“Rage and wounded pride look painful on a young face. Sixteen is a difficult age to get on with. There’s much to like—the freshness, the force of conviction. But there is also a certain arrogance, an inevitable concomitant of development, perhaps, which one must always struggle to forgive.”

—  Michael Shea , book Nifft the Lean

Part 3, Chapter 16 (p. 203)
Nifft the Lean (1982)

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