I later realized that this is my view of passion: It is rooted in genuine friendship. Chemistry may be two strangers exchanging smoldering looks-but passion has to be able to survive at least a twenty-minute conversation! (Helen Simonson)

I later realized that this is my view of passion: It is rooted in genuine friendship. Chemistry may be two strangers exchanging smoldering looks-but passion has to be able to survive at least a twenty-minute conversation!

Helen Simonson

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