John Geddes Quotes
...don't you realize a flawless profile means nothing when a mere smile drives me to desperation? Don't you covet that power?..
the fragrance of pine resin is frankincense poured out—a balm of stars and snow and moonlit nights
...once I saw you in moonlight and I can tell you - the silvery dust of the stars doesn't shimmer like you...
...you ask me why I compare you to stars - it's simple - that's where your goddess has fled...
...I can’t grasp the stars, but I love them – in the same way, I love you...
...when you look at the stars, you should tremble - only dullards have become callous to this frisson ...
....my sacred landscape is the foothills of the stars - I go there often to sleep ...
...at dawn, the grains of sleep turn to floating black spots, then out of focus the world tilts, and the cat scratches at the door...
...You say you don't mistrust me, yet you quote Chrysostom - Hell is paved with priests' skulls....
...you found me in my lonely labyrinth and like Beatrice, led me out of my own hell...
...I see myself at crossroads in my life, mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights up the path before me...
...I'm not in control and without a firm spot, like Archimedes I can't 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...
...I'm a modern mountebank - I believe in Physiognomy - after all, we are in control of our face - it's the map of where we've been...
...You won't age? I promise you this - your hands will go shiny and transparent and at the slightest bruise they'll bleed...
Last night, lost in spaces between star—bays and lakes of clouds, I tossed and turned looking for you
...God sometimes sends flowers -but I like it best when he darkens the sky and lights up an infinitude of worlds...
...I'm shy in person - so afraid to confess my love - I need a go-between - our mutual friend, the Moon...
...I live with regrets - the bittersweet loss of innocence - the red track of the moon upon the lake - the inability to return and do it again...
...Neruda was right about all mysterious women - The moon lives in the lining of their skin...
...winter crescent resting in the high pine bough - you fly through the woods like a lone snow bird...
...I prefer rain -sometimes I feel sunlight will turn me to stone - perhaps I'm a Troll...
...I looked in the window, wanting to stay - it rained, yet I remained...because you were so lovely...
...you need to travel to see the ocean - I don't need the ocean - I have the sky...
...I love Shakespeare, but sometimes....his images - If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head....
...I'm constantly agitated, restless - I work moments like worry beads until I see your face...
...I pray this winter be gentle and kind - a season of rest from the wheel of the mind...
...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 they've said - then, you reply ...
...yes, I am your priest, your magician, your lover - I make charms to incant your presence...
...and here's a secret for you - everything beautiful is sad...gilded with impermanence...
...the religion of the heart is as intimate as a wish breathed to the night sky...
...you knew I was confused, tormented, but you enticed me - led me on...
