Birthday cake Quote by Kristen Ashley

“When my parents arrived with a few trunks, a few dollars, and one kid -- me -- the bakery opportunity proved to be only…

— Bernard Haisch

“My shift isn’t over until six,” I say glumly. “Hold on,” he says. He pulls a Blackberry from his coat pocket and taps out…

— Andrew Shaffer

“I ordered you apple pie.” Hank pushed a plate toward me. It was empty. Or rather, it had crumbs on it where an apple…

— Penny Reid

“afternoon, so I opened my jar of homemade batter and beat it with a spoon until it was fluffy again. Then I poured it…

— E.L. Todd

“I heard the tinkle of the welcome bells above the restaurant entrance. Probably an out-of-towner who didn’t know that the restaurant was closed on…

— Suzanne M. Trauth

“There were many days when [I] did not know where my next meal was coming from. But I was never afraid to work, I…

— Nikola Tesla

“one day, after waiting at the labor pool unsuccessfully for hours for a job to open up, he was approached by a stranger who…

— Robert Thornhill

“The phone ring so I go in the kitchen and answer it. “Got a little”

— Kathryn Stockett

“The two strangers got to the waffle station at exactly the same time. (I swear I’m like an award-winning orchestra conductor sometimes.) Cara poured…

— Leah Konen

“When the waiter came I ordered a glass of Chianti, and Bill kicked me under the table and shook his head “no.” I stuck…

— Charles Brandt