Good Joy, Bad Joy Quotes

“Small things really can add up to a remarkable life.”
― Mikki Brammer, Good Joy, Bad Joy

“There isn’t a precise moment when it happens. It’s a gradual fading away, like a bright painting in a sunny living room that becomes more muted over time. There are hints when invisibility descends, of course. On the bus, when, instead of meeting your eye, people seem to look through you. On the sidewalk, when they bustle past, not stopping to apologize when they bump you firmly enough to test your balance. At the doctor’s office, when they talk at you, rather than to you, dismissing your concerns and questions.
Eventually, you come to a disheartening realization. In society’s eyes you are superfluous and no longer have value to add.
Because you are an elderly woman.”
― Mikki Brammer, Good Joy, Bad Joy

“What a sad existence that must be—so focused on the next thing you’re doing, the next place you’re going, that you forget to appreciate the very moment you’re in.”
― Mikki Brammer, Good Joy, Bad Joy

“The world moves faster than it used to, and I wonder how people have any time to admire the smaller joys of life.”
― Mikki Brammer, Good Joy, Bad Joy