“But you were only sixteen and not far off from the truth, as only sixteen-year-olds can be.”
“They were giving their childhood to this woman! They were starting at seven, and by the time they were sixteen they were still reading bloody Harry Potter—sixteen-year-olds, wearing wizard outfits, who should have been shagging behind the bike shed and smoking marijuana and reading Camus.”
“in the summer of 1845 Edward Little was sixteen years old and restless in his blood.”
“Stupid Sixteen year old kid falling from the sky! I'm late!”
“You were sixteen years old and you were messed up and alone like a motherfucker. You were also convinced - like totally utterly convinced - that the world was going to blow itself to pieces.”