There is nothing left to do but surrender.
There is nothing left to lose because all has been lost.

- philoism

I'm not sure this is a world I belong in anymore. I'm not sure that I want to wake up. If I wake up tomorrow, pretend that you dont see me. I am dead inside. And that's just how I want to remain.

- philoism

Then you are mistaken, and you know nothing about me, and nothing about the sort of love of which I am capable. Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. Your mind is my treasure, and if it were broken, it would be my treasure still: if you raved, my arms should confine you, and not a strait waistcoat-your grasp, even in fury, would have a charm for me: if you flew at me as wildly as to strike me across my face, I should receive you in an embrace, at least as fond as it would be restrictive. I would not shrink from you with disgust: in your quiet moments you should have no watcher and no nurse but me; and I could hang over you with untiring tenderness, though you gave me no smile in return; and never weary of gazing into your eyes, though they had no longer a ray of recognition for me.

- Jane Eyre

Wasted days and wasted nights
I have left for you behind
For you don't belong to me
Your heart belongs to someone else

Why should I keep loving you,
When I know that you're not true
And why should I call your name
When you're the blame for making me blue

Don't you remember the day
That you went away and left me
I was so lonely
Prayed for you only, my love

Why should I keep loving you
When I know that you're not true
And why should I call your name
When you're the blame for making me blue

Don't you remember the day
That you went away and left me
I was so lonely
Prayed for you only, my love

Why should I keep loving you
When I know that you're not true
And why should I call your name
When you're the blame for making me blue

- Freddy Fender

The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.

- The Notebook

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life.You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just go on with our own lives' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.

- The Sandman

It isn't possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.

- E.M. Forster

There is a depth of what remains between two souls who were once entwined in body, spirit, mind and heart. Even when the body separates, the mind, spirit and heart recognizes the other as its own. For they were made with one mould in the beginning of time, as they would return in the same form as one entity in the end of the sacred covenant of twin souls.

- philoism

I dont have anything to give, but you can have my warmth.
Its in the clothes I wore to bed.
I dont have anything to give, but you can have my hair.
Its in the brush I comb with.
I dont have anything to give, but you can have my scent.
Its in the bottle of perfume on the dresser.
I dont have anything to give, but you can have my heart.
Its in the cavity of your chest.

- philoism

I’ve been fighting to be who I am all my life. What’s the point of being who I am, if I can’t have the person who was worth all the fighting for?

- Stephanie Lennox

People always talk about how hard it can be to remember things - where they left their keys, or the name of an acquaintance - but no one ever talks about how much effort we put into forgetting. I am exhausted from the effort to forget.

- Stephen Carpenter

Knowing that she loved me, hoping that she loved me, opened some kind of door in my heart. And all the love I'd forgotten or pushed away came flooding back in.

- Sherri Lee Emmons

September Self-Love

Here are some ways to love you today!

1) When making a life choice, consider your heart. What choice would make it soar? Do that!

2) Tell yourself, in the mirror, “I love you. I love myself. I love ______ (insert your first name).” Try it for one week, every morning and night. You will be amazed at the difference in how you feel.

3) Listen to your needs and take action to fill them. Make this a top priority.

4) In your love life, let every choice be an extension of your love for yourself. If a choice doesn’t honor you, don’t make it. Put your health and happiness first.

5) Feed your spirit. Sit in a meditative posture and take a few moments to hug yourself while doing deep, gentle breathing. Feel your heart and use the mantra
“love” repeating it every few minute to focus on love for self, love for nature, love for the universe. Open a little bit more each time to love and feel the love the Divine has for you. It’s unconditional. Absorb it. Let it fill your body and expand within you and commit to giving that same unconditional love to yourself daily.

This September bring your focus to self-love and feel any old hurts melt away as you wash them with deep, encompassing self-love.

By Amy Leigh Mercree

By the time you swear you're hers, shivering and sighing.
And she vows her passion is, infinite and undying.

Make note of this:

One of you is lying.

Because no one can love like you and I darling.

― Dorothy Parker & philoism

In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.

