Birthday cake Quote by Beverly Cleary

Liza poured thick batter from a pitcher onto a soapstone griddle. The hot cakes rose like little hassocks, and small volcanoes formed and erupted…

— John Steinbeck

“The first round of dessert was a glass-like tortellini filled with rose hip fudge, flower petals, and wood sorrel. The inside was sweet, jammy,…

— Emily Arden Wells

“I made flowers grow for them out of the garden, but they came out ... weird. Some of the roses had teeth.”

— Tamsyn Muir

“I imagine she came out of the birth canal holding a cupcake and a spatula.”

— Katja Millay

“She found the page, cleared her throat and began to read, " 'There was nary a doubt that I had ever seen such big…

— Johanna Lindsey

She was like a crinkled poppy; with the desire to drink dry dust.

— Virginia Woolf

“Toothpaste pie is no substitute for swishing around minty-fresh love in your mouth and then rinsing out with cold, refreshing reality. But don’t take…

— Jarod Kintz

“The first thing I saw was the pink bubble gum, four feet lower than it should have been, inches above the ground, and framed…

— Aprilynne Pike

“The dissection started out smoothly enough. Several boys lifted the thawed carcass out of its container and put it on the lab table. Then…

— Wendy Williams

She spends her day powdering her face till she looks like a bled pig.

— Margot Asquith

“she remained unreconciled to the loss of her electric toothbrush. She’d pined for it for weeks before realizing that it was more than the…

— Tom Perrotta

“packet of new toothbrushes because there’s the familiar sound of him brushing his teeth. He taps it on the side of the porcelain when…

— Deborah Reed