Quotes by John Geddes

...I dont want security - to be self-assured - I want to risk my heart in making your portrait and be paid the wages of your devotion...

I keep coming back to certain books, and you—to try to find myself again

...I pray this winter be gentle and kind - a season of rest from the wheel of the mind...

You are my winter suddenness—a glass of red wine spilt across a white tablecloth

...I hear the sounds of melting snow outside my window every night and with the first faint scent of spring, I remember life exists...

...never be disappointing - you may wound me, but you must never be disappointing...

...you listen first with the ears - then, you wait and listen for what your heart feels - then you consider what theyve said - then, you reply ...

...yes, I am your priest, your magician, your lover - I make charms to incant your presence...

...and heres a secret for you - everything beautiful is sad...gilded with impermanence...

...God sometimes sends flowers -but I like it best when he darkens the sky and lights up an infinitude of worlds...

In the baby’s roomThe city lights areMilkyIn the curtains… Breath Gentle as rain, Sleep Quiet as snowflakes

...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...

I knew I loved you when I kept trying to run away and find reasons why it wouldn’t work

...the strands that connect us are frail, so dont hang great weights on slender wires...

...each heart is made of a different stone - no two feel alike nor break the same way ...

...what is the meaning of La Belle Dame Sans Merci? - have you never been enthralled? enchantment that is unrequited desolates the soul...

...Im the last person to ask about unrequited love - Ive run away to the Moon and fled to its valleys...

Your window square a yellow kite, and the Moon a white balloon

...we use intimacy to refer to the physical when it really pertains to the spiritual ..

...the religion of the heart is as intimate as a wish breathed to the night sky...