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How could you tell children they were playing with fire if they´d never had the experience of being burned?

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Alexandra Adornetto
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: April 18
Author
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Melbourne
Australia
Alexandra Emily Adornetto
Alexandra Grace
Burned
Playing
Fire
Experience
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Well, now that you set him on fire, I'm sure we're well on the path to reconciliation.
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Fine - I said huffily. - But I hope I'm at least allowed to fly around the corridors during lunch hour. Gabriel threw me a disapproving look. I waited for him to get my joke, but his eyes remained serious. I sighed. Much as I loved him, Gabriel could be totally lacking in any sense of humor.
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...nothing is permanent. Everything and everyone you know can change at any moment. That's how I see things now - except for you. You're the one constant in my life.
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I think life's too complex to be an accident.
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Even though Xavier was only human, it seemed he could protect me from anything and everything. I wouldn't have been worried if a fire-breathing dragon had torn of the roof, because I knew that Xavier was there. I wondered fleetingly if I was expecting to much og him, but dismissed the idea.
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Don't worry, Beth there's nothing I love more than a challenge.
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Beth: You're ridiculous. Xavier: I think you mean irresistible. Beth: Yes, ridiculously irresistible.
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I hope the two of you will descend from your love bubble long enough to learn something today, he sniped cuttingly and the other kids snickered. Embarrassed, I ducked my head to avoid eye contact with them. It's all right, sir, Xavier replied. The bubble's been engineered to allow us to learn from within it.
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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 shame.” “It’s the bane of my existence.” - Beth and Jake
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I suppose he'll just have to do, she amended. You'll have to suffer in silence with your male model...I feel for you. Oh, stop it, Molly.
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Can you at least tell us what these Sevens look like? He said could we pick one out in a crowd? A long time ago, they used to appear wearing robes and golden girtles, Ivy explained. They sound like losers, Xavier muttered.
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Future is not to be feared but confronted :) -Halo
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A body is merely a vehicle. The deepest emotions are experienced through the soul.
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You know, you can always pick the lit students, he continued, grinning. Is that so? How? They're the ones who walk around wearing berets and that I-know-something-you-don't expression.
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