326 Quotes by John Geddes

...yes I understand your spells—your sex magic—at least, I know this: all lights dim when you walk in...

...why do people venerate Einstein or Bill Gates? Clive Bell explains: Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age....

...the monk beat me to break my spirit, incensed I knew Acquinas - angry, I knew his riddle - beauty is what is pleasing to the eye - he wasn't...

...I'm not afraid of the opinions of others - but of being needed and coming up short ...

...I pluck every day from my sweater or chair, red hairs...strands of significance, traces of you in my life ...

...I don't want security - to be self-assured - I want to risk my heart in making your portrait and be paid the wages of your devotion...

...some say Twitter seems trite and lacks weightiness - but in actuality, it lends itself to poetry - it can be very compressed and intense...

...sorrow binds us - I will always cherish you - my only disillusionment is unspoken words ...

...good words - that triumphalism of positivity- but life will claw and eat you - chew you over and over - if you carry such a small knife ...