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" I was jealous of Blanca, but Matthew wouldn't understand how or why. I gathered my thoughts and emotions and tried to sort them into something that was both true and would make sense to him.
"I don't mind one moment of love you've shared with any creature, living or dead," "I said emphatically, "as long as you want to be with me, right at this moment."
"Just at this moment?" He asked, his eyebrow arching up into a question mark.
"This is the only moment that matters." It all seemed so simple. "No one who has lived as long as you have comes without a past, Matthew. You weren't a monk, and I don't expect you to have no regrets about who you lost along the way. How could you not have been loved before when I've loved you so much? "
― Deborah Harkness , A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)