always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives. (Nancy Mitford)

always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives.

Nancy Mitford

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