“In the composition of the human frame, there is a good deal of inflammable matter; however dormant it may be for a while,...when the torch is put to it, that which is -within you- may burst into a blaze.' --GEORGE WASHINGTON, Letter to Eleanor ('Nelly') Parke Custis, March 21, 1796.” DesirePassion Book:Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle Source: Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
“When...passion begins to subside, which it assuredly will do, and yield--oftentimes too late--to more sober reflections, it serves to evince that lost is too dainty a food to live on -alone.-...More permanent & genuine happiness is to be found in the sequestered walks of connubial life than in the giddy rounds of promiscuous pleasure.' -- GEORGE WASHINGTON, Letter to Armand-Charles Tuffin, Marquis de La Rouërie, August 10, 1786.” LovePassionMarriageCompanionship Book:Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle Source: Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle