Updated: November 10, 2023
Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean drama, Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023):
Episode 1
“Ask patients about how they might be feeling, listen to them, but address emotions that might hide behind their answer.” – Nurse Hong
“Do you think that abundance is enough to prevent a mental disorder? That the development of illness is caused by deprivation?” – Dr. Hwang Yeo Hwan
- “We see people when their minds have been compromised.” – Dr. Hwang Yeo Hwan
- “People can start adopting personas to mask their low self-esteem.” – Dr. Hwang Yeo Hwan
“Happiness isn’t complicated. Being free to do what you like, that’s happiness.” – Song Yuchan
- “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” – Ms. Song
- “No one is born as a patient, and no one stays a patient until the end.” – Ms. Song
“The darkest nights make way for sunlight. The light will shine on you.” – Ms. Song
“People tend to affect each other in various ways. Sometimes in sad ways, at times in painful ways, and sometimes in ways that hurt everyone around them. However, at times, the stone we cast to change ourselves can start a ripple that doesn’t stop at us but goes on to reach those around us as well.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“I’m gonna become a stone from now on.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“The smallest of ripples is enough to cover us in cuts and bruises. That’s how weak we really are.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
Episode 2
“I guess hurtful words just hurt.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“I think it’s like if you’re in a see-through cage, trapped. And it’s as if everyone’s watching you, like you’re a spectacle on display. Even people who don’t know you. And it’s nerve-racking, suffocating, humiliating.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
- “Do you think it’s more important to get in good with our colleagues or with our patients?” – Ms. Song
- “Her judgment was flawed, but ultimately, she just wanted to help. So maybe we treasure that spirit.” – Ms. Song
“I do hope you can love yourself a little more in the future.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“What we probably need right now is the courage to face down the hate directed at us. Yet our longing to be loved by others, our need for approval, they cause us to take knives to our souls and carve out what we want others to see. That’s the reason we are always enduring unhappiness and pain.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
Episode 3
“I really don’t wanna blame it on the panic. It was just too much pressure. That was all.” – Song Yuchan
- “I felt like I was going to die at any moment. I couldn’t breathe. No matter how hard I tried.” – Song Yuchan
- “You can get relief with medication, but it won’t just go away simply because you endure it.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“Work on surrounding yourself with people who make you feel that way too. People that can take care of you when you have a bad panic attack, when you feel like you’re going to die at any moment. They’re the ones who will help you breathe.” – Dr. Dong
“There’s only one way to get rid of anxiety. Finding one’s own safety mechanism. Someone you can let in. Someone who you can go to for help. One that will offer you company when you need it. To find a hole to breathe through in the monotony of the daily grind.” – Song Yuchan
Episode 4
“See, when you put all of your heart and soul into your dear patients, then it all adds up.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“Some people have lost everything they had. No matter how old a person is, something like that makes your whole world crumble.” – Dr. Hwang Yeo Hwan
“Humans have a tendency to pin all the blame on others when they’re powerless to make a change. They hate and blame some other person because it’s potentially all they have left to hold onto.” – Dr. Hwang Yeo Hwan
“Sometimes, we get patients who need consolation, and not just a nurse.” – Mr. Yoon
“All illnesses are caused by loss. You may have lost what you cherished the most. Or you may have lost yourself. Or maybe what you’ve lost is the memory of happy days. At times like these, we have to rely on something that seems quite old-fashioned, really. It’s just a little thing called hope. And we’re all here, searching, in order to find it. That cliched thing called hope.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
Episode 5
“You’ve already overcome battles that were challenging. I have faith you’ll conquer this one, too.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
- “Today was just another in a long line of missed opportunities.” – Song Yuchan
- “It feels like a part of me is broken. It felt as though everything I could see was disappearing into nothingness.” – Kwon Ju Yeong
“Some people are too busy to realize that they have clinical depression.” – Dr. Cha Min Seo
- “The ability to look back on your emotions is so important.” – Dr. Cha Min Seo
- “Trying to balance work and family is so hard.” – Kwon Ju Yeong
“Don’t push too much. It’s gonna be hard. You’ll give everything, but you’ll still be so hard on yourself, for what you couldn’t do. The guilt will eat at you. It’s just so much to carry.” – Kwon Ju Yeong
“You won’t realize you’re starting to wither away. Your life will be covered in yellow marks. You might not notice the bad signs to catch your attention. You’ll turn a blind eye to your happiness, for your child’s happiness.” – Kwon Ju Yeong
“You see, how can you make way for her joy if you haven’t made way for yours?” – Kwon Ju Yeong
“Yoo look close to breaking.” – Dr. Cha Min Seo
Episode 6
“A big jump takes a lot of groundwork. Your stay here was like crouching to get ready to go higher than ever.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“Even if it’s just one day, you have a bit of time, so don’t quit yet. There’s still hope if you try. You can still make it. I know it!” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“Success looks so close, we keep on trying. We can’t just quit. And then you end up nowhere.” – Kim Seo Wan
“There’s no guarantee you’ll pass, even if you try your best. But it’s hard to quit when you’ve tried so long. It’s like passing must be within your reach somehow. And then you just get trapped in that cycle.” – Kim Seo Wan
“Like, who cares about how long or hard you worked? It’s only if you pass the test that anyone cares, right? And so people on the outside will keep on seeing you as a loser who didn’t put in the work.” – Kim Seo Wan
“I always thought timing was the issue that I had missed the perfect moment. But that wasn’t the case. One of us had courage, and the other just didn’t. That’s all there was to it. And today, I’m blaming the timing yet again, when really I’m just being a coward.” – Song Yuchan
