Quotes by John Geddes

...Im not afraid of the opinions of others - but of being needed and coming up short ...

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

...what is sacred is the other person -we forget that sometimes - and fail to honor who they are ...

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

...we have entertained ourselves with the pornography of violence and inflamed passions that might otherwise have slumbered...

...we fear monsters because we fear the dark parts of ourselves...

...we each harbor a shadow self with shadowy motives and murky desires...

...people demonize certain types of crime - its a way of distancing ourselves from the monsters...

...ambition or contentment? This simple question led me back to a more balanced view of life and put me in touch with the Me I used to know...

the abyss you stare into and that stares back at you is your reflection in the mirror - we all have it - that shadow self - that dark heart...

...to know an others interior life you are his confessor or a writer - the one is admitted freely, the other intrudes by discerning of spirits

the struggle is not with others, but within us, to do what we are called to do

...you dont need a calling to minister love...

...there is no map of the soul because we make it up as we go...

...the wounds of the past and the scars of the present dont disfigure me in your eyes - because you know the price I pay for loving you ...

...the answer is not in the damn blank page - its in the days or years before and you have to dredge it up - exhume the past again ...

suffering breaks us until there’s nothing left but gentleness

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

...everything I treasure is broken - its of no use to anybody but me...

...love is suffering - thats the happy ending...