- Rumi

Think I'll just fall to pieces
If I don't find something else to do
This sadness never ceases
I'm still in love with you

My head, it keeps on reeling
It's got me in a crazy spin
Darling, darling, darling
Is this the end?

Still in love with you

They say time has a way of healing
Dries all the tears from your eyes
But darling it's this empty feeling
My heart can't disguise

After all that we've been through
I try my best but it's no use
I guess I'll keep on loving you
Is this the end?

Now that it's all over, woman
There's something I think you should know
Baby, baby, think it over
Just one more time before you go

Call on me baby
If there's anything I can do for you
Call on me baby
Help me see it through

I'm still in love with you

- Sade

More of Aquarius - by Carole Ann Somerville

There is more to astrology than the sun sign so it must be remembered when talking about zodiac sign characteristics that a person's rising sign and how all the planets combine in a chart also make up their personality. For that reason, this is a fun look at the Aquarius in romance.
There is no-one more unpredictable than an Aquarian. It's very difficult for anyone to understand you and in some way, your love-life will probably be 'different' to everyone else's idea of romance.

Now you like to talk about love and you certainly have an eye for an attractive member of the opposite sex. You'll like to admire but you're uncomfortable if others admire you. Why? Well, it makes you feel as if eventually you'll have to make a decision. Commitment or not? And the word commitment makes you want to run a mile.

Love Games People Play

You really aren't in a hurry to get involved in the love-games people seem to love to play. When your pals are getting excited over who's going out with whom, there are other much more interesting things you'd rather get up to. Aquarius is a sociable sign but you don't like to get too close to people.

In your childhood you will have had lots of mates but few real friends. And because of this, it might be difficult to change your way of thinking to allow for the normal ways of nature. - To allow you to get close to a member of the opposite sex.

Once that time comes, you'll need someone who has a very understanding nature. I've already said that you don't give too much of yourself away so that person will have to be patient and never too demanding. I've also mentioned your many interests and your sociable personality. Well, even when involved in a twosome, you will want to carry on with these. You will intend to continue your relationships with everyone you get on well with and if your partner shows some jealousy here, problems will result.

Aquarius in Relationships

You really aren't a person who likes to be tied to any routine. When you leave the house, you don't like to commit yourself to a special time for returning. Likewise, you won't want to have to admit to every place you're going. If you feel your partner's keeping tabs on you, your rebellious nature might start to show.

The physical side of love is fun. Aquarians enjoy it. Then again, you have to be in the mood. Sometimes you're hot, sometimes cold and sometimes your partner will wonder whether they'll ever get to understand you.. - Probably they won't! But on bearing this in mind, you really will find it difficult to handle a passionate lover who thinks more about sex than any other aspect of your relationship.

Aquarius Compatibility

Aquarius, you need someone who is essentially intellectually compatible with yourself. Next, he or she must understand your need for freedom and allow you to continue your relationships and interests outside your partnership. You have a thoroughly modern outlook to romance and if your lover shares this, there should be no problem.

You might get on well with the signs: Gemini, Libra, Aries and Sagittarius

Dating an Aquarius Woman

Ruled by Uranus, the Aquarius woman has a haunting, magnetic appeal which captivates the opposite sex. As lovely as she may look, she is also very intelligent. Intellectual rapport means more to her than sexual compatibility. In love, she will shine. This woman won't ask for demonstrative displays of affection. She won't be fooled either by false declarations of love.

There is something elusive about the Aquarius, and to keep her interested, her lover must be willing to offer her something exciting and new. She loves spontaneity. Her approach to love is more in terms of ideals and drama, than of practicality. Romance, for this woman is sacred, reposeful and recreational all at the same time! Her lover must accept her independent personality

How to Woo and Win Aquarius Woman

The Uranus-ruled Aquarius girl enjoys the unusual. She has a sociable nature and is happy to be part of a crowd while at the same time remaining a degree detached. Few people get really close to her.

Romance - like all areas of her life - can be unpredictable and her wonderful sense of drama will add a tinge of excitement to her courtship. She's a unique lady who will not tolerate a man who wants to keep her tied to the home and family. Not particularly in a rush to make a firm commitment, her man must have something exciting and individual to offer before she even thinks about marriage.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.

- Rumi