On Friday, June 12th, I woke up at six o'clock and no wonder; it was my birthday.
- Anne Frank
I am now in my twenty-second year and yet the only birthday which I can clearly distinguish among all the rest is my twelfth, for it was on that damp and misty day in September I met the Captain for the first time.
- Graham Greene
You know what I think? I think that if a young woman doesn't engage in the act of occasionally wishing on a star or a flower or a birthday cake full of candles, then we're forfeiting one of the sweetest whimsies of our youth.
- Robin Jones Gunn
When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: "I wish no gifts, only presence."