Birthday
Quotes - With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come
“Seventeen,
eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred.
"Six
years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?"
"Vaguely,"
said Harry, grinning up at him. "Didn’t you smash down the front door,
give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?"
"I
forge’ the details," Hagrid chortled.”
―
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“With
mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
―
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“Let
gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And
let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”
―
Maya Angelou, Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer
“Romance
novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think
everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those
times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth.”
―
Janet Evanovich
“Tucker:
"But she gave me the perfect gift."
Clara:
"What?"
Tucker:
"You.”
―
Cynthia Hand, Unearthly
“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, Metamorphoses
“And
I rose
In
rainy autumn
And
walked abroad in a shower of all my days...”
―
Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems
“The
way to beat Luke," he said. "If I'm right, it's the only way you'll
stand a chance."
I
took a deep breath. "Okay. I'm listening."
Nico
glanced inside my room. His eyebrows furrowed.
"Is
that...is that blue birthday cake?"
He
sounded hungry, maybe a little wistful. I wondered if the poor kid had ever had
a birthday party, or if he'd ever even been invited to one.
:Come
inside for cake and ice cream," I said. "It sounds like we've got a
lot to talk about.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth
“A
BIRTHDAY
Something
continues and I don't know what to call it
though
the language is full of suggestions
in
the way of language
but
they are all anonymous
and
it's almost your birthday music next to my bones
these
nights we hear the horses running in the rain
it
stops and the moon comes out and we are still here
the
leaks in the roof go on dripping after the rain has passed
smell
of ginger flowers slips through the dark house
down
near the sea the slow heart of the beacon flashes
the
long way to you is still tied to me but it brought me to you
I
keep wanting to give you what is already yours
it
is the morning of the mornings together
breath
of summer oh my found one
the
sleep in the same current and each waking to you
when
I open my eyes you are what I wanted to see.”
―
W.S. Merwin
“Happy
birthday, Alexander," Magnus murmured.
"Thanks
for remembering," Alec whispered back.”
―
Cassandra Clare, What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything
“There
is still no cure for the common birthday.”
―
John Glenn
“Birthdays
could be such a bummer when you were older than the country you lived in.”
―
Lynsay Sands, A Quick Bite
“A
birth-date is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life.”
―
Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
“I
was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.”
―
George Burns
“deep
down I believe my year was a special year: it produced me.”
―
Ned Vizzini
“I’m
sorry I can’t do more. But happy birthday, Sadie.”
He
leaned forward and kissed me on the lips.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire
“ It
is a peculiarity of knitters that they chronically underestimate the amount of
time it takes to knit something. Birthday on Saturday? No problem. Socks are
small. Never mind that the average sock knit out of sock-weight yarn contains
about 17,000 stitches. Never mind that you need two of them. (That's 34,000
stitches, for anybody keeping track.)
Socks
are only physically small. By stitch count, they are immense.”
―
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End
“I
did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I
joined the army.
Visiting
Kathy's grave was the less dramatic of the two.”
―
John Scalzi, Old Man's War
“When
confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a
really good present, too.”
―
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End
“Link
says if a girl says not to get her a birthday present that means get me a
birthday present and make sure it’s jewelry.”
―
Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures
“When
carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and
eat it along the way.”
―
Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book
“I
don't mind getting older; it's a privilege denied to so many!”
―
Chris Geiger, The Cancer Survivors Club: A collection of inspirational and
uplifting stories
“If
everybody was treated like they matter — everyday; birthdays wouldn’t be so
*special.*”
―
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Every
day is a gift. But some days are packaged better.”
―
Sanhita Baruah
