My friends are my "estate." Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.
Birthday Quotes
Birthday quotes here lean towards reflection rather than celebration. The page is built from the pages on age, time, friendship and happiness, and Shakespeare has the most entries, then Byron, Edward Young and Longfellow.
That is useful if you want something thoughtful for a milestone birthday and less so for a card with balloons on it. The funny ones are on the Funny page. A warning on the friendship quotes: “Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” is not from Sun Tzu, and “Time flies like an arrow” was not said by Groucho Marx. Both are flagged here.
Most quoted on birthday:
For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.
Give time for a worthy cause (with eagerness) — you will be worthy and richly rewarded.
Happy people die whole, they are all dissolved in a moment,
they have had what they wanted
Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy.
It's time.
You are light.
I guess you are afraid of what everyone is made of —
Time and Light.
Excessive protection prevents maturation, thus also blocking emotional development and happiness.