" Today, in the open air, she watched the foal - a young one experiencing life with a mother to help guide the way, a bonding, an intimacy that would remain for a lifetime. Infancy is a splendid thing, she thought, a masterpiece of the heavens, when is born a destiny that, if allowed to flourish, will see its bestowed graces realized. "

― Mary Calvi , Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love