--- title: "4 Allyson Dinneen Quotes" description: "Allyson Dinneen has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-allyson-dinneen-73095.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Allyson Dinneen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-allyson-dinneen-73095.jpg) # Allyson Dinneen **4** quotes in **24** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Allyson Dinneen > [“No matter who you are, life is desperately hard sometimes. People we love die, and the longer we live, the more we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allyson-dinneen/no-matter-who-you-are-life-is-desperately-hard-sometimes-people-we/) Allyson Dinneen [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/allyson-dinneen-73095_death_no-matter-who-you-are-life-is-desperatel_1227456.jpg) > [“When we shut down certain feelings, it's easy to lose our natural relationship with them. But having feelings is an essential part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allyson-dinneen/when-we-shut-down-certain-feelings-it-s-easy-to-lose-our-natural/) Allyson Dinneen [Emotions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emotions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/allyson-dinneen-73095_emotions_when-we-shut-down-certain-feelings-it-s_1858591.jpg) > [“You might not WANT to feel needy. But your nervous system is extremely evolved to drive you to seek safe emotional connection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allyson-dinneen/you-might-not-want-to-feel-needy-but-your-nervous-system-is-extremely/) Allyson Dinneen [Connection-to-others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection-to-others/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/allyson-dinneen-73095_connection-to-others_you-might-not-want-to-feel-needy-but-you_2207154.jpg) > [“To get back to the person I am, I had to reject so much of who I was told that I was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allyson-dinneen/to-get-back-to-the-person-i-am-i-had-to-reject-so-much-of-who-i-was/) Allyson Dinneen [Autonomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autonomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/allyson-dinneen-73095_autonomy_to-get-back-to-the-person-i-am-i-had-to_2530703.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allyson-dinneen/#itemlist", "name": "Allyson Dinneen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“No matter who you are, life is desperately hard sometimes. 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