...I have always lived on contrasts! To me the only death is monotony.…

Edith Wharton
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...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 (2013). Selected Works: Edith Wharton's Selected Works - The House of Mirth, Summer, The Age of Innocence, The Fruit of the Tree, Ethan Frome, The Touchstone, p.188, Lulu Press, Inc
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