...at seventeen I tried to write poetry confining myself solely to Anglo-Saxon words - don't know if it helped, but it made me more concrete ...

— John Geddes

...at some point we must achieve our identity -we can't be always in adolescence seeking who we are...

— John Geddes

...authority is the unmistakable tone in the voice of a true writer...

— John Geddes

...a writer without authority? Impossible. As Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....

— John Geddes

...before you, life was desolate - the past hardly worth remembering - and now, each moment a keepsake I can't throw away ...

— John Geddes

...being with you was so easy and natural - there was no strain - I never had to guard my words...

— John Geddes

...beneath torrents of spring rain, buds come to life - and we do too, beneath torments of tears...

— John Geddes

...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent...

— John Geddes

Burnt by the sun of your mouth, I’m unable to speak or paint you with words

— John Geddes

...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