"Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake." ― Walter Lord Topic(s): Birthday More From Walter Lord "Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage – not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage." More In Birthday "I lost twins at 14 weeks, and I had to have an D and C on my birthday."― Amy Weber "I hate birthdays."― Zane Grey "At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I can’t say no to her. It would just break my heart. But when I was little, for birthdays we just played outside and we were happy if we got any cake."― Goran Ivanisevic