“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
“It seems the tighter I try to hold on, the more things slip through my fingers. It is a reminder to me of how impermanent life is.”
― Mika in Real Life
― Mika in Real Life
“You can’t go back. You can never go back. But you can decide how you want to move forward.”
― Mika in Real Life
― Mika in Real Life
“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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