I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then its fine. – Matthew Macfadyen
The first fact about the celebration of birthdays is that it is a good way of affirming defiantly, and even flamboyantly, that it is a good thing to be alive. – G.K. Chesterton, “Our Birthday,” 1935
Lucy: Beethovens birthday is December 16th Shermy! Have you decided what youre going to get me? Shermy: Yes! Im not going to get you anything! Lucy: What kind of a holiday is it where you dont give girls presents? – Charles Monroe Schulz
