“"Nondum amabam, et amare amabam. I did not love, but yearned to love." "A very elaborate way of saying you're lonely."”

—  Bernard Cornwell, The Grail Quest

Thomas of Hookton and Eleanor, p. 235
The Grail Quest, The Archer's Tale/Harlequin (2000)

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