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Tip-Off #2 - Shattered

Tip-Off #2 - Shattered

Saved from heartbreak

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William Green
Jan 23, 2022
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The poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson once famously said, “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” But sometimes the pain of heartbreak is too much to bear. We're emotionally gutted. Heartbreak goes for the bones.

“After great pain, a formal feeling comes . . . First Chill - then Stupor - then the letting go.” (Emily Dickinson)

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