Quotes About Celebration

New Orleans would always be New Orleans, he told himself, no matter if it had gone under the waves, no matter if cynical and self-serving politicians had left the people of the lower Ninth Ward to drown. New Orleans was a song and a state of mind and a party that never ended, and those who did not understand that simple fact should have to get passports to enter the city.

The party is a grand one and infinite in nature and like the music of the spheres thunderous in its presence, and I realized finally that the invitation to it comes with the sunrise and a clear eye and a good heart and the knowledge that we're already inside eternity and need not fear any longer.

In America, as Mr. Dooley once remarked, people build their triumphal arches out of brick so that they will have something handy to throw at the hero when he comes through.

kneydlach, gefilte fish, kugl, chopped liver, and

FOR MA AND JADE, WHO LOVED A GOOD WHOPPER

See, dance changes people. Dancing makes you free. It makes people happy.

I'm going to turn fifteen tomorrow, i said, warming to the idea. It's high time. I can't remember when i turned fourteen. (said by Max) If you get to be fifteen, then i get to be fifteen! Iggy sounded indignant. i looked at Fang. Wanna be fifteen? His smile melted me. Yeah.

Gazzy sniffed the air. That's explosives. It smells like Christmas! Okay, so we've had somewhat untraditional Christmases. With explosives.

You know how most people dread a birthday... Well, I feel the exact opposite. I feel that every day is an extraordinary gift. Just to be here, and especially to be here with you.

In this family, we always celebrate each other's birthdays. I don't care if you're four or fourteen or forty and scattered around the world. We gotta stick by each other, okay? And meals- as long as you live under the same roof, you have at least one meal a day together. I don't care if it's a dreaded hot dog in front of the dastardly TV as long as you're all there. -Maeve Bennett

Lots of women are gifting themselves with diamonds for their right hand.

We know," Nudge said apologetically. "It's just—she's going to make sweet potatoes with raisins and little marshmallows on top.

quarter glass of whiskey. His shoulders were up around his ears and his jaw was flexing, and I could see what remained of the muscles in his neck twitching. He was looking away from me and Nick at a group of men celebrating what seemed to be someone's return. A skinny, pockmarked shrimp of a guy at the center of the

me in bed—with a honeymoon present. Some of them were small, some were funny jokes, and some were extravagant, but every present came straight

Nos voeux de bonheur profonds et sincères. Beaucoup d'amour et une santé de fer. Un joyeux anniversaire!

A royal gets taken the night before Trooping the Color?

Thanksgiving turkey in the world.

Without prompting, he said, "Maybe we don't need any pharmaceutical help to have fun anymore. I'm not sure I'll ever say the sentence 'It's not really a party until the cops show up' again.

You know hoe most people dread a birthday... Well, I feel the exact opposite. I feel that every day is an extraordinary gift. Just to be here, and especially to be with you.

You only have a few times in your life to really cut loose, so you might as well take them when they come.

A little light show before they cut his cake once and for all, the bastards.

The applause light comes on. The audience claps like crazy. Theme music swells out of the speaker.

I just enjoyed bar mitzvahs as a kid, and there was this company in the Detroit area where I grew up, and I think they recruited me as a party dancer - you know, like, you dance around and pass out glow sticks. I quickly rose in the ranks and, within a year, became an emcee, which was kind of unheard of.

I want to thank everyone who has ever put on a Cubs uniform and anyone who has ever rooted for the Cubs.