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“Molly: So how do you think of Bryce Hamilton crowd so far? Boys hot enough for you? Bethany: I wouldn't say hot. Most of them seem to have a normal body temperature.”

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Alexandra Adornetto

Alexandra Adornetto is an author born on April 18, 1992, known for her works in young adult literature and fantasy novels, which have gained popularity among young readers. more

“like our parents always told us not to like firefighters warn against we're playing games and making the rules up as we go we're matching warmth to warmth starting fires burning wishes into our skin we're hidden holding forbidden lights we're children whose fathers have never taught never touch but we're finding these new flames we smother at the sound of footsteps.”

Source: Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25

“Let me peer out at the world through your lens. (Maybe I'll shudder, or gasp, or tilt my head in a question.) Let me see how your blue is my turquoise and my orange is your gold. Suddenly binary stars, we have startling gravity. Let's compare scintillation - let's share starlight.”

World Stars Share Gold Let Me Blue Compare Gravity Peers Orange Lenses Starlight Binary Tilt Turquoise

Book:Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25

Source: Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25

“maybe we try too hard to be remembered, waking to the glowing yellow disc in ignorance, swearing that today will be the day, today we will make something of our lives. what if we are so busy searching for worth that we miss the sapphire sky and cackling blackbird. what else is missing? maybe our steps are too straight and our paths too narrow and not overlapping. maybe when they overlap someone in another country lights a candle, a couple resolves their argument, a young man puts down his silver gun and walks away.”

“If someday, in a morning, you see you, in a mirror or the dent of a spoon, and wonder Where is my soul and Where has it gone, remember this: Catch the gaze of a woman on the metro, subway, tram. Look at a man. Seek and you will find you in the silvered space, a flash between souls.”

Ifs Men Looks Soul Remember Space Wonder Morning Gone Mirrors My Soul Someday Flash Subway Spoons Metro Trams

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