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I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day.

Aimee Bender

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Aimee Bender
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 28
Novelist
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the United States of America
Childhood
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