Dana Reeve

“Superman is a traditional archetype in our culture, this all-powerful but benign doer of good, protector and friend. If he could succumb to the frailties of mortal man, what's to become of the rest of us?”

“Chris' absence is very much felt. There's just a huge void in our home life.”

“I value my family more than anything. That's always paramount.”

“Life is full of risks, and you don't want to raise someone who's afraid of taking risks, either physically or emotionally.”

“Christopher pushed the boundaries beyond anything anyone could expect from any human being.”

“But TV and movie schedules are always easier than a theater schedule, if you have a family.”

“I feel freedom in singing and performing.”

“If I feel down, I can do what I've always done - go see a friend, walk the dog, have a cup of tea.”

“Chris was very comfortable in the public eye and thrived in that kind of environment. I, less so.”

“There's a formula Chris and I used all the time. When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being sorrowful and lonely. It makes me feel better when things are too hard for me.”

“I believe that the healthy people go to therapy. It is the real lunatics who avoid it.”

“I made a vow to Chris when we married that I'd love him and I'd be with him in sickness and in health and I did OK with that.”

“There's not a lot of creativity when you're dealing with a disability, there's not a lot of freedom and spontaneity.”

“We both felt it was important for us to remain a couple. I didn't want to be just his nurse.”

“I've learned a lot about grief, that it really is something that goes in cycles.”

“I don't live in the city, I don't work in a high-risk environment, and I am not a smoker. So it was never anything that would occur to me that I would get lung cancer, but the more I have learned about lung cancer is that it is becoming much more random, and it is striking women who are under 50 and are non-smokers and not in a risk environment.”

“I think the idea of time travel is very seductive.”

“There are moments when the grief comes bubbling up. The first time I saw Chris's chair empty, that was really hard. And it was hard when I started folding up some of his sweaters that I so imagine him wearing.”

“I'm definitely not a saint.”

“Working on problems and self-examination is a sign of strength.”