Quote by Robert McCammon

“I talked to a mother of nine last night, and I thought, “Nine is nine years too young to be a mother.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Then his father did something horrible. He smiled. Tris had never seen Papa smile. It terrified him, and he screamed and screamed.”

— Rowan Speedwell

“He was six years old this time, and ancient.”

— Red Tash

“The whole time I was growing up...living in this house...Papa was like a shadow that followed you everywhere. ...It would wrap around you and…

— August Wilson

“The old man laughed. Now that I did find unsettling. They always laugh right before they kill you. After the long explanation of their…

— Iain Rowan

“He felt old at eleven. Amy”

— Gordon Korman

“He first felt old when there was no one left alive who remembered what he was like when he was a baby.”

— Barry Smolin

“I wasn't really eight anymore. The day you know danger and fear, and know that you are alone, is the day you grow, if…

— Claudia Shear

“It was still only nine o'clock when I set off on the last leg of my journey, feeling old and dirty and incapable. You…

— Kyril Bonfiglioli

“That morning, he was afraid of becoming old, and it was a very specific kind of old age he feared, one which had nothing…

— Daniel Alarcón

“He felt a strange urge, right then, just to put his head down and walk past, off into the night and never look back.…

— Joe Abercrombie

“I was nine minutes late for my last birthday party. And I was nine months on time for my first birthday.”

— Jarod Kintz