Alysia Reiner Quotes

“No one can tell you what to expect or can offer a guide to grief. Because every relationship is so unique, no two people grieve the same way. And you have no idea how you are going to grieve till you are grieving.”

“My family made it through Hurricane Sandy. We have water, power, and a roof, but the survivor's guilt makes me want to hide. Sneak away from the brilliance of life. It shouts at me: 'Don't enjoy anything too much; people are suffering.' I feel childlike somehow.”

“Perhaps grief is not about empty, but full. The full breath of life that includes death. The completeness, the cycles, the depth, the richness, the process, the continuity and the treasure of the moment that is gone the second you are aware of it.”

“A wonderful acting teacher I love, Josh Pais, has a system I love for being in the moment in acting, but also in life. And one of the things he reminds me of is to take a moment and just be here now.”

“Make choices that bring love and joy to your body. It's not about perfection it's about love and gratitude for an amazing body that works hard and deserves your respect. ”

“The moment you feel you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away.”

“I plan to be a sinner tonight. Could've been something else, but looked way too good in my red dress to be anything Christian.”

“Strong women aren’t simply born. We are forged through the fires of life.”

“My days of torment were over, but the damage was done. I conflated the bullies and my bathroom accidents with an inchoate sense that something was wrong with me. I broadcast my sense of otherness through my slumped posture, downcast expression, and extreme timidity. Kids at school called weird so often that after a while I believed them. I hid myself behind a curtain of tangled hair.”

“If he once failed as a father, it was a noble fail.”