--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: With you...I have always been…" description: "\"With you...I have always been myself...but now, without you...im trying to find myself.\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/anonymous-1_being-broken_with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-n_3134027.jpg" --- # With you...I have always been myself...but now, without… ![“With you...I have always been myself...but now, without you...im trying to find myself.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/anonymous-1_being-broken_with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-n_3134027.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/anonymous-1_being-broken_with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-n_3134027.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/anonymous-1_being-broken_with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-n_3134027.jpg) > “With you...I have always been myself...but now, without you...im trying to find myself.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker feels lost without a key person, seeking identity independently. **In simple terms:** Finding self after loss. Key Takeaway Explore identity beyond relationships. Themes identity loss self‑discovery Mood introspective hopeful Type literary psychological When to use this quote - breakup - family estrangement - career change - personal growth Key Concepts existentialism attachment theory Questions to Reflect On - Who defines you beyond relationships? - What steps help rebuild self‑identity? 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Beautifully strange ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jade/im-just-gonna-hide-another-face-in-your-perfect-world-quiet-as-a/) [Jade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jade/) > [You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-monroe/you-believe-lies-so-you-eventually-learn-to-trust-no-one-but-yourself/) [Marilyn Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-monroe/) [Browse all 1,008 Being broken quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-broken/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With you...I have always been myself...but now, without you...im trying to find myself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-now-without-you-im-trying-to/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Being broken" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-now-without-you-im-trying-to/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/anonymous-1_being-broken_with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-n_3134027.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/anonymous-1_being-broken_with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-n_3134027.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/anonymous-1_being-broken_with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-n_3134027.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With you...I have always been myself...but now, without you...im trying to find myself.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "With you...I have always been myself...but...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-now-without-you-im-trying-to/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/with-you-i-have-always-been-myself-but-now-without-you-im-trying-to/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```