lightningthief

"I understand why you would want some reassurance about your other lives," Aphrodite says. She takes a slow breath, trying to take a step back from her own hurt over what Luke has said and focus on his issue. "But whatever they might look like, there's nothing you can do about that, not until you're living them. You know that. We've talked before about living in the present and appreciating what we have now. Maybe you should stop dwelling on some hypothetical future life and love that may not even have anything to do with you and focus instead on the the very real and unconditional love you have right here and now, in this life."