“Whether or not you’ve had anything to eat will always matter more to me than whatever this relationship is.” – Dr. Hwang Yeo Hwan
Episode 7
“Dealing with death isn’t something you can just get used to. It’s sad every single time. We all just pretend it doesn’t affect us. That’s all.” – Dr. Hwang Yeo Hwan
- “She’s strong but also fragile. She laughs a lot but cries a lot. She’s not really good at hiding her feelings.” – Song Yuchan
- “I wish I could hate you.” – Song Yuchan
- “I can see the scene ever passing every time I close my eyes.” – Mr. Choi
“We are just survivors. Survivors constantly coping with loss. But we must not let it stop us. Instead, we should simply keep living each day.” – Dr. Im Hyeok Soo
“In some ways, though, living in the present can be the same as standing on the blade of a knife since the future is yet to come, and the past has already gone by. We stand on the blade of a knife called the present.” – Dr. Im Hyeok Soo
“You know, your body suffers when your heart is aching as well. Only way to deal with it, eating some good food, watching something funny, and engaging in self-care.” – Dr. Dong
“I thought I was just giving you time that you needed. Time alone. Time to forget and to grieve. I thought that’s what you needed. I see now, looking back, that I neglected to help you.” – Mr. Choi
Episode 8
“Time is what you need, of course. That being said, how you use that time is what really matters.” – Ms. Song
- “It should be upsetting to lose someone. Experiencing sadness is natural.” – Ms. Song
- “We all need time to heal.” – Ms. Song
“They really want to be loved but they don’t know how to love others.” – Nurse Jungran
“Turns out, time didn’t solve anything for me. Everyone has gone back to life as usual. I’m the only one stuck in the same spot.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“Trying to force someone to complete a task they physically can’t do, is violence.” – Dr. Hwang Yeo Hwan
“But even knowing that, I still can’t pick myself back up.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
Episode 9
“When someone likes me, I get so anxious. I wonder how they could ’cause I’m worthless. I start doubting who I am or if I deserve love. Do you know why? ‘Cause I’ve never felt affection. Being appreciated is such a foreign concept that I’m not even able to love someone else back.” – Nurse Min Deul Re
“It’s difficult to be in pain, especially when you’re around people who aren’t that close to you.” – Doctor Daeun
“She takes care of others more than she does herself. And she grieves for others more than she does her own losses. Whatever the challenge is, she embraces all the good, somehow swallowing what’s bad. And when something outside her understanding happens, she always criticizes herself.” – Dr. Dong
“The most crucial thing is family. Refrain from criticizing her. Cheer her on and also give her all of the support and time she needs to get through this.” – Dr. Dong
- “It’s time you put looking out for others on hold and took care of yourself.” – Dr. Dong
- “It’s so strange. We always notice other people’s flaws before our own flaws. When it comes to that, we’re all blind.” – Patient
Episode 10
“Have you ever focused on trying to make yourself happy instead?” – Doctor Daeun
“I knew all of my friends’ favorite things, inside and out. But I guess I never bothered trying to understand my own wants.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“Despite taking such good care of others, I neglected myself. And suddenly, now I was the one who needed saving.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
- “I learned that complimenting myself is a lot more rewarding than receiving a compliment from others.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
- “I started looking forward to sunshine greeting me every morning.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“Don’t let someone make you feel small. Stop shrinking away. That just let’s people walk all over you.” – Nurse Song
Episode 11
“Silence itself is not a lie but if you miss the right moment, it becomes a lie.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
- “I know it firsthand. The way people look at patients from psychiatry, the judgment. All the staring.” – Nurse Song
- “Someone who’s been sick would better be able to treat them since they went through it.” – Nurse Park
- “I wish I could make everyday exciting for you.” – Dr. Hwang Yeo Hwan
“I may be lacking in some ways, but I know that all these hurdles are really a good thing. If I clear them, then I’ll really grow.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“There is only one way to get rid of anxiety. Finding one’s own safety mechanism, someone you can let in. Someone you can go to for help. One that will offer you company when you need it.”
“Stains called prejudice or stigma. Even all the big and the small stains. Ones you didn’t even know you had. Even the stains you didn’t know were stains because they were hidden behind scars. Even the stains that I got from spilling water on myself. Lots of things are different now. Let’s wash them all away and let them all go. For a nice and fluffy tomorrow, in anticipation of a spotless morning that’s sure to come someday.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
Episode 12
“In truth, it could look like they don’t want to live any longer. But it really isn’t like that. Self-harm is really a cry for help. Some might want attention, while others have been pushed away so often by society that they start believing they deserve it.” – Nurse Song
“In a lot of ways, depression is like the weather. Some days are endlessly gloomy. And other days are perfectly clear.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
“No matter how depressing things look, let’s talk, us two. I dont think I’d like to be someone who makes you stand under my umbrella alone. I just wanna be there in the storm with you.” – Doctor Dong
- “Better to get under the umbrella than stand by yourself and get drenched.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
- “In a lifetime, we all eventually experience some difficulties. Maybe things don’t happen the way you want them to.” – Mr. Yoon
“We all cross between night and day in the journey of an entire life.” – Nurse Jung Da Eun
Genre: Slice of life, Psychological
Also known as:Morning Comes To The Mental Ward
Synopsis: Determined to provide a ray of light for those under her care, a young nurse navigates the world of mental health and the diverse stories surrounding it.
No. of episodes: 12
Cast:Park Bo-young, Yeon Woo-jin, Jang Dong-yoon, Lee Jung-eun
Screenwriters: Kim Da-hee, Lee Nam-gyoo, Oh Bo-hyeon
Director: Lee Jae-gyoo
Network: Netflix
Date: November 3, 2023
Subtitle translation / Images: Netflix
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