Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.

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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

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My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.

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deep down I believe my year was a special year: it produced me. ― Ned Vizzini

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Birthdays could be such a bummer when you were older than the country you lived in. ― Lynsay Sands

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I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody. ― George Burns

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Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

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With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. ― William Shakespeare

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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

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I’m sorry I can’t do more. But happy birthday, Sadie.” He leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. ― Rick Riordan

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