How could you tell children they were playing with fire if they´d never had the experience of being burned? — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
While my seemingly compulsive school-hopping has raised some eyebrows among my peers and caused my parents understandable consternation, I do not regret… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
Just because I've walked into this crazy fantasy doesn't mean I can just abandon my other plans, much as I might want… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
“Rather it was as subtle as a whisper and moved through our thoughts as gently as a breeze through tall reeds.” — Alexandra Adornetto Silence Copy Share Image
I'd love to study in the U.S. I visited Vanderbilt in Nashville, and I've been told to check out Ole Miss. There… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
Literature has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can't think back before a time that… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
You know, you can always pick the lit students," he continued, grinning. "Is that so? How?" "They're the ones who walk around… — Alexandra Adornetto Education Copy Share Image
When I first told people I was writing a book, some would say that was interesting, but others thought it was some… — Alexandra Adornetto Books Copy Share Image
Gen Y is depicted as self-centred and apathetic when it comes to politics, but it doesn't help that we are largely overlooked.… — Alexandra Adornetto Generation Copy Share Image
I remember once seeing a guy in the grocery store who looked so much like my character the Archangel Gabriel, I wanted… — Alexandra Adornetto Archangel Copy Share Image
To anyone else, Xavier's use of the word angel would have sounded like nothing more than a lovesick teenager professing his admiration.… — Alexandra Adornetto Admiration Copy Share Image
VCE exams do not showcase students' abilities. By this, I mean that the system fails to recognise the diversity of skills, and… — Alexandra Adornetto Diversity Copy Share Image
I'm getting a girlfriend soon," said Michael in a serious tone, and everyone laughed. "You've got plenty of time for that, kiddo,"… — Alexandra Adornetto Boys Copy Share Image
We teenage girls are faced with a quandary: we know what we want but are forced to wait for our male counterparts… — Alexandra Adornetto Aging Copy Share Image
Gabriel: Bethany lacks understanding about the ways of the world. She still has much to learn and that makes her vulnerable." Beth:… — Alexandra Adornetto Babysitter Copy Share Image
Always, as a child, I would go around the house, and if I found a word that I didn't know the meaning… — Alexandra Adornetto Children Copy Share Image
Teenagers have a natural curiosity and are keen to clock up experiences. What they need to be wary of is that some… — Alexandra Adornetto Clock Copy Share Image
I know kids who say they have nothing to do and then go plop themselves down in front of the television to… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
Imagination makes us aware of limitless possibilities. How many of us haven't pondered the concept of infinity or imagined the possibility of… — Alexandra Adornetto Imagination Copy Share Image
Imagination and invention go hand in hand. Remember how lack of resources was never a problem in childhood games? Shift a few… — Alexandra Adornetto Childhood Copy Share Image
i swore i could feel my lies slithering inside me like snakes, wrapping themselves around me and constricting. i felt they were… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
Its okay, Beth.I don't want my life to go back to the way it was before i met you.I thought i had… — Alexandra Adornetto Before i met you Copy Share Image
The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
I thought you were gone forever, I thought youd walked away from everything, because I failed, because I destroyed the only thing… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
“I only had one thought as the blackness closed in, drawing me back to my beloved earth. I was going back to… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Shadow Thief,' I had an obsession with Peter Pan. I get focused on things. In fact, I was… — Alexandra Adornetto Change Copy Share Image
I have church on Sunday.” “Of course you do.” “You’re welcome to come along.” “Thanks, but I’m allergic to incense.” “That’s a… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
Can you at least tell us what these Sevens look like?" He said "could we pick one out in a crowd?" "A… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
I have never had other kids in the house... I had a huge collection of marbles, and they all had names, which… — Alexandra Adornetto Friendship Copy Share Image
“When angels' tears do flood the earth, the gates of hell shall see rebirth. Wheh the demise of angels doth impend ,… — Alexandra Adornetto Angels Copy Share Image
If you're worried about safety, you might like to follow my example and put on that seat belt." "The what?" Xavier shook… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
I'd read a lot of books where the girls are in awe of the supernatural male, so I thought it was time… — Alexandra Adornetto Awesome Copy Share Image
Here is just the beginning of a list of skills that exam results cannot possibly hope to reflect: interpersonal skills, the ability… — Alexandra Adornetto Beginning Copy Share Image
“You want to marry me?" Xavier asked, and I saw some faces turn toward u in curiosity. "I was thinking we'd start… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
She had the face of an angel I saw mirrors in her eyes We were the same, she and I Both bound… — Alexandra Adornetto Friendship Copy Share Image
I thought you were gone forever, I thought you’d walked away from everything, because I failed, because I destroyed the only thing… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
“The remnants of my dress hung like tentacles and from my back arched a pari of towering wings, feather-light but suggesting enourmous… — Alexandra Adornetto Angels Copy Share Image
