The Bright Side of Going Dark Quotes

“yoga on the mountainside and then fall asleep in the meadow. Read a newspaper on the porch, and feel the cold pump water wash away the ink on your grubby hands afterward. Listen to one of Andy’s old records while you eat lunch and notice how you start chewing in rhythm. Go to town and ask for a map of the local stores and restaurants. Read a book even if it’s not what you would prefer, just to see what another genre is like. Take off your shoes and get your feet muddy down by where the frogs live. Wander around the neighborhood looking for someone to talk to. Write things down, with a nice pen, on scrap paper, and stuff the bits of ideas in your pockets so you’ll meet them again at the end of the day.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“There are things you know you want in your life, that you know are good and right and true the moment you realize they exist. Things that you can only miss if you’re not paying attention. Usually, as far as I can tell, these things are dogs.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“There are things you know you want in your life, that you know are good and right and true the moment you realize they exist. Things that you can only miss if you’re not paying attention.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“it seems that for some reason her upbringing lacked key strategies for negotiating life’s challenges, and as a result she has a set of coping skills that may to others seem slightly maladaptive.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“There is plenty of good evidence showing that dieting is a fool’s game. If your general metrics indicate good health, then you simply are the size you are. Your dress size, in and of itself, is neither good nor bad, just a neutral fact.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“At seven a.m., I called my vet’s home number and told her it was time. She drove over, and he stood up on three legs and wagged his tail when she came inside. Was it too soon? I asked her. If he was still wagging, was it too soon? She shook her head and told me, “When he is still wagging is the kindest time.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“What could be more offline than a place with no electricity, no bathrooms, and no cars?” “A coffin,” I say. “A lead-lined coffin would be more offline. That doesn’t mean I should crawl into one.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“Everything you can do on a phone you can do better without a phone. Except the self-numbing and avoidance. Just skip those.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“Well, luckily this is nowhere. To rob a place you have to find it first, I figure.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“There are things you know you want in your life, that you know are good and right and true the moment you realize they exist. Things that you can only miss if you’re not paying attention. Usually, as far as I can tell, these things are dogs. But sometimes they’re people. People who run up mountains. I open the door and let one of them in.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“With Mike, there was no possibility of betrayal. He was devoted to me, absolutely trustworthy, a walking, woofing heart and two bright eyes the color of agate. His entire guiding principle, sunup to sundown, was simply this: How can I make everyone feel loved today? And he was so good at it.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark

“Speaking metaphorically, if you never download the program that everyone else is using, you never have to run updates.”
― Kelly Harms, The Bright Side of Going Dark