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Dennis Quaid

When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.

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Ending a relationship can make you feel like you have lost a fundamental part of who you are. This experience can be so painful and disorienting that it feels as final and devastating as dying.

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What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.