Chapter 37 Don't Deceive Yourself, Mathew

• Something in the girl's expression saddened him, he didn't fully understand why, it wasn't as if he cared too much about the feelings of those around him, especially if they had to do with something he expressed.
• "Of course, you are not indifferent to me, no man could feel that way towards a young woman like you," he began speaking as he led her to one of the main gardens, the most beautiful one, the one that contained a hedge maze. "But I am not good for you, and you couldn't offer me more than a fleeting sexual release for which I would later feel guilty. Age does matter, Eloise, because it is impossible for someone so young to be truly prepared on a mature level, for a simple reason, the stages of life are what they are, no matter how mature a 19-year-old may seems, she still has twice that time to live everything that I have lived, the numbers don't lie."
• "Why does everything have to be so perfect? Besides, what guarantees you that someone your age has lived what you have lived?" Eloise let out a deep sigh because she felt comfortable with older people for one reason only, none of her peers had lived what she had lived, and none of them could understand everything she had gone through in life. "You haven't even considered that maybe I have experienced more things than you."