John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...once I saw you in moonlight and I can tell you - the silvery dust of the stars doesn't shimmer like you..."
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"...once I saw you in moonlight and I can tell you - the silvery dust of the stars doesn't shimmer like you..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...don't you realize a flawless profile means nothing when a mere smile drives me to desperation? Don't you covet that power?.."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"... I put you on the pedestal - made you a saint - dare I blaspheme?..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...but you - women like you are dangerous- ominous – take care, Love – men will first fear you, then later, turn you into a deity..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...when I chose you, I didn't want the commonplace - I didn't want a 'partner' - I wanted a shrine..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"... I worship at the temple of your body and without you, I'd have no art..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...why do people venerate Einstein or Bill Gates? Clive Bell explains: Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"... I can think of other forms of worship than loving you, but none that make me feel so fulfilled..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"Deb and I were married on a snowy night - wind cross-wove a veil of snow for her then threw confetti at us as we left the lighted church..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"... I got to love solitude - to see the Moon rise and set - I had time to watch it trace the window square across the wall in silent grace..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"... I've marked our sacred place not with stones - I've put it my art to keep it safe..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"... I learn about the sacred in the everyday - I look in your face..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...when you're a writer, you become deeper and more uniquely distinct, the more you go inside yourself..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...each person is required to ask, 'what is my authority' - on what do you base your decisions? if it's yourself, then you are without excuse..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...what makes a writer a prophet is his ability to speak truth..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...if you've got writer's block, you aren't empty - maybe it's just like Twitter - overwhelmed, and loading seems to be taking a while..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"... If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"... I always thought youth were idealists - now, I'm not so sure - I'm more idealistic now then at 17..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
"...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep..."
John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
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