#birthday

I do like to shock and surprise people. When it's all in good fun, of course. ↗

— Ruth Warrick

#course #fun #good #i #i do

I’ll be 30 in April. My birthday is March 5th. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #funny

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#celebrate #life #more #praise #you

I count too heavily on birthdays, though I know I shouldn't. Inevitably I begin to assess my life by them, figure out how I'm doing by how many people remember; it's like the old fantasy of attending your own funeral: You get to see who your friends are, get to see who shows up. ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#life

Birthdays are nature's way of telling you to eat more cake. ↗

— Jo Brand

#cakes #indulging #nature

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth. ↗

— Ovid

#youth

Happy birthday,” she said. “And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#claire-danvers #cupcake #morganville-vampires #shane-collins #short-story

Tucker: "But she gave me the perfect gift." Clara: "What?" Tucker: "You. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#crush #gift #sweet #gifts

The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new. ↗

— Catherine Bell

#always #birthdays #blows #cake #effects

Abby touched her palm to my cheek. "You know what, Mr. Maddox?" "What, baby?" Her expression turned serious. "In another life, I could love you." I watched her for a moment, staring into her glassed over eyes. She was drunk, but just for a moment it didn't seem wrong to pretend that she meant it. "I might love you in this one. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beauty