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Quotes by John Geddes

...you go back to liberate the captives and sadly realize, some want to remain tied down in the cave...

...the real absurdity is that to love is to suffer, but the reverse isnt always true...

...its always somebodys fault - I blame you for my helpless love - do you think I chose this? Your beauty compelled me...

...you cant rationalize suffering - its indeterminate - the real unknowable variable God substitutes in...

...dont be self-conscious - other people are completely unaware of you and more concerned with how they appear ...

put out the candles with your fire—I’m on fire

I am a bed of sparks you breathe upon and kindle

I will not exorcise you—I’d miss your fragrance, the soft tread of your step on the stair

you are the mysterious fire at my finger tips

burnt by the sunof your mouth, I’m unable to speak or paint you with words

I think there are lovely sunsets in hell—and that’s where my desire for you is sending me

There must always be a secret to be unwrapped at Christmas—that’s the rule

when I see you, I see mystery - a pale moons beauty behind a veil of cloud

...Ive discovered why you fascinate - you keep the mystery and as Carlyle noted, Wonder is the basis of worship...

...with you, I find peace from pain - You are gentle and healing like the landscape—like rain...

...thinking about laughing with 2 yr old Findlay today - Dostoyevsky was right, “The soul is healed by being with children.” ...

...in January, everything seems desolate. The Moon ascends to cold heights - and I, a ragged sky filled with dark kisses...lie abandoned by you...

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

... only darkened trails of rain could paint your face upon a pane...

...you can have a dark heart and be a writer, but you cant have a black one..