Bobbie

“Instagram and Facebook, she’d found out, literally rewired your brain. Likes and comments on a user’s post were found to release bursts of dopamine, which made the user happy. That made sense; everyone enjoyed getting likes on a Facebook post. But this essentially turned the phone into a personal dopamine stimulator. Brain scans showed that in cases of people who were addicted to social media, the brain rewired itself, making them desire more likes, or retweets, or smiling emojis.”
― Mike Omer, A Deadly Influence

“Though the virus had only started its reign of terror at the beginning of the year, in some ways it seemed like people had been hiding from it for decades now. It was as if time itself had become elastic. Or had stopped completely.”
― Brett Battles, The Vanished

“their partnership, the one that looked so flawless to the world but in reality took hard work and patience and faith.”
― Brianna Labuskes, Her Final Words

“One thing about a cat— when you get home from a hard day of interviewing eccentrics, he’ll be there to greet you. “Hi, Paul,” said Spot, “it’s been hell without you.”
― J. Paul Drew, The Paul Mcdonald Mystery Series Vol. 1-2