Quotes by John Geddes

...you found me in my lonely labyrinth and like Beatrice, led me out of my own hell...

...some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns...

...if youre an artist, youve submitted to authority...

...I see myself at crossroads in my life, mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights up the path before me...

...Im not in control and without a firm spot, like Archimedes I cant move the world - let alone your heart..

...freedom of conscience does not mean being uncontrolled - we have to control ourselves and at times submit to others...

...Im a modern mountebank - I believe in Physiognomy - after all, we are in control of our face - its the map of where weve been...

...summer softens lines that winter cruelly shows...

...You wont age? I promise you this - your hands will go shiny and transparent and at the slightest bruise theyll bleed...

Last night, lost in spaces between star—bays and lakes of clouds, I tossed and turned looking for you

I see you from afar—fragile and shy as a star gleaming through a cloudy rift

...dont think love is just an emotion - I am dangerous and you know it because I will do anything you ask me to do...

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

your moods and colors are my climate, not the changing face of the sky

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

...Mankind is not a race of noble savages - but primitive monsters hide inside us, elusive as Sasquatch...

...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it into your pillow - then write it down ...

...writing with ferocity is a gift, provided that ferocity is a monomaniacal devotion to pursuing the truth ...

... my early writing was a silent fury - at what or whom, I had no idea - but I shut it in until it burned my bones and now, Ive let it out...

...I make no apology about stirring the depths - every human longs to swim under water and see what lurks beneath ...