John Geddes > Quotes

“...I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“December's wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer's memory...”
― John Geddes A Familiar Rain

“...here's what I've learned - people will hurt you, but you don't have to respond - not every mean comment or cruel act deserves to be noticed ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...true love is an irrevocable act - you can only give your heart away once - after that, you give as much as you have left ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...when someone is honest and vulnerable, they wring my heart - I want to hug them for being real...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...it must be hard when you are a beautiful woman and no one will look at your soul...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...my dreams are tangled in images of stars and clouds and firelight - we go camping at night - it's my lucid dream of being with you...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...I see myself at crossroads in my life, mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights up the path before me...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...the wind has a purpose - to rattle the window panes, disturb the cat and make me miss you ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...the words I can't say are the holes I punch in the walls of my psyche...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...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...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...there's something magical about a mask, but I have never worn one - I want you to see my pain and know how your love affects me...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin - inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...and here's a secret for you - everything beautiful is sad...gilded with impermanence...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...you want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you’re wounded by your own feelings & resentful others don’t seem to care...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...I hear the sounds of melting snow outside my window every night and with the first faint scent of spring, I remember life exists...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...some nights I'd sneak out and listen to the radio in my Dad's old Chevy - children need solitude - they don't teach that in school...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...you want the sweetness of our beginning without the bitterness of our struggle - what are you asking - do you want light without shadow? ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...you think so logically...like a hawk soaring - I feel so chaotically...like a kite without a tail plummeting to earth...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...you disappoint me -I am the worst liar in the world - I can't hide my pain or my need so I make a bouquet of my sorrows and give them to you ...”
― john geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...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 ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...Everyone struggles to guard their heart from breaking, when they should desire to have a heart that breaks...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“... God is not a Sunday plumber - he's always available...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...words are so strong and I am so timid - my soul ignores warnings and I end up covered with your paint ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“He heard her in his heart - whispering from the mist”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...when you're broken, everything gets a little honester - you make mistakes and don't give a damn - you give up on perfection, but get real...”
― John Geddes A Familiar Rain

“...when I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into my soul and calm my fears...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...don't be self-conscious - other people are completely unaware of you and more concerned with how they appear ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“...when I met you, you were so beautiful, the air around you vibrated with color ...”
― John Geddes

“...we fear monsters because we fear the dark parts of ourselves...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain