“The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable.”
― Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
― Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
“It was a choice. I could either keep dwelling on what had happened, letting it define me, or take the valuable—and sometimes painful—lessons I’d learned from the relationship and move on. Maybe find someone eventually who loves me the same way I do them. It”
― Midnight at the Blackbird Café
― Midnight at the Blackbird Café
“Boats that stay in the harbor are safe, sweetheart, but that's not what boats were built for.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“You get to be my age, you start counting regrets at night instead of sheep.”
― Midnight at the Blackbird Café
― Midnight at the Blackbird Café
“That a person you love is never truly gone—they’re always there, whether it’s in a memory … or a dream.”
― Midnight at the Blackbird Café
― Midnight at the Blackbird Café
Mariah’s 2025 Year in Books
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