...I have always lived on contrasts! To me the only death is monotony. Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins. (Edith Wharton)

...I have always lived on contrasts! To me the only death is monotony. Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

Edith Wharton

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