Quotes from Alexandra Adornetto

Just because you like me doesn't make me what you want or need.

If you want me . . . you've got me.

Just because I've walked into this crazy fantasy doesn't mean I can just abandon my other plans, much as I might want to.

We have a host of English teachers in the family. My mum is an English teacher, and so are my dad, my aunt and my uncle. I have grown up with family writing competitions, and I can't remember a birthday or Christmas present that didn't include books.

If you try to use Christ as a solution to your problems, it will not work. You have to serve Him in order for Him to serve you.

Sometimes it's the little things that count most.

VCE exams do not showcase students' abilities. By this, I mean that the system fails to recognise the diversity of skills, and most subjects do not allow students to demonstrate skills in a form other than a written exam.

I was the kind of kid who was always making up stories and adventures.

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