I just wish I’d asked you sooner. We could’ve had ages . . . months . . . years maybe. . . .
Always the innocent are the first victims, so it has been for ages past, so it is now.
Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.
It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall: his body curved in a graceful arc as he sank backwards through the ragged veil hanging from the arch.