone hidden in my hand I'm always turning over...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...so now you know my eyes are green - because of my shirt? You never looked into my soul to know how… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...the real absurdity is that to love is to suffer, but the reverse isn't always true...” — John Geddes Absurdity Copy Share Image
“... this longing inside me that never goes away, must be a poem...must be you ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...when you look at the stars, you should tremble - only dullards have become callous to this frisson ...” — John Geddes Astronomy Copy Share Image
“...when the room goes silent, someone has spoken with authority...” — John Geddes Authority Copy Share Image
“...some writers closet themselves - I write wherever I am because that's where life is happening ...” — John Geddes Life Copy Share Image
“...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent...” — John Geddes Authority Copy Share Image
“...you trace a finger over my scar and uncloak me like a timid star...” — John Geddes Openness Copy Share Image
“...I think our 'changes' are not as radical as we suppose - in some way we persist as us...” — John Geddes Change Copy Share Image
“...some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns...” — John Geddes Love Copy Share Image
“...you go back to liberate the captives and sadly realize, some want to remain tied down in the cave...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever… — John Geddes Childhood memories Copy Share Image
“...thinking about laughing with 2 yr old Findlay today - Dostoyevsky was right, “The soul is healed by being with children.” ...” — John Geddes Child Copy Share Image