"Miss Debbee Kensit. Sixteen today. On your feet, girl..."

"At sixteen the things I knew about my appearance were that my hair was straight, that my hands and feet were too big, and that I had horrible, pale eyes..."

"She had been sixteen years old for six months..."

"Dorcas, at sixteen, has yet to wear silk hose and her shoes are those of someone much younger or very old..."

"...the long experience of her sixteen years..."

"...when Rebecca was sixteen years old, Miss Pinkerton majestically, and with a little speech, made her a present of a doll..."

"When I was sixteen, I made the discovery – love..."

"Margot dreamed of becoming a model, and then a film star..."

"The door opened wide to reveal a girl of sixteen, with a strong physical resemblance to Paul..."

"Now, at sixteen, Monica Douglas was a prefect, famous mostly for mathematics which she could do in her brain..."

"‘I do quite enjoy myself, even now.’"

"At sixteen Sabina took moon-baths, first of all because everyone else took sun-baths, and second, she admitted, because she had been told it was dangerous..."