Walter Lord - Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

Toni Morrison - She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.

Mark Anthony - And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.

Kate Spade - She makes the day brighter. She leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes.

Marcel Wanders - I like swimming. I like the beach. I like fast cars. I like speedboats.

Kimberly Schlapman - I like to do special things for people. Any time someone has a birthday, I make them a really special cake that they all seem to love - it's a Coca-Cola cake.

Ali Wong - I think I went through puberty really late in life or something. I always looked like a little, sad Thai boy up until I was 26.

Daniel Handler - I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday.

Molly Sims - My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.

Sophie Tucker - From birth to age eighteen, a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five, she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five, she needs a good personality. From fifty-five

Denise Van Outen - My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.

William Shakespeare - And though she be but little, she is fierce.

Jacqueline Middleton, Until the Last Star Fades - She’s my best friend — she’s everything to me. It’s always just been me and her against the world.

Erica Jong - My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.

Renee Olstead - If you're picking your best friend based on what kind of clothes she wears or how popular she is, chances are you aren't going to stay in touch after graduation.

Gloria Naylor - Old as she was, she still missed her Daddy sometimes.