You can think of dopamine as the “molecule of more”. This is because the more our environment or actions trigger the release of dopamine, the more we’ll want our next “shot” of dopamine. In fact, this self-reinforcing mechanism is also how
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“The beauty of fiction is that it makes you feel things on a visceral level. You can cry with those characters, laugh with them. It teaches you to look at another’s perspective, to have empathy. In nonfiction, you simply learn about something instead of feeling it.”
― The Right Move
― The Right Move
“Time only blunts the pain of loss. It doesn’t erase it.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
“The only problem with anger is that it burns hot and fast. It doesn’t tend to burn long. Sadness burns long. Grief. Disappointment.”
― Yours Truly
― Yours Truly
“This was me making space for her, even though she would never know it. My way of saying thank you for her friendship, even if it was too quiet to hear.”
― Yours Truly
― Yours Truly
“There are scars on my heart, just as thick, as disfiguring as those on my face. I know they’re there. I hope some undamaged tissue remains, a patch through which love can come in and flow out. I hope.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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