Twenty messages for wishing someone well with a smile: each fits on a slip and suits the cake, the gift or the party table.
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At a birthday everyone says the same thing. A cookie with a different line, tucked in the gift or set by the plate, is a small touch people remember. These are written to be read aloud at the table.
Birthday fortune cookie sayings
One more year of you is a gift to everyone else.
Make a big wish. The universe's inbox isn't full today.
Birthdays are stories earned, and you're winning by a landslide.
Cake is a terrible advisor and an excellent companion. Listen to it today.
May you run out of candles and never of reasons to celebrate.
Today you have official permission to have seconds of dessert.
The best part of your age hasn't arrived yet. You're doing fine.
Years go by; what stays is the way you make others laugh.
Blow out the candles with gusto: wishes work better with air.
Today you're forgiven for the unanswered emails and the dark circles.
Your best gift comes in the form of a hug. Get ready.
Don't count the years; count how often you laughed this month.
May this year find you healthy, in better company and in no rush.
You're proof that some things get better with time.
Today the people who love you raise a glass. You just let them.
Another trip around the sun and you're still a great idea.
The party is just the excuse; what matters is that we're all here.
The year ahead holds a surprise you don't expect. A good one.
Another year, another reason to eat cake before dinner.
Congratulations. Today luck brings you cake.
Ideas for using them
One per guest: at a party, a different line on each plate breaks the ice.
Inside the gift: pair a small present with a cookie and its slip.
For the birthday person: pick the one that suits their sense of humor, not the prettiest.